A new name for the oviraptorid dinosaur “ Ingenia ” yanshini (Barsbold, 1981; preoccupied by Gerlach, 1957)
Author
Easter, Jesse
text
Zootaxa
2013
2013-11-19
3737
2
184
190
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3737.2.6
1175-5326
5270477
1FBE5870-514F-403C-B006-5D54ECE3B3E3
Ajancingenia
gen. nov.
Etymology:
From Mongolian аянч,
ajanč
, “traveler” +
Ingenia
(derived from the Ingen Khoboor Depression,
Bayankhongor Province
,
Mongolia
), with reference to the enlarged “thumb” on the manus (reminiscent of the “thumbs up” hitchhiking gesture).
Diagnosis:
As for
type
and only species.