Xu Xing

Xu Xing (; 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.

Biography Xing was born in Xinjiang, China, in 1969. A graduate from the department of geology of Peking University, he is currently a researcher at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing. He had originally planned to become an economist. However, he was assigned to the department of geology by the Chinese authorities. He graduated in 1995, and claims inspiration from Roy Chapman Andrews.

Among Xu's paleontological contributions have been discovery and analysis of dinosaur fossils with avian characteristics, and development of theories in regarding the evolution of feathers. In 2024, Xu became a laureate of the Asian Scientist 100 by the Asian Scientist. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2026.

Genera described by Xu Xing Changzhousaurus2026 Valid taxon.Chaoyangsaurus1999 Valid taxon. Zhao Xijin Cheng Z. center Kuang Xuewen Wang Xiaolin Zhao Qi

Paul Sereno Zhao Xijin Kuang X. Han J. Eshanosaurus2001 Valid taxon. Zhao Xijin James M. ClarkGigantoraptor2007 Valid taxon. Tan Q. Wang J. Zhao Xijin

C. Forster Mark Norell Greg Erickson D. Eberth Jia C.

Liaoningosaurus2001 Valid taxon. Wang Xiaolin You Hailucenter Jinyou Mo Jonah Choiniere Catherine A. Forster Gregory M. Erickson David W. E. Hone Corwin SullivanDavid A. Eberth Sterling Nesbitt Qi Zhao Rene Hernandez Cheng-kai Jia Feng-lu Han

Mannion, P. Barrett, P. Regalado-Fernandez, O. Ma, J. Liu, H.

Pittman, M. Tan, Q. Xiao, D. Li, Z. Tan, L. Clark, J. Norell, M. Hone, D.W.E. Microraptor2000 Valid taxon. Zhou Zhonghe Wang Xiaolincenter Lu Huang Li

Paul Sereno Kwang Sinornithosaurus1999 Valid taxon. Wang Xiaolin Wu Xiao-Chuncenter Peter Makovicky Wang Xiaolin

Tan Q. Zhao Xijin Xinjiangovenator2005 Valid taxon. Oliver RauhutPreviously described as a specimen of Phaedrolosaurus by Dong Zhiming in 1973.center Corwin Sullivan David W. E. Hone Feng-Lu Han Rong-Hao Yan

Corwin Sullivan Wang Xiaoli Xing Lida Wang Yan Zhang Xiaomei Jingmai O'Connor Zhang Fucheng

James M. Clark Mark Norell

Ke Zhang Qingyu Ma Lida Xing Corwin Sullivan Dongyu Hu Shuqing Cheng

Xijin Zhao Corwin Sullivan

Selected publications