Xixiasaurus henanensis

No picture of Xixiasaurus henanensis was found. Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none. Wikipedia has a picture filed under this name, but nothing tied it to Xixiasaurus henanensis itself, so it was not used. Smithsonian Open Access did not answer, so this is what the others held rather than everything there is. GBIF was asked, and what came back is not recorded: nothing, or a picture this site could not tie to Xixiasaurus henanensis, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
XixiasaurusPBDB
Diet
carnivore, omnivorePBDB, for Troodontidae
Life habit
ground dwellingPBDB, for Troodontidae
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Theropoda
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Troodontidae

Time the record covers

At most 18 million years on record.

The one occurrence read is dated to somewhere between 89.8 Mya and 72.2 Mya, which is a dating window rather than a span.

Late Cretaceous — about 1 of 1 occurrenceLate Cretaceous90–90 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences90–89 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences89–88 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences88–88 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences88–87 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences87–87 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences87–86 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences86–85 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences85–85 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences85–84 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences84–83 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences83–83 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences83–82 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences82–82 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences82–81 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences81–80 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences80–80 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences80–79 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences79–79 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences79–78 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences78–77 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences77–77 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences77–76 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences76–75 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences75–75 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences75–74 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences74–74 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences74–73 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences73–72 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences72–72 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences90.3 Mya71.7 Mya

1 occurrence of Xixiasaurus henanensis on record, most of them in the Late Cretaceous. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

1 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

1 formation

Majiacun — 33.38°N, 111.67°E

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The named rock units Xixiasaurus henanensis has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed.

Xixiasaurus henanensis and its relatives

Late Cretaceous

Where Xixiasaurus henanensis and its relatives were recorded in the Late Cretaceous.

Found in the same rock

No other named taxon is catalogued from that site.

The Paleobiology Database records 1 site for Xixiasaurus henanensis, and this reads all of them.

Entered from

1 reference

Each of the 1 occurrence read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. Each entry links to doi.org. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

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No picture of Xixiasaurus henanensis was found. Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none.

Wikipedia has a picture filed under this name, but nothing tied it to Xixiasaurus henanensis itself, so it was not used.

Smithsonian Open Access did not answer, so this is what the others held rather than everything there is.

GBIF was asked, and what came back is not recorded: nothing, or a picture this site could not tie to Xixiasaurus henanensis, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Xixiasaurus henanensis was found in Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Lü et al. 2010