Kaijiangosaurus Kaijiangosaurus
"Kaijiang lizard"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Kaijiangosaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Middle Jurassic (174–163 Mya)
- Place
- China
- Food
- Carnivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria
Kaijiangosaurus (meaning “Kaijiang lizard”) is a genus of carnivorous tetanuran theropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of China. In 1984 He Xinlu named and described the type species Kaijiangosaurus lini. The generic name refers to the River (jiang) Kai. The specific name honours the paleontologist Lin Wenqiu.
What we know
- Named by He, 1984.
- Fossils found in China.