Sinosaurus
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| Sinosaurus Fossil range: Early Jurassic |
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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. There is currently insufficient information available to reliably 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.
[edit] External links
- Information on Sinosaurus and other early dinosaurs at Thescelosaurus!
- Sinosaurus in The Dinosaur Encyclopaedia at Dino Russ's Lair
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