Beishanlong grandis Makovicky et al. 2010 (ornithomimosaur)

Reptilia - Theropoda

Full reference: P. J. Makovicky, D. Li, K.-Q. Gao, M. Lewin, G. M. Erickson and M. A. Norell. 2010. A giant ornithomimosaur from the Early Cretaceous of China. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 277:191-198

Belongs to Beishanlong according to P. J. Makovicky et al. 2010

See also Alifanov and Saveliev 2015, Averianov et al. 2017, Chinzorig et al. 2017, Fernandes de Azevedo et al. 2013, Hunt and Quinn 2018, McFeeters et al. 2016, Morschhauser et al. 2019, Xu et al. 2011, You and Li 2009, You et al. 2012 and You et al. 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: FRDC-GS GJ (06) 01-18, a set of postcrania. Its type locality is White Ghost Castle, which is in an Aptian terrestrial mudstone in the Xiagou Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at White Ghost Castle

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