Xu Xing (paleontologist)

Xu Xing
Xu Xing
Simplified Chinese	徐星
Traditional Chinese	徐星
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Xú Xīng ; [ɕŭ ɕíŋ]
Wade–Giles	Hsü2 Hsing1

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Xu Xing (Chinese: 徐星; pinyin: Xú Xīng) is a Chinese paleontologist who has named many dinosaurs, including the Jurassic ceratopsian Yinlong, the Jurassic tyrannosauroid Guanlong, the large oviraptorosaur Gigantoraptor, and the troodontid Mei. He was born in Xinjiang, 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.

Among Xu's paleontological contributions, have been discovery and analysis of dinosaur fossils with avian characteristics, and development of theories in regarding the evolution of feathers.^[1]

Genera described by Xu Xing

Name	Year	Status	Coauthor(s)		Notes	Images
Archaeovolans	2002.	Junior synonym.	Stephen Czerkas		Junior synonym of Yanornis.	Beipiaosaurus Gigantoraptor Guanlong Microraptor Sinornithosaurus
Beipiaosaurus	1999.	Valid taxon.	Tang Z.	Wang Xiaolin
Chaoyangsaurus	1999.	Valid taxon.	Zhao Xijin	Cheng Z.
Dilong	2004.	Valid taxon.	Mark Norell Kuang Wang Xiaolin	Zhao Q. Jia C.
Erliansaurus	2002.	Valid taxon.	Zhang Z. Paul Sereno Zhao Xijin	Kuang X. Han J. Tan L.
Eshanosaurus	2001.	Valid taxon.	Zhao Xijin	James M. Clark
Gigantoraptor	2007.	Valid taxon.	Tan Q. Wang J.	Zhao Xijin Tan L.
Graciliraptor	2004.	Valid taxon.	Wang Xiaolin
Guanlong	2006.	Valid taxon.	James M. Clark C. Forster Mark Norell	G. Erickson D. Eberth Jia C. Zhao Q.
Hongshanosaurus	2003.	Valid taxon.	You Hailu	Wang Xiaolin
Incisivosaurus	2000.	Valid taxon.	Cheng Y. Wang Xiaolin	Chang C.
Jeholosaurus	2000.	Valid taxon.	Wang Xiaolin	You Hailu
Jinzhousaurus	2001.	Valid taxon.	Wang Xiaolin
Liaoceratops	2002.	Valid taxon.
Liaoningosaurus	2001.	Valid taxon.	Wang Xiaolin	You Hailu
Limusaurus	2009.	Valid taxon.	James M. Clark Jinyou Mo Jonah Choiniere Catherine A. Forster Gregory M. Erickson David W. E. Hone Corwin Sullivan	David A. Eberth Sterling Nesbitt Qi Zhao Rene Hernandez Cheng-kai Jia Feng-lu Han Yu Guo
Linheraptor	2010.	Valid taxon.	Choinere, J. Pittman, M. Tan, Q. Xiao, D. Li, Z.	Tan, L. Clark, J. Norell, M. Hone, D.W.E. Sullivan
Mei	2004.	Valid taxon.	Mark Norell
Microraptor	2000.	Valid taxon.	Zhou Zhonghe	Wang Xiaolin
Nanyangosaurus	2000.	Valid taxon.	Zhao Lu Huang	Li Dong
Neimongosaurus	2001.	Valid taxon.	Zhang X. Paul Sereno	Kwang Tan
Pedopenna	2005.	Valid taxon.	Zhang Fucheng
Sinornithosaurus	1999.	Valid taxon.	Wang Xiaolin	Wu Xiao-Chun
Sinovenator	2002.	Valid taxon.	Mark Norell Peter Makovicky	Wang Xiaolin Wu Xiao-Chun
Sinusonasus	2004.	Valid taxon.	Wang Xiaolin
Sonidosaurus	2006.	Valid taxon.	Zhang X. Tan Q.	Zhao Xijin Tan L.
Xinjiangovenator	2005.	Valid taxon.	Oliver Rauhut		Previously described as a specimen of Phaedrolosaurus by Dong Zhiming in 1973.
Xixianykus	2010.	Valid taxon.	De-You Wang Corwin Sullivan David W. E. Hone	Feng-Lu Han Rong-Hao Yan Fu-Ming Du
Yinlong	2006.	Valid taxon.	C. Forster James M. Clark	Mark Norell Mo J.
Yixianosaurus	2003.	Valid taxon.	Wang Xiaolin
Yutyrannus	2012.	Valid taxon.	Kebai Wang Ke Zhang Qingyu Ma Lida Xing	Corwin Sullivan Dongyu Hu Shuqing Cheng Shuo Wang
Zhuchengceratops	2010.	Valid taxon.	Kebai Wang Xijin Zhao	Corwin Sullivan Shuqing Chen

Publications

Xu, Xing; Norell, Mark A; Kuang, Xuewen; Wang, Xiaolin; Zhao, Qi & Jia, Chengkai (7 October 2004). "Basal tyrannosauroids from China and evidence for protofeathers in tyrannosauroids." Nature, 431: 680-684. doi:10.1038/nature02855 PMID 15470426

Xu, Xing; Clark, James M; Forster, Catherine A; Norell, Mark A; Erickson, Gregory M; Eberth, David A; Jia, Chengkai & Zhao, Qi (9 February 2006). "A basal tyrannosauroid dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of China." Nautre, 9: 715-718. doi:10.1038/nature04511

Xu, Xing; Tan, Qingwei; Wang, Jianmin; Zhao, Xijin & Tan, Lin (14 June 2007). "A gigantic bird-like dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of China." Nature, 447: 844-847. doi:10.1038/nature05849

Xu, Xing; Zheng, Xiaoting & You, Hailu (20 January 2009). "A new feather type in a nonavian theropod and the early evolution of feathers." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 106 (3): 832-834. doi:10.1073/pnas.0810055106 PMID 19139401

Xu, X.; Wang, K.; Zhang, K.; Ma, Q.; Xing, L.; Sullivan, C.; Hu, D.; Cheng, S.; Wang, S. (2012). "A gigantic feathered dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of China" (PDF). Nature. 484: 92–95. doi:10.1038/nature10906. PMID 22481363. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |displayauthors= ignored (|display-authors= suggested) (help)

References

^ Xu, Xing (2006). "Feathered dinosaurs from China and the evolution of major avian characters". Integrative Zoology. 1 (1): 4–11. doi:10.1111/j.1749-4877.2006.00004.x. PMID 21395983.

External links

Famous Expert Forum ( 2008-14): Research Fellow Xu Xing’s Academic Report

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[Xu2006-1] Xu, Xing (2006). "Feathered dinosaurs from China and the evolution of major avian characters". Integrative Zoology. 1 (1): 4–11. doi:10.1111/j.1749-4877.2006.00004.x. PMID 21395983.

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