Genus
Valid Extinct

Xingtianosaurus

Qiu et al. 2019

Xingtianosaurus is an extinct genus of oviraptorosaurian theropod dinosaur that lived in what is now China during the Early Cretaceous. The type and only species, X. ganqi, was named and described in 2019. It was placed in the Caudipteridae, alongside Caudipteryx and Similicaudipteryx.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Omnivore Ground dwelling (surface) Terrestrial
Xingtianosaurus
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Xingtianosaurus holotype © Rui Qiu, Xiaolin Wang, Qiang Wang, Ning Li, Jialiang Zhang & Yiyun Ma · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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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Caudipterygidae Family
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Xingtianosaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Yixian
1
Temporal distribution
Barremian (125.77–121.4 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Xingtianosaurus ganqi 126 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
R. Qiu, X. Wang, and Q. Wang, N. Li, J. Zhang, Y. Ma. 2019. A new caudipterid from the Lower Cretaceous of China with information on the evolution of the manus of Oviraptorosauria. Scientific Reports 9(1):6431:1-10 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
R. Qiu, X. Wang, and Q. Wang, N. Li, J. Zhang, Y. Ma. 2019. A new caudipterid from the Lower Cretaceous of China with information on the evolution of the manus of Oviraptorosauria. Scientific Reports 9(1):6431:1-10 DOI ↗