Wakinosaurus

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Wakinosaurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Order: Saurischia Suborder: Theropoda Infraorder: unknown Genus: Wakinosaurus Okazaki, 1992
Species
W. satoi Okazaki, 1992 (type)

Wakinosaurus (meaning "Wakin lizard") is a genus of theropod dinosaur. Its fossils were found in Japan. Wakinosaurus lived during the Early Cretaceous. The type species, W. satoi, was described by Okazaki in 1992. The genus is a tooth taxon, based solely on a tooth. It was initially described as a megalosaurid.

[edit] References

• Okazaki, Y. (1992). A new genus and species of carnivorous dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Kwanmon Group, northern Kyushu. Bulletin of the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History 11:87-90.
• Wakinosaurus in the Dinosaur Encyclopaedia at Dino Russ's Lair