Huaxiagnathus orientalis Hwang et al. 2004 (compsognathid)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Compsognathidae

Alternative combination: Huaxiagnathus orientales

Full reference: S. Hwang, M. A. Norell, Q. Ji and K. Gao. 2004. A large compsognathid from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of China. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 2(1):13-30

Belongs to Huaxiagnathus according to Y. Hu et al. 2016

See also Chiappe and Göhlich 2010, Fernandes de Azevedo et al. 2013, Gishlick and Gauthier 2007, Hwang et al. 2004, Peyer 2006, Turner et al. 2007, Xing et al. 2012 and Xing et al. 2009

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CAGS-IG02-301, a skeleton. Its type locality is Dabangou village, Sihetun, which is in a Barremian/Aptian terrestrial claystone in the Yixian Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Dabangou village, Sihetun

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