Huaxiagnathus
hwah-shee-ag-NAY-thus /ˌhwɑːʃiæɡˈneɪθəs/
Accepted genus
Chinese jaw
- Huaxia · Chinese · an ancient name for China
- gnathos · Greek · jaw
The name combines "Huaxia", an ancient poetic name for China, with the Greek "gnathos", meaning jaw. It means "Chinese jaw". It refers to the fact that the fossils come from China. The type species is Huaxiagnathus orientalis.
- Named by
- Hwang et al.
- Year named
- 2004
- Period
- Early Cretaceous
- Stage
- Barremian
- Found in
- Yixian Formation, Liaoning, China
A large compsognathid theropod from the Jehol Biota. Its stage is given as Barremian, but dating of the Yixian Formation is debated, and some estimates place it in the Aptian.