Luoyanggia

DV-0693

Lived: 121 to 101 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet: Omnivore
Group: Theropods, Oviraptoridae
Found in: China
Named by: Lü et al. 2009

Field notes

About Luoyanggia

Luoyanggia was an omnivorous theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 121 to 101 million years ago. It belongs to the family Oviraptoridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Luoyanggia, from China. Its fossils come from the Haoling Formation. It was named by Lü et al. in 2009.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

110 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, L. Xu, and X. Jiang, S. Jia, M. Li, C. Yuan, X. Zhang, Q. Ji. 2009. A preliminary report on the new dinosaurian fauna from the Cretaceous of the Ruyang Basin, Henan Province of central China. Journal of the Paleontological Society of Korea 25(1):43-56