Erliansaurus

Taxobox
name = "Erliansaurus"
fossil_range = Late Cretaceous
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Theropoda
familia = Therizinosauridae
genus = "Erliansaurus"
binomial = "Erliansaurus bellamus"
binomial_authority = Xu "et al", 2002

"Erliansaurus" was a genus of dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian stage, around 65-70 million years ago). It was a therizinosaurid theropod. Fossils of "Erliansaurus" were found in China.

The type species, "Erliansaurus bellamanus", was described by Xu, Zhang, Sereno, Zhao, Kuang, Han, and Tan in 2002, based on a partial skeleton.

References

* X. Xu, Z.-H. Zhang, P. C. Sereno, X.-J. Zhao, X.-W. Kuang, J. Han, and L. Tan (2002). " [http://scholar.ilib.cn/Abstract.aspx?A=gjzdwxb200203007 A new therizinosauroid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous Iren Dabasu Formation of Nei Mongol] ". "Vertebrata PalAsiatica" 40: 228-240.

External links

* [http://www.users.qwest.net/~jstweet1/therizinosauria.htm Therizinosauria]