Xunmenglong
Xunmenglong Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, Hauterivian
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Skeleton mount | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Family: | †Compsognathidae |
Genus: | †Xunmenglong Xing et al., 2019 |
Type species | |
†Xunmenglong yinliangis Xing et al., 2019
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Xunmenglong (meaning "swift dragon" in Chinese Pinyin) is a genus of compsognathid theropod dinosaur from the Huajiying Formation from Hebei Province in China. The type and only species is Xunmenglong yinliangis. The holotype material consists of a pelvis, tail base and hindlimbs that had previously been part of a chimera containing three different animals. The animal is described as being the smallest known member of Compsognathidae, being about the size of the sub-adult Scipionyx holotype specimen or approximately 0.5 meters (1.6 feet) in length.[1]
References[]
- ^ Xing, Lida; Miyashita, Tetsuto; Wang, Donghao; Niu, Kechung; Currie, Philip J. (2019). "A new compsognathid theropod dinosaur from the oldest assemblage of the Jehol Biota in the Lower Cretaceous Huajiying Formation, northeastern China". Cretaceous Research. 107: 104285. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104285. ISSN 0195-6671. S2CID 210615455.
Categories:
- Compsognathids
- Hauterivian life
- Early Cretaceous dinosaurs of Asia
- Cretaceous China
- Fossil taxa described in 2019
- Theropod stubs