#huanansaurus

[saritapaleo]

Like its contemporary, Tongtianlong, Huanansaurus ganzhouensis was also found during construction, in this case of a railway station, in the Nanxiong Formation. This turkey-sized oviraptorid was one of many in the Nanxiong, and was likely specially adapted to fill a niche the other oviraptorids didn’t, based on niche differentiation and their variable beak types. As it’s hard to narrow down these animals’ diets beyond herbivore/possible omnivore due to their beaks and lack of teeth, we may never know the exact niche each of them filled. Visually, though, Huanansaurus was set apart by its odd, rectangular skull and unique jaw morphology. It appears to be most closely related to the slightly older Mongolian Citipati, rather than any other Chinese oviraptorid, shedding insight on a possible emigration of Mongilian oviraptorids into China.

As covered, the Nanxiong Formation of Late Cretaceous China was rich with oviraptorosaurs. Over 200 oviraptorosaur nests and eggs have been found here, including some with fossilized embryos. Huanansaurus would have shared this environment with the previously mentioned Tongtianlong, as well as Corythoraptor, Ganzhousaurus, Jiangxisaurus, Nankangia, Shixinggia, and Banji (which is possibly a juvenile Corythoraptor). But it wasn’t just oviraptorosaurs that lived here, there were also therizinosaurids like Nanshiungosaurus, macronarian sauropods like Jiangxititan, indeterminate hadrosaurs, the long-snouted tyrannosaurid Qianzhousaurus, turtles, lizards, and the crocodilian Jiangxisuchus. The environment was probably similar to the wooded parts of the Nemegt Formation, with conifer forests, shallow lakes, rivers, and mudflats.

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[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.

[extinctworld-ua]

Huanansaurus

Huanansaurus — це вимерлий рід овірапторидових динозаврів, який жив приблизно 72 мільйони років тому, під час останньої частини крейдяного періоду, між кампаном і маастрихтом, на території сучасного Китаю у формації Наньсьонг. Включає єдиний вид – Huanansaurus ganzhouensis.

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[a-dinosaur-a-day]

Huanansaurus ganzhouensis

Source: spinosaurus-the-fisher

Name: Huanansaurus ganzhouensis

Name Meaning: Southern Chinese Lizard

First Described: 2015

Described By: Lü et al.

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

It’s hard to compete with Yi, but this year has been littered with fascinating dinosaur discoveries, and Huanansaurus is no exception. It was an oviraptorosaur, closely related to the most derived forms such as Oviraptor and Citipati. It is known from a partial skeleton with an almost complete skull and lower jaws. It was found in the Nanxiong Formation in Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China, and lived between the Campanian and Maastrichtian ages of the Late Cretaceous, about 72 million years ago. It was very similar to Citipati but had a number of differences in the skull from it, including a different jaw structure, lending more insight into the later members of the oviraptorosaur group. 

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huanansaurus

http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/science-huanansaurus-ganzhouensis-dinosaur-02983.html

Shout out goes to gardenofthequeen!

[typhlonectes]

Paleo Profile: Huanansaurus ganzhouensis

by Brian Switek

Name: Huanansaurus ganzhouensis

Meaning: The name is a clue to where this dinosaur was found. Huanansaurus means “southern China lizard”, and ganzhouensis refers to the locality Ganzhou where it was uncovered.

Age: Late Cretaceous, around 72 million years ago.

Where in the world?: Ganzhou, southern China.

What sort of critter?: Huanansaurus was an oviraptorosaur – a group of beaked, superficially bird-like dinosaurs.

Size: Not yet estimated, but roughly comparable to oviraptorosaurs like Citipati.

How much of the creature’s body is known?: A partial skeleton including the skull, seven neck vertebrae, elements of the forelimbs, both hands, and partial elements from the hindlimbs...

(read more: Laelaps - National Geographic)

illustration by Chuang Zhao