Phaedrolosaurus

Taxobox
name = "Phaedrolosaurus"
fossil_range = Early Cretaceous
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Theropoda
unranked_familia = Tetanurae
familia = unknown
genus = "Phaedrolosaurus"
binomial = "Phaedrolosaurus ilikensis"
binomial_authority = Dong, 1973

"Phaedrolosaurus" was a genus of theropod dinosaur, based on a single tooth possibly from the Valanginian-Albian-age Lower Cretaceous Lianmugin Formation of Wuerho, Xinjiang, China. This tooth, IVPP V 4024-1, was described by Dong Zhiming as like those of "Deinonychus", albeit thicker, shorter, and more solid. He regarded the new genus as a possible dromaeosaurid.Z.-M. Dong. (1973). [Dinosaurs from Wuerho] . "Memoirs of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Academic Sinica" 11:45-52. [Chinese] ] The type species is "Phaedrolosaurus ilikensis".

Referred to this genus by Dong was a partial, articulated right leg. Because this limb material showed distinctive characteristics, and there was no reason to connect it to the nondiagnostic tooth, Rauhut and Xu gave this material its own name, "Xinjiangovenator parvus". They also recommended regarding "Phaedrolosaurus" as a dubious name.Rauhut, O.W.M., and Xu, X. (2005). The small theropod dinosaurs "Tugulusaurus" and "Phaedrolosaurus" from the Early Cretaceous of Xinjiang, China. "Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology" 25(1):107-118]

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External links

* [http://www.dinodata.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7235&Itemid=67 "Phaedrolosaurus ilikensis"] from DinoData.org