Friday, November 06, 2015

The Thanfulness of November. Ganzhousaurus

   Ganzhousaurus is an oviraptorid dinosaur that displays a mix of primitive and advanced features which suggests that it is transitory in form between primitive oviraptorids that were around earlier in the Cretaceous,‭ ‬and more advanced ones alive later in the Cretaceous.‭ ‬Though since the fossils for Ganzhousaurus are from a Maastrichtian era deposit,‭ ‬Ganzhousaurus may have been a late surviving primitive form.
       Ganzhousaurus is named after Ganzhou City,‭ ‬while the species name G.‭ ‬nankangensis means‭ ‘‬from Nankang‭’‬.

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