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Heyuannia

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)68047https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=68047
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Avetheropoda : Oviraptoridae : Heyuannia
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Archosauromorpha
-CrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
-EucrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-Archosauria
informalAvemetatarsaliaBenton 1999
-OrnithodiraGauthier 1986
-DinosauromorphaBenton 1985
-DinosauriformesNovas 1992
-Dinosauria
-Saurischia
-Theropoda
-NeotheropodaBakker 1986
-AverostraPaul 2002
-TetanuraeGauthier 1986
orderAvetheropodaPaul 1988
suborderCoelurosauriaHuene 1914
-ManiraptoraGauthier 1986
infraorderOviraptorosauriaBarsbold 1976
superfamilyCaenagnathoideaSternberg 1940
familyOviraptoridaeBarsbold 1976
subfamilyIngeniinaeBarsbold 1981
genusHeyuanniaLü 2003
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Heyuanniagenusbelongs to Oviraptoridaestated without evidenceLü, 2003
Heyuanniagenusbelongs to Oviraptorinaestated with evidenceOsmólska et al., 2004
Heyuanniagenusbelongs to Oviraptoridaestated without evidenceLü and Zhang, 2005
Heyuanniagenusbelongs to Oviraptorosauriastated without evidenceLü et al., 2005
Heyuanniagenusbelongs to Ingeniinaestated with evidenceLongrich et al., 2010
Heyuanniagenusbelongs to Oviraptoridaestated with evidenceXu and Han, 2010
Heyuanniagenusbelongs to Oviraptorosauriastated without evidenceZanno, 2010
Heyuanniagenusbelongs to Ingeniinaestated with evidenceFanti et al., 2012
Heyuanniagenusbelongs to Oviraptoridaestated with evidenceLongrich et al., 2013
Heyuanniagenusbelongs to Ingeniinaestated with evidenceLü et al., 2015
Heyuanniagenusbelongs to Oviraptoridaestated without evidenceTsuihiji et al., 2017
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance72.1 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance72.1 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Environmentterrestrial (based on Oviraptorosauria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Oviraptorosauria)
Dietomnivore (based on Oviraptorosauria)
Reproductionoviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Oviraptorosauria)
Ontogenyaccretion,modification of parts (based on Oviraptorosauria)
Taphonomyhydroxylapatite,compact or dense,intermediate (based on Oviraptorosauria)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. Lü. 2003. A new oviraptorosaurid (Theropoda: Oviraptorosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of southern China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(4):871-875

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Heyuannia huangi
species
listed (PBDB)172.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2003Heyuannia p. 871
2004Heyuannia Lü et al. p. 109 fig. 8
2004Heyuannia Osmólska et al. p. 167
2005Heyuannia Lü et al. p. 263
2005Heyuannia Lü and Zhang p. 417
2008Heyuannia Cheng et al. p. 1094
2010Heyuannia Longrich et al. p. 953 fig. 7
2010Heyuannia Xu and Han p. 12
YearName and Author
2010Heyuannia Zanno p. 212
2012Heyuannia Fanti et al. p. 10
2013Heyuannia Longrich et al. p. 41 fig. 14
2013Heyuannia Lu et al.
2014Heyuannia Lamanna et al. p. 10 fig. 6
2015Heyuannia Lü et al.
2017Heyuannia Tsuihiji et al. p. 10

References

Lü J. (2003) A new oviraptorosaurid (Theropoda: Oviraptorosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of southern China, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22 4, 871-875
Lü J., Tomida Y., et al (2004) New oviraptorid dinosaur (Dinosauria: Oviraptorosauria) from the Nemegt Formation of southwestern Mongolia, Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, Series C 30, 95-130
Osmólska H., Currie P. J., et al (2004) Oviraptorosauria, The Dinosauria (second edition). University of California Press, Berkeley, 165-183
Lü J.-C., Zhang B.-K. (2005) A new oviraptorid (theropod: Oviraptorosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of the Nanxiong Basin, Guangdong province of southern China, Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 44 3, 412-422
Cheng Y.-n., Ji Q., et al (2008) Oviraptorosaurian eggs (Dinosauria) with embryonic skeletons discovered for the first time in China, Acta Geologica Sinica 82 6, 1089-1094
Longrich N. R., Currie P. J., et al (2010) A new oviraptorid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Bayan Mandahu, Inner Mongolia, Palaeontology 53 5, 945-960 doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00968.x
Xu X., Han F.-L. (2010) A new oviraptorid dinosaur (Theropoda: Oviraptorosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of China, Vertebrata PalAsiatica 48 1, 11-18
Fanti F., Currie P. J., et al (2012) New specimens of Nemegtomaia from the Baruungoyot and Nemegt formations (Late Cretaceous) of Mongolia, PLoS ONE 7 2, e31330:1-16
Longrich N. R., Barnes K., et al (2013) Caenagnathidae from the upper Campanian Aguja Formation of west Texas, and a revision of the Caenagnathinae, Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 54 1, 23-49 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.3374/014.054.0102
Lu J., Yi L., et al (2013) A new oviraptorosaur (Dinosauria: Oviraptorosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of Southern China and its palaeoecological implications, PLoS One 8 11, e80557 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0080557
Lamanna M. C., Sues H.-D., et al (2014) A New large-bodied oviraptorosaurian theropod dinosaur from the latest Cretaceous of western North America, PLoS ONE 9 3, e92022:1-16 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0092022
Lü J., Pu H., et al (2015) A new oviraptorid dinosur (Dinosauria: Oviraptorosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of southern China and its paleobiogeographical implicationas, Scientific Reports 5 11490, 1-15 doi:10.1038/srep11490
Tsuihiji T., Witmer L. M., et al (2017) New information on the cranial morphology of Avimimus (Theropoda: Oviraptorosauria), Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37 4, e1347177:1-12 doi:10.1080/02724634.2017.1347177
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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