Kelmayisaurus

taxobox
name="Kelmayisaurus"
fossil_range = Early Cretaceous
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Theropoda
familia = unknown
genus = "Kelmayisaurus"
genus_authority = Dong (1973)
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
* "K. petrolicus" (type) Dong, 1973

"Kelmayisaurus" was an early Cretaceous saurischian dinosaur genus. Its name refers to the petroleum-producing city of Karamay in the Xinjiang province of western China near where it was found. The fossils may be from the Valanginian to Albian stages, around 140 to 100 million years ago.

Discovery and species

"Kelmayisaurus" is known only from jaw bones. It is a "nomen dubium" due to the scant nature of the remains. The type species is "K. petrolicus", described by prolific Chinese paleontologist Dong Zhiming. A second species, "K. giganticus", was mentioned by Grady in 1993, but probably does not pertain to "Kelmayisaurus".

Classification

It was a bipedal carnivore, possibly larger than "Allosaurus". It has some features which resemble "Ceratosaurus".

References

Dong, Z. (1973). "Dinosaurs from Wuerho". "Reports of Paleontological Expedition to Sinkiang (II): Pterosaurian Fauna from Wuerho, Sinkiang. Memoirs of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Academia Sinica" 11: 45-52.

External links

* [http://www.dinodata.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6758&Itemid=67 "Kelmayisaurus"] from DinoData.org
* [http://www.users.qwest.net/~jstweet1/tetanurae.htm Tetanurae (includes "Kelmayisaurus")]