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Silhouette of Jinbeisaurus wangi

Jinbeisaurus Jinbeisaurus wangi Wu et al. 2020

/dʒˌɪnbeɪsˈɔːɹəs/ estimated
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · 100.5–72.2 Mya

Key Statistics

Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
solitary

Where It Was Found

Country
China
Region
Shanxi
Formation
Huiquanpu
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Recorded finds in China. Present-day positions: the continents have moved since.

Overview

Jinbeisaurus wangi is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 100.5–72.2 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and solitary. Fossils have been recovered from Shanxi, China. It was named by Wu et al. 2020. 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 Jinbeisaurus wangi sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Jinbeisaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Jinbeisaurus wangi'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.

predator–prey
Bactrosaurus
Bactrosaurus johnsoni
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predator–prey
Gilmoreosaurus
Gilmoreosaurus mongoliensis
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predator–prey
Huabeisaurus
Huabeisaurus allocotus
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coexisted–with
Centrosaurus
Centrosaurus apertus
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coexisted–with
Stegoceras
Stegoceras validum
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coexisted–with
Protoceratops
Protoceratops andrewsi
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coexisted–with
Hypacrosaurus
Hypacrosaurus stebingeri
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coexisted–with
Corythosaurus
Corythosaurus casuarius
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