Yixianosaurus
Yixianosaurus (meaning "Yixian lizard") is a maniraptoran theropod dinosaur genus from the Early Cretaceous of China.
| Yixianosaurus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, | |
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| A diagram of preserved elements of IVPP V12638 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Family: | †Anchiornithidae |
| Genus: | †Yixianosaurus Xu & Wang, 2003 |
| Species: | †Y. longimanus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Yixianosaurus longimanus Xu & Wang, 2003 | |
The type species, Yixianosaurus longimanus, was formally named and described by Xu Xing and Wang Xiaolin in 2003. Its partial skeleton was discovered in 2001, in Liaoning at Wangjiagou in northeastern China. The generic name refers to the Yixian Formation. The specific name means "with a long hand" from Latin longus, "long", and manus, "hand".
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