Nankangia
Field photograph to come
Nankangia
DV-0864
- 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
70 million years ago
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