| Luoyanggia | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Family: | †Oviraptoridae |
| Genus: | †Luoyanggia Lüet al., 2009 |
| Species: | †L. liudianensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Luoyanggia liudianensis Lüet al., 2009 | |
Luoyanggia (meaning "fromLuoyang") is agenus ofoviraptoriddinosaur known from the Early CretaceousHaoling Formation of theRuyang Basin inHenan Province, centralChina. Thetype species isL. liudianensis.[1] Holtz estimated it at 1.5 meters (4.9 ft) and around 2.27–9.1 kilograms (5.0–20.1 lb).[2] Molina-Pérez and Larramendi gave a similar size of 1.2 meters (3.9 ft) and 8.5 kilograms (19 lb).[3]
Non-avian dinosaurs that co-existed withLuoyanggia includedRuyangosaurus,Zhongyuansaurus,Yunmenglong,Xianshanosaurus, and"Huanghetitan" ruyangensis. The type horizon ofLuoyanggia was initially thought to dateCenomanian stage of the lateCretaceous period, but extensive fieldwork in the Ruyang Basin and invertebrate and microfossil assemblages indicate an Aptian-Albian age for the Haoling Formation.[4]
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