Genus
Valid Extinct

Ganzhousaurus

Wang et al. 2013

Ganzhousaurus is an extinct genus of oviraptorid dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous Nanxiong Formation of Nankang County, Ganzhou City of Jiangxi Province, southern China. It was found in a Maastrichtian deposit and contains a single species, Ganzhousaurus nankangensis. It is distinguished by a combination of primitive and derived features.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Omnivore Ground dwelling (surface) Terrestrial
Ganzhousaurus
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Restoration of Ganzhousaurus nankangensis, proportions based on diagrams of the holotype specimen and related genera. © FunkMonk, spiritual guidance from Roelant Savery[1] · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Averostra Unranked clade
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Tetanurae Unranked clade
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Coelurosauria Unranked clade
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Maniraptora Unranked clade
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Oviraptorosauria Infraorder
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Oviraptoridae Family
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Heyuanninae Subfamily
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Ganzhousaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Ganzhousaurus nankangensis 72 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
S. Wang, C. Sun, and C. Sullivan, X. Xing. 2013. A new oviraptoroid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of southern China. Zootaxa 3640(2):242-257 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
S. Wang, C. Sun, and C. Sullivan, X. Xing. 2013. A new oviraptoroid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of southern China. Zootaxa 3640(2):242-257 DOI ↗