Heyuannia

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Heyuannia
Fossil range: Late Cretaceous

Profile of Heyuannia huangi.

Conservation status

Extinct (fossil)

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Superorder:	Dinosauria
Order:	Saurischia
(unranked)	Oviraptorosauria
Family:	Oviraptoridae
Genus:	Heyuannia Lü, 2002
Species:	H. huangi

Binomial name

Heyuannia huangi
Lü, 2002

Heyuannia ("Heyuan one") is a genus of oviraptorid dinosaur first described in 2002. It lived during the Late Cretaceous Period in China, and is the first oviraptorid found in that country (most lived in neighboring Mongolia). It had very short arms and digits, though its first digit was reduced.

The type specimen, Heyuannia huangi, was described by Lü in 2002. Multiple fossils have been found, including one which may retain possible reproductive organs.

[edit] References

Lü, J. (2002). "A new oviraptorosaurid (Theropoda: Oviraptorosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of southern China." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22, 871-875.
Lü, J. (2005). Oviraptorid dinosaurs from Southern China. Beijing: Geological Publishing House. ISBN 7-116-04368-3. 200 pages + 8 plates. (In Chinese: pp 1-83, including 36 figures & 3 tables. In English: pp 85-200, including 5 geological figures.)