Xu Xing

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. 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. He has made major breakthroughs in the study of evolution and origin of birds from feathered dinosaurs.

Genera described by Xu Xing[]

Name	Year	Status	Coauthor(s)		Notes	Images
Archaeovolans	2002.	Junior synonym.	Stephen Czerkas		Junior synonym of Yanornis.	Beipiaosaurus Gigantoraptor Guanlong Microraptor Sinornithosaurus
Beipiaosaurus	1999.	Valid taxon.	Tang Z.	Wang Xiaolin
Chaoyangsaurus	1999.	Valid taxon.	Zhao Xijin	Cheng Z.
Dilong	2004.	Valid taxon.	Mark Norell Kuang Wang Xiaolin	Zhao Q. Jia C.
Erliansaurus	2002.	Valid taxon.	Zhang Z. Paul Sereno Zhao Xijin	Kuang X. Han J. Tan L.
Eshanosaurus	2001.	Valid taxon.	Zhao Xijin	James M. Clark
Gigantoraptor	2007.	Valid taxon.	Tan Q. Wang J.	Zhao Xijin Tan L.
Graciliraptor	2004.	Valid taxon.	Wang Xiaolin
Guanlong	2006.	Valid taxon.	James M. Clark C. Forster Mark Norell	G. Erickson D. Eberth Jia C. Zhao Q.
Hongshanosaurus	2003.	Valid taxon.	You Hailu	Wang Xiaolin
Incisivosaurus	2000.	Valid taxon.	Cheng Y. Wang Xiaolin	Chang C.
Jeholosaurus	2000.	Valid taxon.	Wang Xiaolin	You Hailu
Jinzhousaurus	2001.	Valid taxon.	Wang Xiaolin
Liaoceratops	2002.	Valid taxon.
Liaoningosaurus	2001.	Valid taxon.	Wang Xiaolin	You Hailu
Mei	2004.	Valid taxon.	Mark Norell
Microraptor	2000.	Valid taxon.	Zhou Zhonghe	Wang Xiaolin
Nanyangosaurus	2000.	Valid taxon.	Zhao Lu Huang	Li Dong
Neimongosaurus	2001.	Valid taxon.	Zhang X. Paul Sereno	Kwang Tan
Pedopenna	2005.	Valid taxon.	Zhang Fucheng
Sinornithosaurus	1999.	Valid taxon.	Wang Xiaolin	Wu Xiao-Chun
Sinovenator	2002.	Valid taxon.	Mark Norell Peter Makovicky	Wang Xiaolin Wu Xiao-Chun
Sinusonasus	2004.	Valid taxon.	Wang Xiaolin
Sonidosaurus	2006.	Valid taxon.	Zhang X. Tan Q.	Zhao Xijin Tan L.
Xinjiangovenator	2005.	Valid taxon.	Oliver Rauhut		Previously described as a specimen of Phaedrolosaurus by Dong Zhiming in 1973.
Yinlong	2006.	Valid taxon.	C. Forster James M. Clark	Mark Norell Mo J.
Yixianosaurus	2003.	Valid taxon.	Wang Xiaolin
Yutyrannus	2012	Valid taxon.	Kebai Wang Ke Zhang Qingyu Ma Lida Xing	Corwin Sullivan Dongyu Hu Shuqing Cheng Shuo Wang