Yixianosaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-0530Yixian Fm., China

Yixianosaurus

DV-0530 · type species Yixianosaurus longimanus

Lived
126 to 120 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet
Carnivore
Group
Theropods
Found in
China
Named by
Xu and Wang 2003

Field notes

About Yixianosaurus

Yixianosaurus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 126 to 120 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Yixianosaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Yixian Formation. It was named by Xu and Wang in 2003.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

125 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Maniraptora.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: X. Xu and X.-L. Wang. 2003. A new maniraptoran dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of western Liaoning. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 41(3):195-202