Nankangia

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Nankangia

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Lived
72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet
Omnivore
Group
Theropods, Oviraptoridae
Found in
China
Named by
Lü et al. 2013

Field notes

About Nankangia

Nankangia 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 Nankangia, from China. It was named by Lü et al. in 2013.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

70 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Close relatives

Other members of Oviraptoridae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. Lü, L. Yi, and H. Zhong, X. Wei. 2013. A new oviraptorosaur (Dinosauria: Oviraptorosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of southern China and its palaeoecological implications. PLoS One 8(11):e80557:1-14