Huaxiagnathus

Field photograph to come

DV-0542Yixian Fm., China

Huaxiagnathus

DV-0542

Lived
126 to 120 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet
Carnivore
Group
Theropods, Compsognathidae
Found in
China
Named by
Hwang et al. 2004

Field notes

About Huaxiagnathus

Huaxiagnathus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 126 to 120 million years ago. It belongs to the family Compsognathidae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Huaxiagnathus, from China. Its fossils come from the Yixian Formation. It was named by Hwang et al. in 2004.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

125 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Compsognathidae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: S. Hwang, M. A. Norell, and Q. Ji, K. Gao. 2004. A large compsognathid from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of China. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 2(1):13-30