Changmiania

Chang-my-an-e-ah.
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Benjamin Gutierrez

Vertebrate Paleontologist

Benjamin Gutierrez is a leading expert on dinosaurs, particularly the mighty theropods. His fieldwork in South America has uncovered new species and provided insights into dinosaur social structures.

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Name

Changmiania ‭(‬eternal sleep‭)‬.

Phonetic

Chang-my-an-e-ah.

Named By

Y.‭ ‬Yang,‭ ‬W.‭ ‬Wu,‭ ‬P.‭ ‬Dieudonn�‭ & ‬P.‭ ‬Godefroit‭ ‬-‭ ‬2020.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Ornithischia,‭ ‬Ornithopoda.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

C.‭ ‬liaoningensis‭

Size

At least‭ ‬117‭ ‬centimetres long.

Known locations

China‭ ‬-‭ ‬Yixian Formation.

Time Period

Early Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Almost complete skeletons of at least two individuals.

In Depth

       Changmiania is a genus of small ornithopod dinosaur that lived in Asia during the early Cretaceous.‭ ‬The genus was described in‭ ‬2020‭ ‬upon the description of two individuals whose level of preservation can only be described as exceptional.‭ ‬The describers speculated that these individuals may have been buried alive in their own burrows,‭ ‬and because this would have protected them from the ravages of erosion and scavengers pulling the bodies apart,‭ ‬these two dinosaurs not only still had their skeletons articulated but also three dimensionally preserved.

Further reading

-‭ ‬A new basal ornithopod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of China.‭ ‬-‭ ‬PeerJ.‭ ‬8:‭ ‬e9832.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Y.‭ ‬Yang,‭ ‬W.‭ ‬Wu,‭ ‬P.‭ ‬Dieudonn�‭ & ‬P.‭ ‬Godefroit‭ ‬-‭ ‬2020.

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