Huanansaurus ganzhouensis Lü et al. 2015 (maniraptoran)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Oviraptoridae

Full reference: J. Lü, H. Pu, Y. Kobayashi, L. Xu, H. Chang, Y. Shang, D. Liu, Y.-N. Lee, M. Kundrát and C. Shen. 2015. A new oviraptorid dinosur (Dinosauria: Oviraptorosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of southern China and its paleobiogeographical implications. Scientific Reports 5(11490):1-15

Belongs to Huanansaurus according to J. Lü et al. 2015

See also Funston 2020 and Wang et al. 2016

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: HGM41HIII-0443, a partial skeleton (partial skeleton and near-complete skull). Its type locality is Ganzhou Railway Station, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone in the Hekou Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: found only at Ganzhou Railway Station

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