Sinusonasus

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Sinusonasus
Fossil range: Early Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Theropoda
Infraorder: Coelurosauria
(unranked) Deinonychosauria
Family: Troodontidae
Genus: Sinusonasus
Xu & Wang, 2004
Species
  • S. magnodens Xu and Wang, 2004 (type)

Sinusonasus is a genus of dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Period, recovered from the Yixian Formation. These dinosaurs lived in what is now the Liaoning Province of China. The type species, Sinusonasus magnodens, was described by Xu and Wang in 2004. Sinusonasus was a theropod, specifically a troodontid dinosaur.

The name should not be confused with Sinosaurus.

[edit] References

  • Troodontidae at Thescelosaurus!
  • Xu, X. and Wang, X. -l. 2004. A New Troodontid (Theropoda: Troodontidae) from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Western Liaoning, China. Acte Geologica Sinica 78(1): 22-26
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