HEYUANNIA
a heyuannine oviraptorid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of China and Mongolia.
Pronunciation: hey-yoo-AR-nee-uh
Meaning: for Heyuan
Author/s: Lü (
2002)
Synonyms: See
below
First Discovery: Guangdong, China
Discovery Chart Position: #509
Heyuannia huangi
(for Huang Dong and Heyuan City)Etymology
Heyuannia is named for Heyuan, the City in which it was discovered. Heyuan literally means "origin of the river", due to it being situated at the confluence where the Xinfeng River (Xinfengjiang) flows into the Dong River (Dongjiang).
The
species epithet,
huangi, honours Dong Huang, the
director of Heyuan Museum, "who made great contributions in
the excavation and preservation of these fossils".
Discovery
The remains of
Heyuannia huangi were discovered in the Dalangshan Formation at a quarry in Huangsha Village, Heyuan City, Guangdong Province, China.
The
holotype (HYMV1-1) is a skeleton missing the end of the tail and forelimbs, and a partial skull.
Other species
Heyuannia yanshini.
Ingenia yanshini (Barsbold, 1981) =
Heyuannia yanshini
Ajancingenia yanshini (Easter, 2013) =
Heyuannia yanshini
Estimations
Timeline:
Era: Mesozoic
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Maastrichtian
Age range: 70-66 mya
Stats:
Est. max. length: 1.5 meters
Est. max. hip height: ?
Est. max. weight: 20 Kg
Diet: Herbivore
References
Lü J (2002) "A new oviraptorosaurid (Theropoda: Oviraptorosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of southern China".
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 22(4): 871–875. DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0871:anotof]2.0.co;2.
• Barsbold R (1981) "Bezzubye khishchnye dinozavry Mongolii" [Toothless carnivorous dinosaurs of Mongolia].
Trudy - Sovmestnaya Sovetsko-Mongol'skaya Paleontologicheskaya Ekspeditsiya, 15: 28-39, 124.
• Lü J, Huang D and Qiu L (2005) "The Pectoral Girdle and the Forelimb of
Heyuannia (Dinosauria: Oviraptorosauria)". Page 256-273 in Carpenter (ed.) "
The Carnivorous Dinosaurs".
• Paul GS (2010) "
The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs".
• Easter J (2013) "A new name for the oviraptorid dinosaur "Ingenia" yanshini (Barsbold, 1981; preoccupied by Gerlach, 1957)".
Zootaxa, 3737(2): 184–190. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3737.2.6.
• Wiemann J, Yang T-R, Sander PN, Schneider M, Engeser M, Kath-Schorr S, Müller CE and Sander PM (2017) "Dinosaur origin of egg color: oviraptors laid blue-green eggs".
PeerJ. 5: e3706. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.3706
• Funston GF, Mendonca SE, Currie PJ and Barsbold R (2018) "Oviraptorosaur anatomy, diversity and ecology in the Nemegt Basin".
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 494: 101–120. DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.10.023.
• Yun C-G (2019) "Heyuanninae clade nov., a replacement name for the oviraptorid subfamily "Ingeniinae" Barsbold, 1981".
Zootaxa, 4671(2): 295–296. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4671.2.11.
• Qiu R, Du Y, Huang Z, Zhu X, Yang X, Wang Q and Wang X (2024) "The osteology of the wrist of
Heyuannia huangi (Oviraptorosauria) and its implications for the wrist folding mechanism".
PeerJ, 12: e17669. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.17669.
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