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GANZHOUSAURUS
(gan-zoo-sore-us)
meaning: "Ganzhou lizard"
Named By: Shuo Wang, Chengkai Sun, Corwin Sullivan & Xing Xu in 2013
Time Period: Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian
Location: China, Jiangxi Province - Nanxiong Formation
Size: Unavailable
Diet: Uncertain
Fossil(s): Partial remains
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Theropoda | Oviraptoridae | Oviraptorinae |
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Ganzhousaurus is an extinct genus of oviraptorine oviraptorid dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous Nanxiong Formation of Nankang County, Ganzhou City of Jiangxi Province, southern China. It was found in a Maastrichtian deposit and contains a single species, Ganzhousaurus nankangensis. It is distinguished by a combination of primitive and derived features.

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