Pronunciation: huh-sheeng
Meaning: Crane-like
Author/s: Jin, Chen and Godefroit (2012)
Synonyms: None known
First Discovery: Liaoning, China
Discovery Chart Position: #811
Hexing qingyi
(Crane-like with thin wings)Etymology
The species epithet, qingyi, means "with thin wings", also in Mandarin.
Discovery
The remains of Hexing were discovered at the Xiaobeigou locality in the lowest Yixian Formation, Lujiatun, Shangyuan, Beipiao City, Western Liaoning Province, China by a local farmer who actually began to prepare the fossils himself! Bruised and battered, the remains were carted back to the Geological Museum of the Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, where they are now housed, and painstakingly restored. Hexing is the second dinosaur from this area, behind Shenzhousaurus orientalis (Ji et al, 2003).
The holotype (JLUM-JZ07b1) is an incomplete adult specimen: a partial skull, a portion of the neck, and limb bones, including a 135mm long femur which showed that Hexing is much smaller than other ornithomimosaurs.
