Jiangxisaurus

Je-ang-ze-sor-us.
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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

Jiangxisaurus ‭(‬Jiangxi lizard‭)‬.

Phonetic

Je-ang-ze-sor-us.

Named By

Wei Xuefang,‭ ‬Pu Hanyong,‭ ‬Xu Li,‭ ‬Liu Di‭ & ‬L� Junchang‭ ‬-‭ ‬2013.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Theropoda,‭ ‬Oviraptoridae.

Diet

Uncertain/Omnivore‭?

Species

J.‭ ‬ganzhouensis‭

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.

In Depth

       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 & ‬L� Junchang‭ ‬-‭ ‬2013.

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