Corythoraptor jacobsi Lü et al. 2017 (maniraptoran)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Oviraptoridae

Full reference: J. Lü, G. Li, M. Kundrát, Y.-N. Lee, Z. Sun, Y. Kobayashi, C. Shen, F. Teng, and H. Liu. 2017. High diversity of the Ganzhou oviraptorid fauna increased by a new “cassowary-like” crested species. Scientific Reports 7:6393:1-13

Belongs to Corythoraptor according to J. Lü et al. 2017

See also Funston 2020

Sister taxon: Corythoraptorduplicate

Type specimen: JPM-2015-001, a skeleton (Almost complete skeleton with the skull and lower jaw). Its type locality is Ganzhou Railway Station, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone in the Hekou Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: found only at Ganzhou Railway Station

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