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Therizinosauridae

Eshanosaurus deguchiianus

Generic theropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Eshanosaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic theropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Eshanosaurus
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Early Jurassic (201.4–199.5 Mya)
Place
China
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Therizinosauridae Dinosauria Saurischia Theropoda Coelurosauria Pot-bellied theropods with giant claws — secondarily plant-eating.

Eshanosaurus is a genus of a dinosaur from the early Jurassic Period. It is known only from a fossil partial lower jawbone, found in China. It may be a therizinosaurian, and if so the earliest known coelurosaur.

What we know

  • Named by Xu, Zhou & Clark, 2001.
  • Fossils found in China.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Eshanosaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.