| Xingtianosaurus | |
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| Holotype specimen, photograph (left) and line drawing (right) | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Family: | †Caudipteridae |
| Genus: | †Xingtianosaurus Qiuet al.,2019 |
| Type species | |
| †Xingtianosaurus ganqi Qiuet al., 2019 | |
Xingtianosaurus is an extinctgenus ofoviraptorosauriantheropoddinosaur that lived in what is nowChina during theEarly Cretaceous. The type and only species,X. ganqi, was named and described in 2019.[1] It was placed in theCaudipteridae, alongsideCaudipteryx andSimilicaudipteryx.[2][3][4]
Theholotype specimen ofXingtianosaurus ganqi,IVPP V13390, was recovered in the Dakangpu Beds of theYixian Formation inLiaoning Province,China.[1] The nameXingtianosaurus refers toXingtian, a Chinesedeity who continued to fight after beingdecapitated. This name references the skull-less holotype. Theepithetganqi refers to the weapon, a battle axe, that Xingtian wielded.[1]
The holotype specimen is almost complete, missing only theskull, several vertebrae and thecoracoids.[1]
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