Sinosaurus

Taxobox
name = "Sinosaurus"
fossil_range = Early Jurassic
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo=Dinosauria
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Theropoda
unranked_familia = Tetanurae
genus = "Sinosaurus"
genus_authority = Young, 1948
subdivision_ranks=Species
subdivision=
*"S. triassicus" Young, 1948 (type)

"Sinosaurus" (meaning "Chinese lizard") was a tetanuran theropod dinosaur which lived during the Late Triassic or Early Jurassic Period. Its fossils were found in the Lufeng Formation, in Yunnan Province, China. It was a bipedal carnivore. There is currently insufficient information available to reliably estimate height and weight.

It was described in 1948, by Chinese paleontologist Chung Chien Young, from a maxilla (upper jaw) and teeth. Originally thought to be a coelophysoid related to "Dilophosaurus", Rauhut (2000) showed to to be a more advanced theropod, related to "Cryolophosaurus" and "Dilophosaurus" "sinensis".

The name should not be confused with "Sinusonasus".

External links

* [http://www.users.qwest.net/~jstweet1/dinosauromorpha.htm Information on "Sinosaurus" and other early dinosaurs] at "Thescelosaurus"!
* [http://www.dinoruss.com/de_4/5a93151.htm "Sinosaurus" in The Dinosaur Encyclopaedia] at Dino Russ's Lair