Luoyanggia

Luoyanggia
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, Aptian–Albian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Family: Oviraptoridae
Genus: Luoyanggia
et al., 2009
Species:
L. liudianensis
Binomial name
Luoyanggia liudianensis
et al., 2009

Luoyanggia (meaning "from Luoyang") is a genus of oviraptorid dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous Haoling Formation of the Ruyang Basin in Henan Province, central China. The type species is L. liudianensis.[1] Holtz estimated it at 1.5 meters (5 ft) and around 2.27-9.1 kg (5-20 lbs).[2] Molina-Pérez and Larramendi gave a similar size of 1.2 meters (4 ft) and 8.5 kg (18.7 lbs).[3]

  1. ^ Lü., J., Xu, L., Jiang, X., Jia, S., Li, M., Yuan, C., Zhang, X. and Ji, Q. (2009). "A preliminary report on the new dinosaurian fauna from the Cretaceous of the Ruyang Basin, Henan Province of central China." Journal of the Palaeontological Society of Korea, 25: 43-56.
  2. ^ Holtz, Thomas R., Jr.; Rey, Luis V. (2007). Dinosaurs ([1]). New York: Random House. ISBN 978-0-375-82419-7.
  3. ^ Molina-Pérez & Larramendi (2016). Récords y curiosidades de los dinosaurios Terópodos y otros dinosauromorfos. Spain: Larousse. p. 271.