Subfamily
Valid Extinct

Heyuanninae

Yun 2019

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
18
Group
Dinosaures
Omnivore Ground dwelling (surface) Terrestrial
Heyuanninae
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PBDB
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Theropoda Unranked clade
Neotheropoda Unranked clade
Averostra Unranked clade
Tetanurae Unranked clade
Coelurosauria Unranked clade
Maniraptora Unranked clade
Oviraptorosauria Infraorder
Oviraptoridae Family
Heyuanninae Subfamily
Fossil sites 18 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇳 Mongolia
12
🇨🇳 China
6
Geological formations
Nemegt
5
Bayan Mandahu
1
Dongyuan
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
10
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
8
Synonyms (1)
Ingeniinae replaced by Heyuanninae
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
C.-C. Yun. 2019. Heyuanninae clade nov., a replacement name for the oviraptorid subfamily “Ingeniinae” Barsbold, 1981 . Zootaxa 4671(2):295-296 DOI ↗
Bibliography (14)
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