Xu Xing (paleontologist)

Xu Xing
Chinese徐星
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXú Xīng
Wade–GilesHsü2 Hsing1
IPA[ɕŭ ɕíŋ]

Xu Xing (Chinese: 徐星; pinyin: Xú Xīng; 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.