Species: orientalis HWANG, NORELL & JI & GAO, 2004
Etymology: Latin, orientalis, "of or from the east."
Holotype: CAGS-IG02-301
Locality: Dabangou village, Sihetun area, near Beipiao City, Liaoning Province, China.
Horizon: Horizon 1, Lower part of the Yixian Formation, Jehol Group.
Biostratigraphy: Psittacosaurus Fauna, Confuciusornis Avifauna.
Age: Valanginian Stage, Upper Neocomian Subepoch, Early Early Cretaceous Epoch, Early Cretaceous.
Material : A nearly complete skeleton lacking only the distal end of the tail.
Note: As large as Beipiaosaurus.
Note: Has furcula.
Referred material:
JI-40: Cast.
Locality: Sihetun, western Liaoning Province, Northeastern China.
Horizon: Yixian Formation, third member, grey, grayish-black, grayish-white shale with light yellow sandstone, siltstone, silty mudstone and more than 10 layers of light yellow tuffite, tuffaceous sandstone and mudstone.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Early Cretaceous.
Material:
NGMC 98-5-003: An almost complete poorly reconstructed and poorly prepared specimen.