Lingyuanosaurus sihedangensis
"lizard"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Lingyuanosaurus 2.2 m (7.2 ft) long
as long as 2 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 2.2 m (7.2 ft)
- Period
- Early Cretaceous (133–120 Mya)
- Place
- China
- Food
- Carnivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Lingyuanosaurus is a genus of therizinosaurian theropod from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning Province, China. The type and only species is L. sihedangensis. It was uncovered within one of the formations that make up the Jehol biota, although the exact geological formation — and therefore also its precise geological age — is unknown.
What we know
- Named by Yao et al., 2019.
- Body length estimated at about 2.2 m.
- Fossils found in China.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Lingyuanosaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.