#huanansaurus

Like its contemporary, Tongtianlong, Huanansaurus ganzhouensis was also found during construction, in this case of a railway station, in the Nanxiong Formation. This turkey-sized oviraptorid was one of many in the Nanxiong, and was likely specially adapted to fill a niche the other oviraptorids didn’t, based on niche differentiation and their variable beak types. As it’s hard to narrow down these animals’ diets beyond herbivore/possible omnivore due to their beaks and lack of teeth, we may never know the exact niche each of them filled. Visually, though, Huanansaurus was set apart by its odd, rectangular skull and unique jaw morphology. It appears to be most closely related to the slightly older Mongolian Citipati, rather than any other Chinese oviraptorid, shedding insight on a possible emigration of Mongilian oviraptorids into China.

Huanansaurus

Huanansaurus — це вимерлий рід овірапторидових динозаврів, який жив приблизно 72 мільйони років тому, під час останньої частини крейдяного періоду, між кампаном і маастрихтом, на території сучасного Китаю у формації Наньсьонг. Включає єдиний вид – Huanansaurus ganzhouensis.

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Source: spinosaurus-the-fisher

Name: Huanansaurus ganzhouensis

Name Meaning: Southern Chinese Lizard

First Described: 2015

Described By: Lü et al.

Classification: Dinosauria, Saurischia, Eusaurischia, Theropoda, Neotheropoda, Averostra, Tetanurae, Orionides, Avetheropoda, Coelurosauria, Tyrannoraptora, Maniraptoriformes, Maniraptora, Pennaraptora, Oviraptorosauria, Caenagnathoidea, Oviraptoridae, Oviraptorinae

It’s hard to compete with Yi, but this year has been littered with fascinating dinosaur discoveries, and Huanansaurus is no exception. It was an oviraptorosaur, closely related to the most derived forms such as Oviraptor and Citipati. It is known from a partial skeleton with an almost complete skull and lower jaws. It was found in the Nanxiong Formation in Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China, and lived between the Campanian and Maastrichtian ages of the Late Cretaceous, about 72 million years ago. It was very similar to Citipati but had a number of differences in the skull from it, including a different jaw structure, lending more insight into the later members of the oviraptorosaur group. 

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huanansaurus

http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/science-huanansaurus-ganzhouensis-dinosaur-02983.html

Paleo Profile: Huanansaurus ganzhouensis

by Brian Switek

Name: Huanansaurus ganzhouensis

Meaning: The name is a clue to where this dinosaur was found. Huanansaurus means “southern China lizard”, and ganzhouensis refers to the locality Ganzhou where it was uncovered.

Age: Late Cretaceous, around 72 million years ago.

Where in the world?: Ganzhou, southern China.

What sort of critter?: Huanansaurus was an oviraptorosaur – a group of beaked, superficially bird-like dinosaurs.

Size: Not yet estimated, but roughly comparable to oviraptorosaurs like Citipati.

How much of the creature’s body is known?: A partial skeleton including the skull, seven neck vertebrae, elements of the forelimbs, both hands, and partial elements from the hindlimbs...

(read more: Laelaps - National Geographic)