A new dinosaur species was recently discovered via a fossil in Ganzhou, Jiangxi province. The ancient creature was 70 centimeters in length. Indications of its tail, feathers and crest can all be identified in the fossil.

According to an academic article published on Nov. 10, this species of dinosaur lived in what is now southern China during the late Cretaceous Period. The bird-like dinosaur was of the genus Oviraptorosaurian, which mostly lived in North America and Asia. The animals ranged from the size of a turkey to that of an elephant. With few or no teeth, the species lived on eggs, insects, plants and nuts.

The dinosaur has been named "sky-reacher" due to its stretched-neck posture, which caused its body to assume a grovelling position on the ground. The discovery has exposed the species diversity of the Oviraptorosauria in the Cretaceous Period, according to a research group from the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences.