Shixinggia
Field photograph to come
Shixinggia
DV-0589 · type species Shixinggia oblita
- Lived
- 72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Oviraptoridae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Lü and Zhang 2005
Field notes
About Shixinggia
Shixinggia 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 Shixinggia, from China. Its fossils come from the Pingling Formation. It was named by Lü and Zhang in 2005.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
70 million years ago
Close relatives
Other members of Oviraptoridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J.-C. Lü and B.-K. Zhang. 2005. A new oviraptorid (theropod: Oviraptorosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of the Nanxiong Basin, Guangdong province of southern China. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 44(3):412-422