Kelmayisaurus Kelmayisaurus

"Karamay lizard"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Kelmayisaurus 12 m (39 ft) long
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Length
12 m (39 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (140–100.5 Mya)
Place
China
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Carcharodontosauridae

Kelmayisaurus (meaning “Karamay lizard”) is an extinct genus of carcharodontosaurian theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous. It was roughly 10 – long and its name refers to the petroleum-producing city of Karamay in the Xinjiang province of western China near where it was found.

What we know

  • Named by Dong, 1973.
  • Body length estimated at about 12 m.
  • Fossils found in China.