Tugulusaurus

Taxobox
name = "Tugulusaurus"
fossil_range = Early Cretaceous
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
subordo = Theropoda
unranked_familia = Coelurosauria
genus = "Tugulusaurus"
genus_authority=Dong, 1973
subdivision_ranks=Species
subdivision=
*"T. faciles" Dong, 1973 (type)

"Tugulusaurus" (meaning "Tugulu lizard") is a genus of theropod dinosaur from early Cretaceous Tugulu Formation in the Urhe area of China. Originally classified as a coelurosaur, it is generally considered a "nomen dubium": only parts of one skeleton, namely a few tail vertebrae, a right hind leg, two fingers, and some ribs, have been discovered. However, recent research suggests that it is a valid genus of basal coelurosaurian of unknown affinities.cite journal |last=Rauhut |first=Oliver W.M. |coauthors=and Xu, Xing |year=2005 |title=The small theropod dinosaurs "Tugulusaurus" and "Phaedrolosaurus" from the Early Cretaceous of Xinjiang, China |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=25 |issue=1 |pages=107–118 |doi=10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025 [0107:TSTDTA] 2.0.CO;2 |doilabel=10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0107:TSTDTA]2.0.CO;2]

References

* Norman, D. B. (1990). "Problematic Theropoda: Coelurosaurs". 280-305 in Weishampel, D. B., Dodson, P., & Osmólska, H. (eds.) "The Dinosauria". Berkley: University of California Press, Berkley 1990, xvi-733.
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External links

* [http://www.dinoruss.com/de_4/5a944f8.htm "Tugulusaurus" in the Dinosaur Encyclopaedia] at Dino Russ's Lair
* [http://www.fmnh.helsinki.fi/users/haaramo/Metazoa/deuterostoma/Chordata/Archosauria/Theropoda/History_Tugulusaurus.html "Tugulusaurus" at Mikko's Phylogeny Archive]