Hexing
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Hexing
DV-0822 · type species Hexing qingyi
- Lived
- 126 to 120 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Group
- Theropods
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Jin et al. 2012
Field notes
About Hexing
Hexing was an omnivorous theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 126 to 120 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Hexing, from China. Its fossils come from the Yixian Formation. It was named by Jin et al. in 2012.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
125 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Ornithomimosauria.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: L. Jin, J. Chen, and P. Godefroit. 2012. A new basal ornithomimosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation, northeast China. Bernissart Dinosaurs and Early Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems