Sinosaurus

Sinosaurus triassicus

Sinosaurus — reconstrução científica

Sinosaurus foi um terópode carnívoro do Jurássico, descrito por CC Young. Viveu há aproximadamente 201.0-190.0 milhões de anos, na região do que hoje é China. Medindo de 5.0-6.0 m, pesando 150-200 kg, era um representante característico da fauna mesozoica.

Sinosaurus (meaning "Chinese lizard") is an extinct genus of basal theropod dinosaur which lived during the Early Jurassic (Hettangian-Sinemurian). Fossils of the animal have been found in the Lufeng Formation, in the Yunnan Province of China. The type species, S. triassicus, was named by Chung Chieng Young in 1940. A second species, S. sinensis, was originally assigned to Dilophosaurus, but was later reassigned to Sinosaurus. Sinosaurus is morphologically similar to Dilophosaurus including the presence of a similarly shaped cranial crest, though its precise taxonomic position is uncertain, and the two genera may not be closely related.

Família
Coelophysidae
Ordem
Saurischia
Período
Jurassic (201.0-190.0 MYA)
Dieta
Carnivore
Comprimento
5.0-6.0 m
Peso
150-200 kg

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