Chuandongocoelurus

Chuandongocoelurus
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic, 165 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Genus: †Chuandongocoelurus
He, 1984
Species:
†C. primitivus
Binomial name
Chuandongocoelurus primitivus
He, 1984

Chuandongocoelurus is a tetanuran theropod dinosaur from the Jurassic of China.

Discovery and naming

Skeletal diagram showing known remains

The type species Chuandongocoelurus primitivus was first described and named by Chinese paleontologist He Xinlu in 1984.

Chuandongocoelurus was based on two partial skeletons. The holotype, a thighbone, is part of specimen CCG 20010. Vertebrae, pelvic bones and hindlimb elements, also catalogued under this inventory number, may belong to the same individual. Chaundongocoelurus was a close relative of Elaphrosaurus

The thighbone of C. primitivus has a length of 20.1 cm.

References

  1. 1 2 He, 1984. The vertebrate fossils of Sichuan. Sichuan Scientific and Technological Publishing House. 168 pp.
  2. ↑ M.T. Carrano, R.B.J. Benson, and S.D. Sampson, 2012, "The phylogeny of Tetanurae (Dinosauria: Theropoda)", Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10(2): 211-300

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