#ganzhousaurus

[artbyconnorross]

Though pachycephalosaurs are probably my favorite dinosaurs, I’ve drawn oviraptorosaurs a lot too. Top piece is Caenagnathasia, 3rd and 5th pieces are Anzu, and the last is Gigantoraptor. I drew the Gigantoraptor in my senior year of high school with no references, so I’m sure parts of it are off, but I still like it.

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

Ganzhousaurus nankangensis

Source: thewoodparable​! Thank you to him for drawing his dino!

Name: Ganzhousaurus nankangensis

Name Meaning: Ganzhou Lizard

First Described: 2013

Described By: Wang et al.

Classification: Dinosauria, Saurischia, Eusaurischia, Theropoda, Neotheropoda, Averostra, Tetanurae, Orionides, Avetheropoda, Coelurosauria, Tyrannoraptora, Maniraptoriformes, Maniraptora, Pennaraptora, Oviraptorosauria, Caenagnathoidea, Oviraptoridae, Oviraptorinae

Ganzhousaurus was an oviraptorin from the Nanxiong Formation of Nankang County, Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province, China, and as such like all of its fellows from that formation, lived in the Maastrichtian age of the Late Cretaceous, between 72 and 66 million years ago. Its exact cladistic placement within Oviraptoridae is fairly questionable, as it had a mixture of primitive and advanced oviraptorid features. It lived alongside many other oviraptorids like Nankangia and Banji.

Sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganzhousaurus

http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/g/ganzhousaurus.html

Shout out goes to thewoodparable!