#caenagnathus

[si-nequal-is]

Saurornitholestes attacks Caenagnathus

[taphonomenon]

Got the D&D hyperfixation again. Sketched out some playable dinosaur races for my world

[polarwooly]

Day 13 - Symbiosis

This Euoplocephalus tutus has many peaceful ecological relationships, like the Einiosaurus procurvicornis who eat the taller plants and keep a close eye out for any threats. Even closer are the little Avisaurus sp. that clean her from parasites and a Caenagnathus collinsi that waits for little prey to dart out from underfoot.

[twarda]

Ya like dinosaurs? Then have lots of them. And 1 turtle as a bonus. Done for... you guessed it, Zniw Adventure! 

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[si-nequal-is]

Stenonychosaurus mobbing Caenagnathus.

[sciencetoastudent]

Abstract

A new oviraptorosaur Nankangia jiangxiensis gen. et sp. nov. is described on the basis of a partial postcranial skeleton with a partial lower jaw collected from the Upper Cretaceous Nanxiong Formation of Ganzhou, in Jiangxi Province of southern China. The new taxon is diagnosed by: (1) a mandibular symphysis that is not turned down; (2) neural spines of the cranial caudal vertebrae that are wider transversely than anteroposteriorly, forming a large posterior fossa with rugose central areas; (3) a femoral neck extending at an angle of about 90 to the shaft; and (4) a ratio of femur to tibia length of 0.95. Phylogenetic analysis recovers Nankangia as basal to the oviraptorid Yulong, but more derived than Caenagnathus, which also has a mandibular symphysis that is not turned down. The coexistence of Nankangia jiangxiensis, Ganzhousaurus nankangensis, Jiangxisaurus ganzhouensis, an unnamed oviraptorid from Nanxiong Basin and Banji long suggests that they occupied distinct ecological niches. Nankangia may have been more herbivorous than carnivorous.