Alternative combination: Beipiaosaurus inexpectatus
Full reference: X. Xu, Z.-L. Tang, and X.-L. Wang. 1999. A therizinosauroid dinosaur with integumentary structures from China. Nature 399:350-354
Belongs to Beipiaosaurus according to C.-C. Liao and X. Xu 2019
See also Clark et al. 2004, Currie 2003, Pu et al. 2013, Qian et al. 2012, Rauhut 2003, Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo 2003, Senter et al. 2012, Wang et al. 1999, Xing et al. 2012, Xu et al. 1999, Xu et al. 2009, Yao et al. 2002, You et al. 2019, Zanno 2006, Zanno 2010, Zanno 2010 and Zanno et al. 2009
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: IVPP 11559, a skull (femur). Its type locality is Sihetun, lower Yixian (general), which is in a Barremian/Aptian lacustrine shale/siltstone in the Yixian Formation of China.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Sihetun, lower Yixian (general)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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