Chuandongocoelurus
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| Chuangdongocoelurus Fossil range: Mid Jurassic |
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Chuandongocoelurus (pronounced /tʃwɑːnˌdɒŋoʊsɨˈlʊərəs/ chwahn-DONG-o-see-LOOR-us - Chuandong and Greek Coelurus - koilos meaning "hollow" and oura meaning "tail") named after the Chuandong in Sichuan Province, China, was a genus of theropod dinosaur first described by Chinese paleontologist He in 1984. The formation in which it was discovered was the Lower Shaximiao Formation, part of the Dashanpu Formation. It is considered a nomen dubium because the fossils are fragmentary.
Chuandongocoelurus was similar to Elaphrosaurus, a theropod from Tanzania. The type species is C. primitivus, based on a partial skeleton including partial vertebrae, partial hip bones, fragmentary limb bones, and a partial scapula.
[edit] References
- He, (1984). The vertebrate fossils of Sichuan: Sichuan Scientific and Technological Publishing House, 168 pgs.
- Norman, David B. (1990). Problematic Theropoda: ``Coelurosaurs. p. 280-305 in David B. Weishampel, et al. (eds.), The Dinosauria. University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles, Oxford.
[edit] External links
- Chuandongocoelurus at the Dinosaur Encyclopedia
- Details on Chuandongocoelurus, from the Dinosaur Mailing List (includes full redescription)
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