- Kagasaurus
"Kagasaurus" (meaning "Kaga lizard") is the informal name given to an as yet undescribed
genus ofdinosaur from theEarly Cretaceous . It was atheropod which lived in what is nowJapan . Thetype species was named by Hisa in1988 , but is known from only twoteeth . Since "Kagasaurus" has never been formally described, it is considered a "nomen nudum ". Unlike "Kitadanisaurus " and "Katsuyamasaurus ", it is unlikely that "Kagasaurus" is synonymous with "Fukuiraptor ", and may instead [http://dml.cmnh.org/2000Dec/msg00720.htm be a dromaeosaurid] .References
* [http://dml.cmnh.org/2000Dec/msg00720.html George Olshevsky] on "Kagasaurus" and "Fukuiraptor", from the Dinosaur Mailing List (at the bottom).
* [http://www.dinoruss.com/de_4/5a8be17.htm "Kagasaurus" in The Dinosaur Encyclopaedia] , from DinoRuss' website
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