Xu Xing (paleontologist)

In this Chinese name, the family name is Xu.
Xu Xing
Chinese徐星
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXú Xīng
Wade–GilesHsü2 Hsing1
IPA[ɕŭ ɕíŋ]

Xu Xing (Chinese: 徐星; pinyin: Xú Xīng; born July 1969) is a Chinese paleontologist who has named more dinosaurs than any other living paleontologist.[1] Such dinosaurs include the Jurassic ceratopsian Yinlong, the Jurassic tyrannosauroid Guanlong, the large oviraptorosaur Gigantoraptor, and the troodontid Mei.

  1. ^ Hunt, Katie; Stout, Kristie Lu; Kwok, Jason; Yang, Yuli; Lu, Shen. "China's golden age of paleontology". CNN. Archived from the original on 2019-05-21. Retrieved 2020-06-04.