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Caudipterygidae

Xingtianosaurus ganqi

Generic theropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Xingtianosaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic theropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Xingtianosaurus
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (125 Mya)
Place
North America · Canada · China · Alberta, Canada
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Caudipterygidae

Xingtianosaurus is an extinct genus of oviraptorosaurian theropod dinosaur that lived in what is now China during the Early Cretaceous. The type and only species, X. ganqi, was named and described in 2019. It was placed in the Caudipteridae, alongside Caudipteryx and Similicaudipteryx.

What we know

  • Named by Qiu et al., 2019.
  • Fossils found in North America and Canada.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Xingtianosaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.