Shanyangosaurus
Shanyangosaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Clade: | Coelurosauria |
Genus: | †Shanyangosaurus Xue et al., 1996 |
Species: | †S. niupanggouensis
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Binomial name | |
†Shanyangosaurus niupanggouensis Xue et al., 1996
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Shanyangosaurus (meaning "Shanyang lizard") is a genus of theropod dinosaur found in Shaanxi, China, and known only from a partial sacrum, partial scapula, humeri, femur, tibia, metatarsals, and phalanges found in the Maastrichtian aged Shanyang Formation.[1][2] The bones are reportedly hollow;[3] this, along with other features of the femur and known foot bones, suggest it is a member of the coelurosauria, but a specific family cannot be determined without more material. Holtz et al. assigned Shanyangosaurus to Avetheropoda.[4]
References[]
- ^ Shanyangosaurus in the Palaeobiology Database
- ^ "Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 77.
- ^ Xue, Zhang, Bi, Yue and Chen (1996). The development and environmental changes of the intermontane basins in the Eastern part of Qinling Mountains. Geological Publishing House, Beijing. ISBN 7-116-02125-6. 179 pages.
- ^ T. R. Holtz, R. E. Molnar, and P. J. Currie (2004). Basal Tetanurae. In D. B. Weishampel, P. Dodson, & H. Osmólska (eds.), The Dinosauria (second edition). University of California Press, Berkeley 71-110
Categories:
- Late Cretaceous dinosaurs of Asia
- Prehistoric coelurosaurs
- Fossil taxa described in 1996
- Theropod stubs