Yixianosaurus
Field photograph to come
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
125 million years ago
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