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LUOYANGGIA
(loo-o-yang-e-ah)
meaning: "after the Luoyang prefecture"
Named By: J. Lu, L. Xu, X. Jiang, S. Jia, M. Li, C. Yuan, X. Zhang & Q. Ji in 2009
Time Period: Early Cretaceous, Aptian-Albian
Location: China, Henan Province - Mangchuan Formation
Size: Uncertain due to lack of remains
Diet: Uncertain
Fossil(s): Mandible and partial post cranial remains of the pelvis and some metatarsals
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Theropoda | Oviraptorosauria | Oviraptoridae |
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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.

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