Sanchusaurus

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Sanchusaurus
Fossil range: Early Cretaceous
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Subclass: Diapsida
Infraclass: Archosauromorpha
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Theropoda
Infraorder: Coelurosauria
Family: Ornithomimidae
Genus: Sanchusaurus
Hisa, 1985

"Sanchusaurus" (meaning "Lizard from Sanchu") is a genus of ornithomimid dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous period of Asia. It is only known by a partial caudal vertebra found in Nakasato, Japan, and may be synonymous with Gallimimus. The genus has not been formalry described and is considered a nomen nudum.

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