Hexing qingyi

† Hexing qingyi — a Early Cretaceous from China taxon. Herbivorous browser. Discovered in China; contributes to the local paleofaunal record. Discovered in China; contributes to the local paleofaunal record.

Diet & Feeding

Herbivore

Hexing qingyi was a plant-eating dinosaur. Herbivores typically fed on ferns, cycads, conifers, and other vegetation available during their era. Many herbivorous dinosaurs developed specialized teeth and digestive systems for processing tough plant material.

Time Period

Cretaceous Early Mesozoic Era

Hexing qingyi lived during the Cretaceous Early period of the Mesozoic Era, approximately 145,0 to 100,5 million years ago.

The Cretaceous saw continued dinosaur evolution with the rise of ornithopods and early ceratopsians. Flowering plants first appeared and began to transform terrestrial ecosystems. Spinosaurus and other large theropods lived during this time.