Shanyangosaurus niupanggouensis
"Shanyang lizard"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Shanyangosaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (100–66 Mya)
- Place
- China
- Food
- Carnivore
- Clade
- Avetheropoda
Shanyangosaurus (meaning “Shanyang lizard”) is a genus of theropod dinosaur found in Shaanxi, China, and known only from a partial sacrum, partial scapula, humeri, femur, tibia, metatarsals, and phalanges found in the Maastrichtian aged Shanyang Formation. The bones are reportedly hollow; this, along with other features of the femur and known foot bones, suggest it is a member of the coelurosauria, but a specific family cannot be determined without more material. Holtz et al. assigned Shanyangosaurus to Avetheropoda.
What we know
- Named by Xue et al., 1996.
- Fossils found in China.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Shanyangosaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.