Erliansaurus

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Erliansaurus Fossil range: Late Cretaceous
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Superorder: Dinosauria Order: Saurischia Suborder: Theropoda Infraorder: Coelurosauria Superfamily: Therizinosauroidea Family: Therizinosauridae Genus: Erliansaurus Species: E. bellamanus
Binomial name
Erliansaurus bellamus Xu et al, 2002

Erliansaurus is the name given to a genus of dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous. It was a therizinosaur, a group of theropods. Its fossils were found in China.

The type species, Erliansaurus bellamanus, was described by Xu, Zhang, Sereno, Zhao, Kuang, Han, and Tan in 2002, based on a partial skeleton.

[edit] References

• http://www.users.qwest.net/~jstweet1/therizinosauria.htm