''Shixinggia'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
oviraptorosaur
Oviraptorosaurs ("egg thief lizards") are a group of feathered maniraptoran dinosaurs from the Cretaceous Period of what are now Asia and North America. They are distinct for their characteristically short, beaked, parrot-like skulls, with or w ...
ian
dinosaur
Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles of the clade Dinosauria. They first appeared during the Triassic period, between 243 and 233.23 million years ago (mya), although the exact origin and timing of the evolution of dinosaurs is t ...
from the Late
Cretaceous
The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 79 million years, it is the longest geological period of ...
period of Shixing County,
Guangdong
Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020 ...
,
China, for which it was named. While no skull was recovered, the specimen (BVP-112) is known from a fair amount of post-cranial material that shows it was a fairly derived oviraptorosaur (slightly more advanced than ''
Nomingia
''Nomingia'' is a genus of oviraptorid theropod dinosaur hailing from the Late Cretaceous Bugin Tsav Beds of Mongolia.
Discovery and naming
The remains, consisting of most of the vertebral column, pelvic girdle and left tibio-tarsus, holoty ...
''), of superfamily Caenagnathoidea. Lü ''et al.'' (2003, 2005) describe it as an
oviraptorid
Oviraptoridae is a group of bird-like, herbivorous and omnivorous maniraptoran dinosaurs. Oviraptorids are characterized by their toothless, parrot-like beaks and, in some cases, elaborate crests. They were generally small, measuring between on ...
, but it could be a caenagnathi
See also
*
Timeline of oviraptorosaur research
This timeline of oviraptorosaur research is a chronological listing of events in the history of paleontology focused on the oviraptorosaurs, a group of beaked, bird-like theropod dinosaurs. The early history of oviraptorosaur paleontology is cha ...
References
* Lu, J., Zhang, B.-K. and Li (2003). "A new oviraptorid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Shixing, Nanxiong Basin of Guangdong Province, Southern China." ''Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology'' 23(3), 73A.
* Lu, J. (2004). Oviraptorid dinosaurs from southern China. Southrern Methodist University. unpublished PhD dissertation.
* Lu, J. (2005). ''Oviraptorid dinosaurs from Southern China.'' Geological Publishing House, Beijing. . 200 pages + 8 plates.
* Lu, J. and Zhang, B.-K. (2005). "A new oviraptorid (Theropoda: Oviraptorosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of the Nanxiong Basin, Guangdong Province of southern China." ''Acta Palaeontologica Sinica'' 44(3): 412–422.
External links
Luis Rey and the new oviraptorosaur panoplyat Tetrapod Zoology
Late Cretaceous dinosaurs of Asia
Oviraptorids
Fossil taxa described in 2005
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