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Heyuannia
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Heyuannia

Heyuannia yanshini

Era: CretaceousDiet: OmnivorousPeriod: Late CretaceousSize: 2m

Heyuannia ("from Heyuan") is a genus of oviraptorid dinosaur that lived in Asia during the Late Cretaceous epoch, in what is now China and Mongolia. It was the first oviraptorid found in China; most others were found in neighbouring Mongolia. Two species are known: H. huangi, named by Lü Junchang in 2002 from the Dalangshan Formation; and H