Huanansaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-0920Hekou Fm., China

Huanansaurus

DV-0920 · type species Huanansaurus ganzhouensis

Lived
72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet
Omnivore
Group
Theropods, Oviraptoridae
Found in
China
Named by
Lü et al. 2015

Field notes

About Huanansaurus

Huanansaurus 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 Huanansaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Hekou Formation. It was named by Lü et al. in 2015.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

70 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Oviraptoridae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. Lü, H. Pu, and Y. Kobayashi, L. Xu, H. Chang, Y. Shang, D. Liu, Y.-N. Lee, M. Kundrát, C. Shen. 2015. A new oviraptorid dinosur (Dinosauria: Oviraptorosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of southern China and its paleobiogeographical implications. Scientific Reports 5(11490):1-15