Xu Xing

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Xu Xing (simplified Chinese: 徐星; pinyin: Xu Xing) is a famed Chinese paleontologist who has named many dinosaurs, including the new Jurassic Ceratopsian Yinlong, the feathered relative of Tyrannosaurus Guanlong, the unusual Gigantoraptor, and the "sleeping dragon" Mei long. He was born in Xin Jiang, China, in 1969. A graduate from the department of geology of Peking University, he is currently a research fellow at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing.

Contents 1 Genera described by Xu Xing 1.1 Ankylosauria 1.2 Ceratopsia 1.3 Ornithopoda 1.4 Sauropoda 1.5 Theropoda

[edit] Genera described by Xu Xing