Suzhousaurus

Su-zhu-sor-us.
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Name

Suzhousaurus ‭(‬Suzhou lizard‭)‬.

Phonetic

Su-zhu-sor-us.

Named By

D.‭ ‬Li,‭ ‬C.‭ ‬Peng,‭ ‬H.‭ ‬You,‭ ‬M.‭ ‬C.‭ ‬Lamanna,‭ ‬J.‭ ‬D.‭ ‬Harris,‭ ‬K.‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Lacovara‭ & ‬J.‭ ‬Zhang‭ ‬-‭ ‬2007.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Theropoda,‭ ‬Therizinosauroidea.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

S.‭ ‬megatherioides‭

Size

Roughly estimated to be about‭ ‬6‭ ‬meters long.

Known locations

‭China.

Time Period

Aptian/Albian of the Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

‭P‬artial post cranial skeleton including‭ ‬3‭ ‬dorsal‭ (‬back‭)‬,‭ ‬5‭ ‬sacral‭ (‬hip‭) ‬and the first‭ ‬6‭ ‬caudal‭ (‬tail‭) ‬vertebrae,‭ ‬left half of the pelvis and two femurs‭ (‬thigh bones‭)‬.

In Depth

       Suzhousaurus is a medium sized genus of therizinosaur that lived in China during the early Cretaceous.‭ ‬There is some speculation that Suzhousaurus may be the same genus as another therizinosaur named Nanshiungosaurus.‭ ‬However,‭ ‬because there is little if any‭ ‬overlapping fossil material,‭ ‬it is at the time of writing impossible to say for certain.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬A large therizinosauroid‭ (‬Dinosauria:‭ ‬Theropoda‭) ‬from the Early Cretaceous of northwestern China.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Acta Geologica Sinica‭ ‬81‭(‬4‭)‬:539-549.‭ ‬-‭ ‬D.‭ ‬Li,‭ ‬C.‭ ‬Peng,‭ ‬H.‭ ‬You,‭ ‬M.‭ ‬C.‭ ‬Lamanna,‭ ‬J.‭ ‬D.‭ ‬Harris,‭ ‬K.‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Lacovara‭ & ‬J.‭ ‬Zhang‭ ‬-‭ ‬2007.

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