Banji

Field photograph to come

DV-0721China

Banji

DV-0721

Lived
72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet
Omnivore
Group
Theropods, Oviraptoridae
Found in
China
Named by
Xu and Han 2010

Field notes

About Banji

Banji was an omnivorous theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 72 to 66 million years ago. It belongs to the family Oviraptoridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Banji, from China. It was named by Xu and Han in 2010.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

70 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Close relatives

Other members of Oviraptoridae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: X. Xu and F.-L. Han. 2010. A new oviraptorid dinosaur (Theropoda: Oviraptorosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 48(1):11-18