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Huanansaurus âśť

Description

Huanansaurus is an extinct genus of oviraptorid dinosaur that lived approximately 72 million years ago, between the Campanian and Maastrichtian, during the latter part of the Cretaceous period in what is now China, in the Nanxiong Formation.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8450381https://www.gbif.org/species/8450381
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)324065https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=324065
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Oviraptoridae : Huanansaurus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Avetheropoda : Oviraptoridae : Huanansaurus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
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
subfamilyOviraptorinaeBarsbold 1981
genusHuanansaurusLĂĽ et al. 2015
Scientific NameHuanansaurus LĂĽ et al., 2015
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Huanansaurusgenusbelongs to Oviraptorinaestated with evidenceLĂĽ et al., 2015
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance83.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance83.6 - 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, H. Pu, and Y. Kobayashi, L. Xu, H. Chang, Y. Shang, D. Liu, Y.-N. Lee, M. Kundrát, C. Shen. 2015. A new oviraptorid dinosur (Dinosauria: Oviraptorosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of southern China and its paleobiogeographical implicationas. Scientific Reports 5(11490):1-15
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huanansaurus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Huanansaurus ganzhouensis âśť
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
183.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
83.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2015Huanansaurus LĂĽ et al.

References

LĂĽ 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
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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