Lingyuanosaurus

Name: Lingyuanosaurus ‭(‬Lingyuan lizard‭)‬.
Phonetic: Ling-yu-an-sor-us.
Named By: Xi Yao,‭ ‬Chun-Chi Liao,‭ ‬Corwin Sullivan‭ & ‬Xing Xu‭ ‬-‭ ‬2019.
Classification: Choirdata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Theropoda,‭ ‬Therizinosauria.
Species: L.‭ ‬sihedangensis‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Uncertain.
Known locations: China.
Time period: Early Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial post cranial remains.

       Lingyuanosaurus is a genus of therizinosaurid dinosaur that lived in China during the Early Cretaceous.

Further reading
-‭ ‬A new transitional therizinosaurian theropod from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota of China.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Scientific Reports.‭ ‬9‭ (‬5026‭)‬:‭ ‬1‭–‬12.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Xi Yao,‭ ‬Chun-Chi Liao,‭ ‬Corwin Sullivan‭ & ‬Xing Xu‭ ‬-‭ ‬2019.



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