Omnisaura

Dinosaur genus

Banji

Xu and Han 2010

Banji is a dinosaur genus known from bones, found in rocks 72.2–66 million years old, in China.

Confidence labels
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At a glance

Data as of 11 October 2026
72.2–66 Ma
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
252 million years ago20114366

The last non-bird dinosaurs died out 66 million years ago. That's as far from us as the end of this bar.

Named by
Xu and Han 2010
mediummedium: Only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it.
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.

Described in
X. Xu, F.-L. Han (2010). A new oviraptorid dinosaur (Theropoda: Oviraptorosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 48(1): 11–18.
mediummedium: Only PBDB gives this; its author and year match the naming authority (Xu and Han 2010).
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database. The publication the Paleobiology Database gives as the authority for this genus name, usually the one that first named and described it.

Lived
Maastrichtian, 72.2–66 million years ago
mediummedium: Only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it.
Omnisaura calculation72.2–66 million years ago, from its dated fossil records
lowlow: Omnisaura's calculation from only 1 dated record(s).
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.

Fossils found in
China
lowlow: Only one PBDB record.
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: Union of all sources (ISO 3166).

Family
Oviraptoridae
mediummedium: Only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it.
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.

Parent group
Heyuanninae
mediummedium: Only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it.
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.

Species named in its records
Banji long
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database (the species its fossil records are identified as).

Diet
omnivore (inferred for its group)
mediummedium: Only PBDB gives this, and it infers it for the whole of Oviraptorosauria, the group this genus belongs to, not from this genus's own fossils.
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB, inferred from a group the genus belongs to.

Way of life
ground dwelling (inferred for its group)
lowlow: PBDB infers this way of life for the whole of Oviraptorosauria; behaviour is rarely known for one genus.
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB, inferred from a group the genus belongs to.

Known from
Bones
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database (what the name was based on).

Sources: Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0), Wikidata (CC0 1.0)Confidence levels and gaps are Omnisaura's own assessment.

Gaps are answers

What isn't known yet

  • Type species: no source we use gives it yet.
  • Order: no source we use gives it yet.
  • Formations: no source we use gives it yet.
  • Common names: no source we use gives it yet.
  • What it was named after: no source we use gives it yet.
  • Resting on one source: 5 facts come from a single source with nothing against them (rated medium): authority (PBDB); parent group (PBDB); family (PBDB); age (headline) (PBDB); diet (PBDB).

Size and appearance aren't covered yet, and diet and way of life only as PBDB infers them for the wider group. Omnisaura leaves the rest out rather than guess.

Where sources disagree

None open. Where our sources overlap, they agree on everything shown here.

Did it meet…?

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Same time, different places. Their fossils overlap in age, 72.2 to 66 million years ago, but no rock formation holds both.

Going by the ages and rock formations of their dated fossils, as on the map. Compare their fossil sites on the map.

Connections

Genera linked to Banji by where and when their fossils were found, by classification and by who named them. Select a name to open its page.

BanjiSame familySame naming authorAlso found in ChinaCitipatiConchoraptorCorythoraptorHeyuanniaand 5 moreAnchiornisBannykusBayannurosaurusBeipiaosaurusand 13 moreElongatoolithusMacroolithusShixingoolithusNanhsiungoolithusand 29 more

Same family: Oviraptoridae 9

Other genera in Oviraptoridae with a full profile.

CitipatiConchoraptorCorythoraptorHeyuanniaKhaanNemegtomaiaOksokoOviraptorYulong

Named by Han and Xu 17

Genera whose naming authority includes the same surname. The authority has no initials, so different people who share a surname can appear together.

AnchiornisBannykusBayannurosaurusBeipiaosaurusChangyuraptorChangzhousaurusChuanqilongDilongIncisivosaurusJeholosaurusLiaoceratopsLimusaurusLinhenykusMeiMicroraptorSinornithosaurusand 1 more

Credits

Where this page comes from

  • Paleobiology DatabaseCC BY 4.0 · fossil records, ages, classification
  • WikidataCC0 1.0 · names and identifiers
  • OmnisauraOmnisaura editorial · confidence levels and gaps
  • PaleoMAP PaleoCoastlines (Kocsis and Scotese 2021)CC BY 4.0 · ancient coastlines on the small map
  • Natural EarthPublic domain · today's coastlines

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