#jiangxisaurus

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiangxisaurus

Name: Jiangxisaurus ganzhouensis

Name Meaning: Jiangxi Province Lizard 

First Described: 2013

Described By: Wei et al. 

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

We have two dinosaurs today because somehow I missed this one when I was making my schedule. Our second to last oviraptor, Jiangxisaurus lived in the Campanian to Maastrichtian ages of the Late Cretaceous, from 72 to 66 million years ago. It was found in the Nanxiong FOrmation in Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province, Southern China, giving it its name. It had a frailer mandible than the similar Heyuannia, as well as more strongly curved claws. It lived alongside many other dinosaurs and comes from a formationw here many footprints and egg shells have been found. It lived alongside Gannansaurus, Microhadrosaurus, Nanshiungosaurus, Tarbosaurus, Banji and Ganzhousaurus.