LegendaryHeyuannia
Heyuannia huangi
hey-yoo-AN-ee-ah· “from Heyuan”
🦕 Dinosaur🕰️ Cretaceous🍽️ omnivore🦴 Oviraptoridae
1.5 m
Length
0.8 m
Height
20 kg
Weight
A short-snouted, crestless oviraptorid — the first found in China. Remarkably, its fossil eggshells still preserve traces of blue-green pigment, hinting these dinosaurs laid coloured eggs like birds.
When
Late Cretaceous, ~70 million years ago
Found in
China
Discovered
Junchang Lü, 2002
Did you know?
- The first oviraptorid dinosaur discovered in China.
- Its fossil eggs preserve blue-green pigment — coloured eggs!
- A toothless, beaked omnivore with a stubby snout.
Artwork: Danny Cicchetti, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.