Yangchuanosaurus
Metriacanthosaurid theropod dinosaur genus from Middle Jurassic period. / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Yangchuanosaurus is an extinct genus of metriacanthosaurid theropod dinosaur that lived in China from the Middle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous periods (Bathonian to Berriasian stages), and was similar in size and appearance to its North American and European relative, Allosaurus. Yangchuanosaurus hails from the Upper Shaximiao Formation and Suining Formation and was the largest predator in a landscape that included the sauropods Mamenchisaurus and Omeisaurus and the stegosaurs Chialingosaurus, Tuojiangosaurus and Chungkingosaurus. This theropod was named after the area in which was discovered, Yongchuan, in China.
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Yangchuanosaurus | |
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Y. shangyouensis skeleton displayed in Hong Kong Science Museum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Family: | †Metriacanthosauridae |
Genus: | †Yangchuanosaurus Dong et al., 1978 |
Type species | |
†Yangchuanosaurus shangyouensis Dong et al., 1978 | |
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Synonyms | |
Synonyms of Y. shangyouensis
Synonyms of Y. zigongensis
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