Phaedrolosaurus
Name:
Phaedrolosaurus
(elated lizard).
Phonetic: Fay-dro-lo-sor-us.
Named By: Z. Dong - 1973.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Theropoda, Tetanurae.
Species: P. ilikensis
(type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unknown due to lack of fossil remains.
Known locations: China - Lianmugin Formation.
Time period: Aptian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Single tooth.
Phaedrolosaurus is a problematic genus of dinosaur because at the time of writing the only fossil specimen for this genus is a single tooth. Partial post cranial remains that were once attributed to the genus upon the basis that they were found near the tooth have since been removed and used to establish a whole new genus called Xinjiangovenator. The tooth of Phaedrolosaurus has no real distinctive features other than resembling the teeth of other dromaeosaurid dinosaurs, and for this reason Phaedrolosaurus is usually treated as a Nomen dubium.
Further
reading
- [Dinosaurs from Wuerho]. Reports of Paleontological Expedition
to Sinkiang (II): Pterosaurian Fauna from Wuerho, Sinkiang.
- Memoirs of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and
Paleoanthropology, Academia Sinica 11:45-52. - Z. Dong -
1973.
- The small theropod dinosaurs Tugulusaurus and Phaedrolosaurus
from
the Early Cretaceous of Xinjiang, China. - Journal of Vertebrate
Paleontology 25(1):107-118. - O. W. M. Rauhut
& X. Xu - 2005.
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