Shanyangosaurus
Name:
Shanyangosaurus.
Phonetic: Shan-yang-o-sore-us.
Named By: X. Xue, Y. Zhang, Y. Bi, L.
Yue & D.-K. Chen - 1996.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Theropoda, Coelurosauria.
Species: S. niupanggouensis
(type).
Diet: Carnivore?
Size: Uncertain due to lack of remains.
Known locations: China, Shaanxi Province -
Shanyang Formation.
Time period: Late Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Few partial leg bones.
Shanyangosaurus is a little known genus of coelurosaurian dinosaur that lived in China.
Further reading
- The development and environmental changes of the intermontane
basins in the Eastern part of Qinling Mountains. - Geological
Publishing House, Beijing. - X. Xue, Y. Zhang, Y. Bi,
L. Yue & D.-K. Chen - 1996.
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