Wakinosaurus

taxobox
name="Wakinosaurus"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Theropoda
infraordo = unknown
genus = "Wakinosaurus"
genus_authority = Okazaki, 1992
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
*"W. satoi" Okazaki, 1992 (type)

"Wakinosaurus" (meaning "Wakin lizard") is a genus of theropod dinosaur. Its fossils were found in Japan. "Wakinosaurus" lived during the Early Cretaceous. The type species, "W. satoi", was described by Okazaki in 1992. The genus is a tooth taxon, based solely on a tooth. It was initially described as a megalosaurid.

References

* Okazaki, Y. (1992). A new genus and species of carnivorous dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Kwanmon Group, northern Kyushu. "Bulletin of the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History" 11:87-90.
* [http://www.dinoruss.com/de_4/5a65d09.htm "Wakinosaurus" in the Dinosaur Encyclopaedia] at Dino Russ's Lair