Yixianosaurus longimanus Xu and Wang 2003 (maniraptoran)

Reptilia - Theropoda

Full reference: X. Xu and X.-L. Wang. 2003. A new maniraptoran dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of western Liaoning. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 41(3):195-202

Belongs to Yixianosaurus according to T. A. Dececchi et al. 2012

See also Xu and Wang 2003

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IVPP V.12638, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Wangjiagou, which is in a Barremian/Aptian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Yixian Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Wangjiagou

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