Xu Xing

Xu Xing (zh-sp|s=徐星|p=Xu Xing) is a famed Chinese paleontologist who has named many dinosaurs, including the new Jurassic Ceratopsian "Yinlong", the feathered relative of "Tyrannosaurus" "Guanlong", the unusual "Gigantoraptor", and the "sleeping dragon" " Mei long". He was born in Xin Jiang, China, in 1969. A graduate from the department of geology of Peking University, he is currently a research fellow at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing.

Xu Xing is also a writer and a cinema director. Born in 1969 he was obliged to move abroad as exponent of a new generation.

Genera described by Xu Xing

Ankylosauria

Nodosauridae
*"Liaoningosaurus"

Ceratopsia

Basal Ceratopsia
*"Liaoceratops"
*"Yinlong" Chaoyangsaurids
*"Chaoyangsaurus"Psittacosaurids
*"Hongshanosaurus"

Ornithopoda

Basal Hadrosauroidea
*"Jinzhousaurus"
*"Nanyangosaurus" Hypsilophodontidae
*"Jeholosaurus"

Sauropoda

Saltasaurids
*"Sonidosaurus"

Theropoda

Dromaeosaurs
*"Graciliraptor"
*"Microraptor"
*"Sinornithosaurus"Oviraptorids
*"Gigantoraptor"Basal Oviraptorosauria
*"Incisivosaurus" Songlingornithids
*"Archaeovolans" (junior synonym of "Yanornis")Therizinosaurids
*"Erliansaurus"
*"Neimongosaurus" Basal Therizinosauroidea
*"Beipiaosaurus" Troodontids
*"Mei"
*"Sinovenator"
*"Sinusonasus" Tyrannosaurids
*"Xinjiangovenator" Basal Tyrannosauroidea
*"Dilong"
*"Guanlong" "incertae sedis"
*"Eshanosaurus" (Therizinosauroidea?)
*"Pedopenna" (Maniraptora)
*"Yixianosaurus" (Maniraptora)