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sharp-clawed runner
Xingtianosaurus
Say it like this: “shing-TYEN-oh-SAWR-us”
Xingtianosaurus ganqi
Xingtianosaurus ate plants and meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago
- Named in
- 2019 · Qiu, R.; Wang, X.; Wang, Q.; Li, N.; Zhang, J.; Ma, Y.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- China · Yixian
- Food and walking
- Omnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Caudipterygidae
The story in short
The genus Xingtianosaurus dates to 2019, the year R. Qiu and colleagues described it. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
Fossils referred to Xingtianosaurus date to the Early Cretaceous (Barremian), roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Yixian Formation. It was an omnivore and walked on two legs.
The fossils of Xingtianosaurus are too incomplete for a responsible length, hip height, or weight, so those fields are left blank on purpose.
On the family tree it sits in Caudipterygidae, among the theropod dinosaurs.