Ganzhousaurus
Name:
Ganzhousaurus
(Ganzhou lizard).
Phonetic: Gan-zoo-sore-us.
Named By: Shuo Wang, Chengkai Sun, Corwin
Sullivan & Xing Xu - 2013.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Theropoda, Oviraptoridae, Oviraptorinae.
Species: G. nankangensis
(type).
Diet: Uncertain.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: China, Jiangxi Province -
Nanxiong Formation.
Time period: Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
Ganzhousaurus
is an oviraptorid dinosaur that displays a mix of primitive and
advanced features which suggests that it is transitory in form between
primitive oviraptorids
that were around earlier in the Cretaceous,
and more advanced ones alive later in the Cretaceous. Though since
the fossils for Ganzhousaurus are from a
Maastrichtian era deposit,
Ganzhousaurus may have been a late surviving
primitive form.
Ganzhousaurus
is named after Ganzhou City, while the species name G.
nankangensis
means ‘from Nankang’.
Further reading
- A new oviraptorid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Upper
Cretaceous of southern China, Shuo Wang, Chengkai Sun, Corwin
Sullivan & Xing Xu - 2013.
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