Jiangxisaurus
Field photograph to come
Jiangxisaurus
DV-0855
- Lived
- 72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Oviraptoridae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Wei et al. 2013
Field notes
About Jiangxisaurus
Jiangxisaurus 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 Jiangxisaurus, from China. It was named by Wei et al. in 2013.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
70 million years ago
Close relatives
Other members of Oviraptoridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: X. Wei, H. Pu, and L. Xu, D. Liu, J. Lü. 2013. A new oviraptorid dinosaur (Theropoda: Oviraptorosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of Jiangxi Province, southern China. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 87(4):899-904