Heyuannia

Heyuannia huangi

Heyuannia — reconstrução científica

Heyuannia foi um oviraптorídeo onívoro do Cretáceo, descrito por Lü. Viveu há aproximadamente 70.0-66.0 milhões de anos, na região do que hoje é China. Medindo de 1.5 m, pesando 10-15 kg, era um representante característico da fauna mesozoica.

Heyuannia ("from Heyuan") is a genus of oviraptorid dinosaur that lived in Asia during the Late Cretaceous epoch, in what is now China and Mongolia. It was the first oviraptorid found in China; most others were found in neighbouring Mongolia. Two species are known: H. huangi, named by Lü Junchang in 2002 from the Dalangshan Formation; and H. yanshini, originally named as a separate genus Ingenia from the Barun Goyot Formation by Rinchen Barsbold in 1981, and later renamed to Ajancingenia in 2013 due to the preoccupation of Ingenia. The latter name was eventually discarded due to various ethical issues surrounding the author.

Família
Oviraptoridae
Ordem
Saurischia
Período
Cretaceous (70.0-66.0 MYA)
Dieta
Omnivore
Comprimento
1.5 m
Peso
10-15 kg

Fatos científicos

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