New Oviraptorosaur Species Discovered in China
A brand-new genus and types of early-diverging oviraptorosaurian dinosaur has actually been recognized from 2 specimens discovered in Inner Mongolia, China.
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"Oviraptorosauria is a group of specialized pennaraptoran theropods understood mainly from a plentiful Asian and North American Cretaceous fossil record," stated Dr. Xing Xu, a paleontologist from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology at Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Centre for Vertebrate Evolutionary Biology at Yunnan University, and associates.
"In current years, a series of brand-new discoveries have actually improved our understanding of their variety, habits, ontogeny and reproductive biology."
"With over 40 genera called, unde...