Sinosaurus
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Sinosaurus (meaning "Chinese lizard") was a tetanuran theropod dinosaur which lived during the Late Triassic or Early Jurassic Period. Its fossils were found in the Lufeng Formation, in Yunnan Province, China. It was a bipedal carnivore. It was estimated to have been about 8 feet long. There is currently insufficient information available, to estimate height and weight.
It was described in 1948, by Chinese paleontologist Chung Chien Young, from a maxilla (upper jaw) and teeth. Originally thought to be a coelophysoid related to Dilophosaurus, Rauhut (2000) showed to to be a more advanced theropod, related to Cryolophosaurus and "Dilophosaurus" sinensis.
The name should not be confused with Sinusonasus.
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