Huaxiagnathus
Field photograph to come
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
125 million years ago
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