Ganzhousaurus
Ganzhousaurus (meaning "Ganzhou lizard") is an extinct genus of oviraptorid dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous Nanxiong Formation of Nankang County, Ganzhou City of Jiangxi Province, southern China. It was found in a Maastrichtian deposit and contains a single species, Ganzhousaurus nankangensis. It is distinguished by a combination of primitive and derived features.
| Ganzhousaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Family: | †Oviraptoridae |
| Subfamily: | †Heyuanninae |
| Genus: | †Ganzhousaurus Wang et al., 2013 |
| Type species | |
| †Ganzhousaurus nankangensis Wang et al., 2013 | |
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