Phaedrolosaurus
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| Phaedrolosaurus Fossil range: Early Cretaceous |
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| Phaedrolosaurus ilikensis Dong, 1973 |
Phaedrolosaurus was a genus of theropod dinosaur, based on a single tooth possibly from the Valanginian-Albian-age Lower Cretaceous Lianmugin Formation of Wuerho, Xinjiang, China. This tooth, IVPP V 4024-1, was described by Dong Zhiming as like those of Deinonychus, albeit thicker, shorter, and more solid. He regarded the new genus as a possible dromaeosaurid.[1] The type species is Phaedrolosaurus ilikensis.
Referred to this genus by Dong was a partial, articulated right leg. Because this limb material showed distinctive characteristics, and there was no reason to connect it to the nondiagnostic tooth, Rauhut and Xu gave this material its own name, Xinjiangovenator parvus. They also recommended regarding Phaedrolosaurus as a dubious name.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Z.-M. Dong. (1973). [Dinosaurs from Wuerho]. Memoirs of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Academic Sinica 11:45-52. [Chinese]
- ^ Rauhut, O.W.M., and Xu, X. (2005). The small theropod dinosaurs Tugulusaurus and Phaedrolosaurus from the Early Cretaceous of Xinjiang, China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(1):107-118
[edit] External links
- Phaedrolosaurus ilikensis from DinoData.org
