Reptilia - Theropoda - Caenagnathidae

Full reference: H. Pu, D. K. Zelenitsky, J., P. J. Currie, K. Carpenter, L. Xu, E. B. Koppelhus, S. Jia, L. Xiao, H. Chuang, T. Li, M. Kundrát, and C. Shen. 2017. Perinate and eggs of a giant caenagnathid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of central China. Nature Communications 8:14952:1-9

Belongs to Beibeilong according to H. Pu et al. 2017

See also Funston 2020 and Simon et al. 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: HGM 41HIII1219, a skeleton (a small, semi-articulated skeleton (‘Baby Louie’) associated with a partial nest of 6–8 eggs). Its type locality is Heimaogou, Zhaoying Village, which is in a Cenomanian/Turonian terrestrial horizon in the Gaogou Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: found only at Heimaogou, Zhaoying Village

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