Luoyanggia

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Luoyanggia
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 96 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Family: Oviraptoridae
Genus: Luoyanggia
et al., 2009
Species:
L. liudianensis
Binomial name
Luoyanggia liudianensis
et al., 2009

Luoyanggia is a genus of oviraptorid dinosaur first reported from the Ruyang Basin, Henan Province of central China in 2009. The formation dates to the Cenomanian stage of the late Cretaceous period, around 96 million years ago. The type species is L. liudianensis.[1]

References

  1. ^ Lü., J., Xu, L., Jiang, X., Jia, S., Li, M., Yuan, C., Zhang, X. and Ji, Q. (2009). "A preliminary report on the new dinosaurian fauna from the Cretaceous of the Ruyang Basin, Henan Province of central China." Journal of the Palaeontological Society of Korea, 25: 43-56.