Huanansaurus
Huanansaurus was a feathered dinosaur that looked a bit like a bird. It had a short, toothless beak and a bony crest on its head. It lived in what is now southern China near the end of the Age of Dinosaurs.12
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Huanansaurus was discovered during the construction of a railway station in Ganzhou, China.2
It lived about 72 to 66 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.3
Huanansaurus is an oviraptorid, a group of dinosaurs that are closely related to birds and had feathers.1
Its skull had a circular hole called a supratemporal fenestra that was much smaller than the hole below it.1
Huanansaurus is most closely related to Citipati, a dinosaur found in Mongolia, about 3,000 kilometers away.1
More than 200 oviraptorosaur nests with eggs have been found in the same area where Huanansaurus lived.1
Most asked questions about Huanansaurus
?How big was Huanansaurus?
Scientists do not know its exact size because only a partial skeleton has been found. It was an oviraptorid, and related oviraptorids ranged from turkey-sized to 8 metres long.12
?Did Huanansaurus have feathers?
Yes. Huanansaurus was an oviraptorid, a group of feathered dinosaurs closely related to birds.12
?What did Huanansaurus eat?
Huanansaurus had a short, toothless beak, so it likely ate plants or small animals. Its exact diet is not known.2
?When did Huanansaurus live?
Huanansaurus lived about 72 to 66 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.2
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- Scientific name
- Huanansaurus
- Named by
- Lü et al. 20155
- Group
- Odd feathered dinos
- Family / clade
- Oviraptoridae5
- Classification
- Theropoda > Oviraptorosauria5
- Age of the rocks
- 72 to 66 million years (Maastrichtian)5
- Rock formations
- Hekou5
- Countries
- China5
- Fossil records
- 1 in the Paleobiology Database5
- Discovery
- Huanansaurus was named and described in 2015 by Lü Junchang and his team. The skeleton was found during the building of the Ganzhou railway station in Jiangxi, China.21
- Still debated
- Scientists are still debating exactly how Huanansaurus is related to other oviraptorids. Some studies place it in the subfamily Citipatinae, while others put it in Oviraptorinae.3
Where the facts come from
- A New Oviraptorid Dinosaur (Dinosauria: Oviraptorosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of Southern China and Its Paleobiogeographical Implications | Scientific Reports (nature.com)
- Huanansaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
- PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
- Huanansaurus ganzhouensis AnOviraptorid from Southern China (blog.everythingdinosaur.com)
- Huanansaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): age, places, rock formations, classification.
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