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sharp-clawed runner
Heyuannia
Say it like this: “Hey-YOU-ARN-ee-ah”
Heyuannia huangi
Heyuannia ate plants and meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in China and Mongolia.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 2002 · Lü, J.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 2 m · 7 ft
- Weight
- 20 kg · 44 lb
- Found in
- China and Mongolia · Dalangshan
- Food and walking
- Omnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Heyuanninae
The story in short
In 2002, J. Lü published the name Heyuannia. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
Fossils referred to Heyuannia date to the Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian), roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from China and Mongolia, including the Dalangshan Formation. It was an omnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Heyuannia at a length near 2 m and a body mass around 20 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Heyuanninae, among the theropod dinosaurs.
This entry is the whole genus. The type species is Heyuannia huangi. Other named species include Heyuannia yanshini.
Other species with this name
- Heyuannia huangi
- Heyuannia yanshini
Close relatives
Conchoraptor
Conchoraptor gracilis
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Gobiraptor
Gobiraptor minutus
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
Jiangxisaurus
Jiangxisaurus ganzhouensis
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago