Leshansaurus
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Leshansaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Late Jurassic (161.2–155.7 Mya)
- Place
- China
- Food
- Carnivore
- Clade
- Megalosauridae
Leshansaurus is a genus of theropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Shaximiao Formation of what is now China. It was described in 2009 by a team of Chinese paleontologists. The type species is Leshansaurus qianweiensis. Fossils of Leshansaurus were discovered in strata from the Shangshaximiao Formation, a formation rich in dinosaur fossils. Li et al. referred this taxon to Sinraptoridae – a group of carnosaurian theropods, but it may belong to Megalosauridae instead.
What we know
- Named by Li et al., 2009.
- Fossils found in China.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Leshansaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.