Jiangxisaurus

Name: Jiangxisaurus ‭(‬Jiangxi lizard‭)‬.
Phonetic: Je-ang-ze-sor-us.
Named By: Wei Xuefang,‭ ‬Pu Hanyong,‭ ‬Xu Li,‭ ‬Liu Di‭ & ‬Lü Junchang‭ ‬-‭ ‬2013.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Theropoda,‭ ‬Oviraptoridae.
Species: J.‭ ‬ganzhouensis‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Uncertain/Omnivore‭?
Size: Skull‭ ‬15‭ ‬centimetres long.‭ ‬Roughly estimated at about‭ ‬1.5‭ ‬meters long,‭ ‬though this is of a subadult.‭ ‬Fully grown adults were slightly a little bit larger.
Known locations: China‭ ‬-‭ ‬Nanxiong Formation.
Time period: Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial skull and partial post cranial skeletal remains.

       Jiangxisaurus is a genus of oviraptorid dinosaur that lived in China during the late Cretaceous.‭ ‬Other oviraptorid dinosaurs known from the Nanxiong Formation where the holotype specimen of Jiangxisaurus was found include Banji,‭ ‬Ganzhousaurus,‭ ‬Huanansaurus and Nankangia.

Further reading
-‭ ‬A New Oviraptorid Dinosaur‭ (‬Theropoda:‭ ‬Oviraptorosauria‭) ‬from the Late Cretaceous of Jiangxi Province,‭ ‬Southern China.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Acta Geologica Sinica‭ (‬English Edition‭) ‬87‭ (‬4‭)‬:‭ ‬899‭–‬904.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Wei Xuefang,‭ ‬Pu Hanyong,‭ ‬Xu Li,‭ ‬Liu Di‭ & ‬Lü Junchang‭ ‬-‭ ‬2013.



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