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Huanansaurus Huanansaurus ganzhouensis Lü et al. 2015
/hjˌuːɐnɐnsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 72.2–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
omnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Where It Was Found
Country
China
Region
Jiangxi
Formation
Hekou
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Huanansaurus ganzhouensis is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 72.2–66.0 million years ago. It was an omnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling. Fossils have been recovered from Jiangxi, China. It was named by Lü et al. 2015. The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~5%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Huanansaurus ganzhouensis sits in deep time
Huanansaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Huanansaurus ganzhouensis's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.