Eshanosaurus

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iEshanosaurus
Fossil range: Early Jurassic
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Theropoda
Infraorder: Coelurosauria
Family:  ?Therizinosauridae
Genus: Eshanosaurus
Species: E. deguchiianus
Binomial name
Eshanosaurus deguchiianus
Xu, et al., 2001

Eshanosaurus is the name given to a genus of dinosaur from the Early Jurassic. It was a dinosaur, but little else is known about it, because only a lower jaw-bone has been found. The fossil was found in China.

The type species, Eshanosaurus deguchiianus, was described by Xu, Zhao, and Clark in 2001. It has tentatively been placed in the therizinosaur family.

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