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Heyuannia
Fossil range: Late Cretaceous
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Profile of Heyuannia huangi.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Sauropsida
Superorder:Dinosauria
Order:Saurischia
Suborder:Theropoda
Family:Oviraptoridae
Genus:Heyuannia
Lü, 2002
Species


H. huangi Lü, 2002 (type)
Heyuannia ("Heyuan one") is a genus of oviraptorid dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous Period in China. It was the first oviraptorid found in that country (most lived in neighbouring Mongolia). It had very short arms and digits, and its first digit was reduced.[1]

The type species, Heyuannia huangi, was described by Lü in 2002. Multiple fossils have been found, including one which may retain possible reproductive organs.[2]

References

1. ^ Lü, J. (2005). Oviraptorid dinosaurs from Southern China. Beijing: Geological Publishing House. ISBN 7-116-04368-3. 200 pages + 8 plates. (In Chinese: pp 1-83, including 36 figures & 3 tables. In English: pp 85-200, including 5 geological figures.)
2. ^ Lü, J. (2002). "A new oviraptorosaurid (Theropoda: Oviraptorosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of southern China." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22, 871-875.

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Late Cretaceous (100mya - 65mya) refers to the second half of the Cretaceous Period, named after the famous white chalk cliffs of southern England, which date from this time. Rocks deposited during the Late Cretaceous Period are referred to as the Upper Cretaceous Series.
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Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. Scientific classification also can be called scientific taxonomy, but should be distinguished from folk taxonomy, which lacks scientific basis.
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Chordata
Bateson, 1885

Typical Classes

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Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates.
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Sauropsida*
Goodrich, 1916

Subclasses
  • Anapsida
  • Diapsida
Synonyms
  • Reptilia Laurenti, 1768
Reptiles are tetrapods and amniotes, animals whose embryos are surrounded by an amniotic membrane, and members of the class
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Dinosauria *
Owen, 1842

Orders & Suborders
  • Ornithischia
  • Cerapoda
  • Thyreophora
  • Saurischia

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Saurischia
Seeley, 1887

Suborders
  • Theropoda
  • Sauropodomorpha


Saurischia (from the Greek sauros (σαυρος) meaning 'lizard' and ischion (
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Theropoda
Marsh, 1881

Infraorders
  • Carnosauria
  • Ceratosauria
  • Deinonychosauria
  • Ornithomimosauria
  • Oviraptorosauria


Theropods ('beast feet') are a group of bipedal saurischian dinosaurs.
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Oviraptoridae
Barsbold, 1976

Genera

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Oviraptoridae is a group of bird-like maniraptoran dinosaurs. They are currently known from Mongolia and China, although there is an unpublished report from Montana.
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species is one of the basic units of biological classification. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring.
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In biology, a type is that which fixes a name to a taxon. Depending on the nomenclature code which is applied to the organism in question, a type may be a specimen, culture, illustration, description or taxon.
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Heyuan (河源) is a prefecture-level city of Guangdong Province in the People's Republic of China. Heyuan has a population of about 207,600. The majority of the people are Cantonese and Hakka. Heyuan includes many rainforests.
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Oviraptoridae
Barsbold, 1976

Genera

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Oviraptoridae is a group of bird-like maniraptoran dinosaurs. They are currently known from Mongolia and China, although there is an unpublished report from Montana.
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Dinosauria *
Owen, 1842

Orders & Suborders
  • Ornithischia
  • Cerapoda
  • Thyreophora
  • Saurischia

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The Cretaceous Period is one of the major divisions of the geologic timescale, reaching from the end of the Jurassic Period (i.e. from 145.5 ± 4.0 million years ago (Ma)) to the beginning of the Paleocene epoch of the Tertiary Period (about 65.5 ± 0.3 Ma).
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Anthem
"Монгол улсын төрийн дуулал"
National anthem of Mongolia
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