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sharp-clawed runner
Luoyanggia
Say it like this: “lwo-YAHNG-jee-uh”
Luoyanggia liudianensis
Luoyanggia ate plants and meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Aptian · Albian) · roughly 121.4 to 100.5 million years ago
- Named in
- 2009 · Lü, J.; Xu, L.; Jiang, X.; Jia, S.; Li, M.; Yuan, C.; Zhang, X.; Ji, Q.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 1.2–1.5 m · 4–5 ft
- Weight
- 2–9 kg · 4–20 lb
- Found in
- China · Haoling
- Food and walking
- Omnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Oviraptoridae
The story in short
The genus Luoyanggia dates to 2009, the year J. Lü and colleagues described it. The name means “from Luoyang.”
Fossils referred to Luoyanggia date to the Early Cretaceous (Aptian · Albian), roughly 121.4 to 100.5 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Haoling Formation. It was an omnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Luoyanggia at a length near 1.2–1.5 m and a body mass around 2–9 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Oviraptoridae, among the theropod dinosaurs.