Nankangia
Nankangia was a feathered dinosaur that lived in what is now southern China. It had a beak and ate plants like leaves and seeds, using its strong jaws to crunch them up.2
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Nankangia lived at the same time and place as at least four other oviraptorosaurs, including Banji and Ganzhousaurus. They probably ate different foods so they did not compete too much.21
Its lower jaw did not turn downward like some other oviraptorosaurs. This may have given it a smaller mouth opening, better for nibbling soft plants.2
The only known fossil of Nankangia was found by a local farmer in 2010 and donated to the Ganzhou Museum of Natural History.1
Nankangia belonged to a group of dinosaurs called oviraptorosaurs, which were feathered and looked a bit like birds.2
Scientists think Nankangia was more plant-eating than meat-eating, unlike some of its relatives that may have eaten eggs or hard foods.2
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- Scientific name
- Nankangia
- Named by
- Lü et al. 20133
- Group
- Odd feathered dinos
- Family / clade
- Oviraptoridae3
- Classification
- Theropoda > Oviraptorosauria3
- Age of the rocks
- 72 to 66 million years (Maastrichtian)3
- Countries
- China3
- Fossil records
- 1 in the Paleobiology Database3
- Discovery
- Nankangia was named in 2013 by Lü Junchang and colleagues. The fossil was found in 2010 near Longling Town in Nankang City, China, and donated to a museum.12
- Still debated
- Scientists are not sure exactly what Nankangia ate, but they think it was mostly herbivorous based on its jaw shape.2
Where the facts come from
- Nankangia (en.wikipedia.org)
- A New Oviraptorosaur (Dinosauria: Oviraptorosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of Southern China and Its Paleoecological Implications | PLOS One (journals.plos.org)
- Nankangia in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): age, places, rock formations, classification.
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