Huadanosaurus
Field photograph to come
Huadanosaurus
DV-1275 · type species Huadanosaurus sinensis
- Lived
- 126 to 121 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Sinosauropterygidae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Qiu et al. 2025
Field notes
About Huadanosaurus
Huadanosaurus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 126 to 121 million years ago. It belongs to the family Sinosauropterygidae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Huadanosaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Yixian Formation. It was named by Qiu et al. in 2025.
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 Sinosauropterygidae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: R. Qiu, X. Wang, and S. Jiang, J. Meng, Z. Zhou. 2025. Two new compsognathid-like theropods show diversified predation strategies in theropod dinosaurs. National Science Review 12(5):nwaf068