Xu Xing (paleontologist)

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

Biography 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. He graduated in 1995, and claims inspiration from Roy Chapman Andrews.

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. In 2024, Xu became a laureate of the Asian Scientist 100 by the Asian Scientist. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2026.

Genera described by Xu Xing Name Year Status Coauthor(s) Notes ImagesArchaeovolans2002 Junior synonym Stephen CzerkasJunior synonym of Yanornis.Beipiaosaurus1999 Valid taxon. Tang Z. Wang Xiaolin Changzhousaurus2026 Valid taxon.Chaoyangsaurus1999 Valid taxon. Zhao Xijin Cheng Z. Dilong2004 Valid taxon. Mark Norell Kuang Xuewen Wang Xiaolin Zhao Qi Jia ChengkaiErliansaurus2002 Valid taxon. Zhang Z. Paul Sereno Zhao Xijin Kuang X. Han J. Tan L. Eshanosaurus2001 Valid taxon. Zhao Xijin James M. ClarkGigantoraptor2007 Valid taxon. Tan Q. Wang J. Zhao Xijin Tan L.Graciliraptor2004 Valid taxon. Wang Xiaolin Guanlong2006 Valid taxon. James M. Clark C. Forster Mark Norell Greg Erickson D. Eberth Jia C. Zhao Q. Hongshanosaurus2003 Nomen dubium You Hailu Wang XiaolinMay be junior synonym of Psittacosaurus.Incisivosaurus2000 Valid taxon. Cheng Y. Wang Xiaolin Chang C.Jeholosaurus2000 Valid taxon. Wang Xiaolin You HailuJinzhousaurus2001 Valid taxon. Wang XiaolinLiaoceratops2002 Valid taxon.Liaoningosaurus2001 Valid taxon. Wang Xiaolin You HailuLimusaurus2009 Valid taxon.James M. Clark Jinyou Mo Jonah Choiniere Catherine A. Forster Gregory M. Erickson David W. E. Hone Corwin SullivanDavid A. Eberth Sterling Nesbitt Qi Zhao Rene Hernandez Cheng-kai Jia Feng-lu Han Yu GuoLingwulong2018 Valid taxon. Upchurch, P. Mannion, P. Barrett, P. Regalado-Fernandez, O. Ma, J. Liu, H. Mo, J.Linheraptor2010 Valid taxon. Choinere, J. Pittman, M. Tan, Q. Xiao, D. Li, Z. Tan, L. Clark, J. Norell, M. Hone, D.W.E. SullivanMei long2004 Valid taxon. Mark NorellMicroraptor2000 Valid taxon. Zhou Zhonghe Wang XiaolinNanyangosaurus2000 Valid taxon. Zhao Lu Huang Li DongNeimongosaurus2001 Valid taxon. Zhang X. Paul Sereno Kwang TanPedopenna2005 Valid taxon. Zhang FuchengSinornithosaurus1999 Valid taxon. Wang Xiaolin Wu Xiao-ChunSinovenator2002 Valid taxon. Mark Norell Peter Makovicky Wang Xiaolin Wu Xiao-Chun Sinusonasus2004 Valid taxon. Wang XiaolinSonidosaurus2006 Valid taxon. Zhang X. Tan Q. Zhao Xijin Tan L.Xinjiangovenator2005 Valid taxon. Oliver RauhutPreviously described as a specimen of Phaedrolosaurus by Dong Zhiming in 1973.Xixianykus2010 Valid taxon. De-You Wang Corwin Sullivan David W. E. Hone Feng-Lu Han Rong-Hao Yan Fu-Ming DuYi2015Valid taxon. Zheng Xiaoting Corwin Sullivan Wang Xiaoli Xing Lida Wang Yan Zhang Xiaomei Jingmai O'Connor Zhang Fucheng Pan YanhongYinlong2006 Valid taxon. C. Forster James M. Clark Mark Norell Mo J.Yixianosaurus2003 Valid taxon. Wang XiaolinYutyrannus2012 Valid taxon. Kebai Wang Ke Zhang Qingyu Ma Lida Xing Corwin Sullivan Dongyu Hu Shuqing Cheng Shuo WangZhuchengceratops2010 Valid taxon. Kebai Wang Xijin Zhao Corwin Sullivan Shuqing Chen

Selected publications

See also :Category:Taxa named by Xu Xing

References

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