Kelmayisaurus
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Extinct (fossil)
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Kelmayisaurus was an early Cretaceous Saurischian Dinosaur. Its name refers to the petroleum-producing city of Karamay in the Xinjiang province of western China near where it was found.
[edit] Discovery and species
Kelmayisaurus is known only from a lower jawbone found in 1988. It is a nomen dubium due to the scant nature of the remains.
Kelmayisaurus species
- K. petrolicus
[edit] Classification
It is a bipedal carnivore, possibly larger than Allosaurus. It has some features which resemble Ceratosaurus.