Heyuannia

Taxobox
name = "Heyuannia"
fossil_range = Late Cretaceous


image_size = 200px
image_caption = Profile of "Heyuannia huangi".
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Theropoda
familia = Oviraptoridae
genus = "Heyuannia"
genus_authority = Lü, 2002
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision ="H. huangi" Lü, 2002 (type)

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

The type species, "Heyuannia huangi", was described by Lü in 2002. Multiple fossils have been found, including one which may retain possible reproductive organs.Lü, J. (2002). "A new oviraptorosaurid (Theropoda: Oviraptorosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of southern China." "Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology" 22, 871-875.]

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External links

* [http://www.azhdarcho.com/Art/Paleoart/heyuannia.htm picture of "Heyuannia"]
* http://www.users.qwest.net/~jstweet1/oviraptorosauria.htm