Kaijiangosaurus

Taxobox
name = "Kaijiangosaurus"
fossil_range=Middle Jurassic

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image_width = 220 px
image_caption = A "Shunosaurus" defending itself against a "Kaijiangosaurus".
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Theropoda
familia = Megalosauridae
genus = "Kaijiangosaurus"
genus_authority = He, 1984
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
* "K. lini"

"Kaijiangosaurus" (meaning "Kiijiang lizard", in reference to the area where it was found) is the name given to a genus of dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic. It was a theropod like "Megalosaurus". Its fossils, partial vertebrae, were found in China.

The type species, "K. lini", was described by He in 1984. It may actually be "Gasosaurus". Indeed, "Gasosaurus" was found in the same formation as "Kaijiangosaurus", the Lower Shaximiao Formation section of the Dashanpu Formation.

References

* He Xinlu (1984). "The vertebrate fossils of Sichuan." Sichuan Scientific and Technological Publishing House, Chengdu. 40: 1-168.

External links

* [http://www.dinoruss.com/de_4/5a654f9.htm "Kaijiangosaurus" in the Dinosaur Encyclopedia] at DinoRuss' Lair
* [http://www.users.qwest.net/~jstweet1/tetanurae.htm Tetanurae]