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Luoyanggia

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Named after Luoyang, a city in Henan Province, China, near the fossil locality; meaning "from Luoyang"

121.4–100.5 million years ago Aptian–Albian, Early Cretaceous
Early Cretaceous stages

Luoyanggia is a genus of oviraptorid dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous Haoling Formation of the Ruyang Basin in Henan Province, central China. The type species is L. liudianensis.

Diagnosis

  1. Rostral part of mandible not downturned.
  2. Mandibular symphysis V-shaped in dorsal view.
  3. Both mandibular rami bent posterolaterally.
  4. Shaft of ischium slightly concave caudally.
  5. Pubic peduncle of ilium much deeper than ischial peduncle.
  6. Anterior margin of ischial shaft sharply transferred to anterodorsal margin of obturator process.

Species

Luoyanggia liudianensis Lü et al., 2009

Type species

Named for Liudian, a locality in Henan Province, China, near where the holotype was discovered.

Holotype
HGM 41HIII-00010 , Henan Geological Museum
Material
Partial mandible, partial right ilium, ischium, and nearly complete pubis, and right metatarsals.
Horizon
Haoling Formation, Aptian–Albian, Early Cretaceous , 121.4–100.5 million years ago
Locality
Shijiagou Quarry, Liudian, Henan, China

Synonyms of the genus

Name Type Reason
Luoyangosaurus nomen nudum Informal name; never met ICZN requirements for formal publication and is treated as referable to Luoyanggia. Per Olshevsky's Dinosaur Genera List.

References

  1. Lü, J.; Xu, L.; Jiang, X.; Jia, S.; Li, M.; Yuan, C.; Zhang, X.; Ji, Q. (2009). A preliminary report on the new dinosaurian fauna from the Cretaceous of the Ruyang Basin, Henan Province of central China. Journal of the Paleontological Society of Korea 25(1): 43-56. lü2009b
  2. Lü, J.; Xu, L.; Pu, H.; Zhang, X.; Zhang, Y.; Jia, S.; Chang, H.; Zhang, J.; Wei, X. (2013). A new sauropod dinosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the late Early Cretaceous of the Ruyang Basin (central China). Cretaceous Research 44: 202-213. Elsevier BV. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2013.04.009

    Places the holotype in the Haoling Formation, a name that postdates the original description.

    lü2013b