Kaijiangosaurus
"Kaijiang lizard"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Kaijiangosaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Middle Jurassic (174–163 Mya)
- Place
- China
- Food
- Carnivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
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.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Kaijiangosaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.