#nankangia

[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]

Nankangia jiangxiensis

Source: http://ornitofrenia.pl/%E2%80%A0-nankangia/

Name: Nankangia jiangxiensis

Name Meaning: Nankang County

First Described: 2013

Described By: Lü et al. 

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

So this dinosaur was hidden on wikipedia, and we have another twofer day! Nankangia was a caenagnathoid from the Nanxiong Formation of Nankang County, Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Provicne, China. It lived in the Maastrichtian age of the Late Cretaceous, anywhere from 72 to 66 million years ago. It lived alongside quite a few other caenagnathoids: Banji, Ganzhousaurus, and Jiangxisaurus. It had a short jaw, which could indicate that it was an herbivore. 

Source: 

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

Shout out goes to kinickienoodle!

[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.