page_title: Timeline of oviraptorosaur research
section_title: 2010s
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of oviraptorosaur research / 21st century / 2010s
caption_attribution_description: English: Machairasaurus life restoration
context_page_description: This timeline of oviraptorosaur research is a chronological listing of events in the history of paleontology focused on the oviraptorosaurs, a group of beaked, bird-like theropod dinosaurs. The early history of oviraptorosaur paleontology is characterized by taxonomic confusion due to the unusual characteristics of these dinosaurs. When initially described in 1924 Oviraptor itself was thought to be a member of the Ornithomimidae, popularly known as the "ostrich" dinosaurs, because both taxa share toothless beaks. Early caenagnathid oviraptorosaur discoveries like Caenagnathus itself were also incorrectly classified at the time, having been misidentified as birds.
  The hypothesis that caenagnathids were birds was questioned as early as 1956 by Romer, but not corrected until Osmolska formally reclassified them as dinosaurs in 1976. Meanwhile, the classification of Oviraptor as an ornithomimid persisted unquestioned by researchers like Romer and Steel until the early 1970s when Dale Russell argued against the idea in 1972.
context_section_description: 2010
  Xu and Han described the new genus and species  Banji long.
  Longrich, Currie and Dong described the new genus and species Machairasaurus leptonychus.
  2011
  Sullivan, Jasinski and Van Tomme described the new genus and species Epichirostenotes curriei.
  Robert M. Sullivan, Steven E. Jasinski, and Mark P.A. Van Tomme described the new genus and species Ojoraptorsaurus boerei.
  2012
  Ji and others described the new genus and species Ningyuansaurus wangi.
  2013
  Easter described the new genus Ajancingenia, as a replacement name for "Ingenia".
  Wang and others described the new genus and species Ganzhousaurus nankangensis.
  Wei and others described the new genus and species Jiangxisaurus ganzhouensis.
  Longrich and others described the new genus and species Leptorhynchos gaddisi.
  Lü and others described the new genus and species Nankangia jiangxiensis.
  Xu and others described the new genus and species Wulatelong gobiensis.
  Lü and others described the new genus and species Yulong mini.
  2014
  Lamanna and others described the new genus and species Anzu wyliei.
  2015
  Lü and others described the new genus and species Huanansaurus ganzhouensis.
  2016
  Funston and Currie described the new genus and species Apatoraptor pennatus.
  Lü and others described the new genus and species Tongtianlong limosus.
  2017
  Lü and others described the new genus and species Beibeilong sinensis.
  Lü and others described the new genus and species Corythoraptor jacobsi.
  2018
  Yu and others described the new genus and species Anomalipes zhaoi.
  Funston and others described the new species Avimimus nemegtensis
  2019
  Lee and others described the new genus and species Gobiraptor minutus.
  Qiu and others described the new genus and species Xingtianosaurus ganqi.
caption: Artist's restoration of Machairasaurus
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