Huaxiagnathus

Name: Huaxiagnathus

Pronounced: Hwax-ee-ag-nath-us

Meaning: China jaw

Type: Small Theropod

Length: 1.8M

Diet: Carnivore

Period: Barremian Cretaceous

Years: 130 - 113 million years ago

Location: China

Description: Huaxiagnathus is a genus of theropod dinosaur that lived during the early Cretaceous period, approximately 140 million years ago. It was a small, lightly built dinosaur that likely had feathers. Its name means 'Chinese jaw,' as it was discovered in China. Huaxiagnathus had a relatively short skull with a snout that was elongated and tapered at the end. It had large, sharp teeth that were probably used for catching and eating insects and other small animals. Huaxiagnathus is known from a single specimen, which includes a partial skull and some vertebrae. It is classified as a coelurosaur, a group of small to medium-sized theropods that includes birds and other feathered dinosaurs.

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