Jiangxisaurus
Jiangxisaurus is an extinct genus of oviraptorid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Nanxiong Formation of southern China. It was similar to Heyuannia, but with more strongly curved anterior claws and a thinner, frailer mandible. This find is paleontologically significant because it contributes to current knowledge about the paleogeographical distribution of oviraptorids in southern China. It was most likely a herbivorous animal along with its close relatives Nankangia and Ganzhousaurus.
| Jiangxisaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, | |
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| Restoration | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Family: | †Oviraptoridae |
| Genus: | †Jiangxisaurus Wei et al., 2013 |
| Species: | †J. ganzhouensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Jiangxisaurus ganzhouensis Wei et al., 2013 | |
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