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Appearance move to sidebar hide From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Chinese paleontologist (born 1969) In this Chinese name, the family name is Xu.

Xu Xing
Chinese	徐星
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xú Xīng Wade–Giles Hsü2 Hsing1 IPA [ɕŭɕíŋ]

Xu Xing (Chinese: 徐星; pinyin: Xú Xīng; born July 1969) is a Chinese paleontologist who has named more dinosaurs than any other living paleontologist.[1] Such dinosaurs include the Jurassic ceratopsian Yinlong, the Jurassic tyrannosauroid Guanlong, the large oviraptorosaur Gigantoraptor, and the troodontid Mei.

Biography

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Xing was born in Xinjiang, China, in 1969. A graduate from the department of geology of Peking University, he is currently a researcher at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing. He had originally planned to become an economist. However, he was assigned to the department of geology by the Chinese authorities.[2] He graduated in 1995, and claims inspiration from Roy Chapman Andrews.[3]

Among Xu's paleontological contributions have been discovery and analysis of dinosaur fossils with avian characteristics, and development of theories in regarding the evolution of feathers.[4] In 2024, Xu became a laureate of the Asian Scientist 100 by the Asian Scientist.[5]

Genera described by Xu Xing

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Name	Year	Status	Coauthor(s)		Notes	Images
Archaeovolans	2002	Junior synonym	Stephen Czerkas	Junior synonym of Yanornis.
Beipiaosaurus	1999	Valid taxon.	Tang Z.	Wang Xiaolin
Chaoyangsaurus	1999	Valid taxon.	Zhao Xijin	Cheng Z.
Dilong	2004	Valid taxon.	Mark Norell Kuang Xuewen Wang Xiaolin	Zhao Qi Jia Chengkai
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	Greg Erickson D. Eberth Jia C. Zhao Q.
Hongshanosaurus	2003	Nomen dubium	You Hailu	Wang Xiaolin	May be junior synonym of Psittacosaurus.
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
Limusaurus	2009	Valid taxon.	James M. Clark Jinyou Mo Jonah Choiniere Catherine A. Forster Gregory M. Erickson David W. E. Hone Corwin Sullivan	David A. Eberth Sterling Nesbitt Qi Zhao Rene Hernandez Cheng-kai Jia Feng-lu Han Yu Guo
Lingwulong	2018	Valid taxon.	Upchurch, P. Mannion, P. Barrett, P. Regalado-Fernandez, O.	Ma, J. Liu, H. Mo, J.
Linheraptor	2010	Valid taxon.	Choinere, J. Pittman, M. Tan, Q. Xiao, D. Li, Z.	Tan, L. Clark, J. Norell, M. Hone, D.W.E. Sullivan
Mei long	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.
Xixianykus	2010	Valid taxon.	De-You Wang Corwin Sullivan David W. E. Hone	Feng-Lu Han Rong-Hao Yan Fu-Ming Du
Yi	2015	Valid taxon.	Zheng Xiaoting Corwin Sullivan Wang Xiaoli Xing Lida Wang Yan	Zhang Xiaomei Jingmai O'Connor Zhang Fucheng Pan Yanhong
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
Zhuchengceratops	2010	Valid taxon.	Kebai Wang Xijin Zhao	Corwin Sullivan Shuqing Chen

Selected publications

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• Xu, Xing; Norell, Mark A; et al. (2004). "Basal tyrannosauroids from China and evidence for protofeathers in tyrannosauroids" (PDF). Nature. 431 (7009): 680–684. Bibcode:2004Natur.431..680X. doi:10.1038/nature02855. PMID 15470426. S2CID 4381777. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-02.
• Xu, Xing; Clark, James M; Forster, Catherine A; et al. (2006). "A basal tyrannosauroid dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of China" (PDF). Nature. 9 (7077): 715–718. Bibcode:2006Natur.439..715X. doi:10.1038/nature04511. PMID 16467836. S2CID 4424849.
• Xu, Xing; et al. (2007). "A gigantic bird-like dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of China" (PDF). Nature. 447 (7146): 844–847. Bibcode:2007Natur.447..844X. doi:10.1038/nature05849. PMID 17565365. S2CID 6649123.
• Xu, Xing; et al. (2009). "A new feather type in a nonavian theropod and the early evolution of feathers". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 106 (3): 832–834. doi:10.1073/pnas.0810055106. PMC 2630069. PMID 19139401.
• Xu, X.; et al. (2012). "A gigantic feathered dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of China" (PDF). Nature. 484 (7392): 92–95. Bibcode:2012Natur.484...92X. doi:10.1038/nature10906. PMID 22481363. S2CID 29689629. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 17, 2012.
• Xu, Xing; et al. (2015). "A bizarre Jurassic maniraptoran theropod with preserved evidence of membranous wings". Nature. 521 (7550): 70–73. Bibcode:2015Natur.521...70X. doi:10.1038/nature14423. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 25924069. S2CID 205243599.

See also

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• Category:Taxa named by Xu Xing

References

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1. ^ Hunt, Katie; Stout, Kristie Lu; Kwok, Jason; Yang, Yuli; Lu, Shen. "China's golden age of paleontology". CNN. Archived from the original on 2019-05-21. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
2. ^ 張晶晶 (August 1, 2014). "徐星：穿越時光恐龍緣". 中國科學報 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on September 2, 2019. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
3. ^ MacLeod, Calum (9 June 2008). "Forget Indiana Jones: Dinosaur hunter Xu digs it". USA Today. Archived from the original on 2017-06-13. Retrieved 2015-05-01.
4. ^ Xu, Xing (2006). "Feathered dinosaurs from China and the evolution of major avian characters". Integrative Zoology. 1 (1): 4–11. doi:10.1111/j.1749-4877.2006.00004.x. PMID 21395983.
5. ^ "The Asian Scientist 100". Asian Scientist. Retrieved 13 March 2025.

External links

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• Famous Expert Forum ( 2008-14): Research Fellow Xu Xing’s Academic Report

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