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Ningyuansaurus

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The arms were short, with longer upper arms (humeri) than lower arms (ulna). The legs were long, and the upper leg (femur) was longer than the pelvic bones. The tail was relatively long and feather impressions were found near the tip. Additional feather impressions were identified along the neck.
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and six in the maxilla. The teeth were closely packed together and lacked serrations. The eyes were relatively large. The skull was generally triangular in shape but longer than other basal oviraptorosaurs like
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Ji et al., 2012 considered Ningyuansaurus a basal member of Oviraptorosauria. However, some traits, such as the low iliofemoral ratio, low ischiopubic ratio and enlarged pedal ungual II are more similar to
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Numerous small oval-shaped structures were found in the body cavity of the type specimen, each 10 millimetres (0.39 in) or less in diameter. These may be the remains of seeds, indicating that
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Q. Ji, J.-c. Lü, X.-f. Wei and X.-r. Wang. 2012. A new oviraptorosaur from the Yixian Formation of Jianching, western Liaoning Province, China. Geological Bulletin of China 31(12):2102-2107
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and a greater number of teeth in comparison to any other known oviraptorosaur. However, later research showed that it is a member of Halszkaraptorinae. The generic name
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Ji Qiang; Lü Jun-Chang; Wei Xue-Fang; Wang Xu-Ri (2012). "A new oviraptorosaur from the Yixian Formation of Jianchang, Western Liaoning Province, China".
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is notable for having a large number of teeth compared to more advanced oviraptorosaurs, but the teeth in the back of the upper jaw (
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Hartman, Scott; Mortimer, Mickey; Wahl, William R.; Lomax, Dean R.; Lippincott, Jessica; Lovelace, David M. (2019-07-10).
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and the study does not recover a paravian Velociraptor.
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Funston, Gregory F.; Currie, Philip J. (2016-07-03).
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Pennaraptora
Ningyuansaurus
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Lingyuanosaurus
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