Yangchuanosaurus

Yangchuanosaurus shangyouensis

Yangchuanosaurus — reconstrução científica

Yangchuanosaurus foi um terópode carnívoro do Jurássico, descrito por Dong Zhiming. Viveu há aproximadamente 163.5-157.3 milhões de anos, na região do que hoje é China. Medindo de 8.0-10.5 m, pesando 2.0-3.0 tons, era um representante característico da fauna mesozoica.

Yangchuanosaurus is an extinct genus of metriacanthosaurid theropod dinosaur that lived in China from the Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic periods (Bathonian to Tithonian stages), and was similar (although slightly larger) in size and appearance to its North American and European relative, Allosaurus. Yangchuanosaurus hails from the Upper Shaximiao Formation and was the largest predator in a landscape that included the sauropods Mamenchisaurus and Omeisaurus and the stegosaurs Chialingosaurus, Tuojiangosaurus and Chungkingosaurus. This theropod was named after the area in which was discovered, Yongchuan, in China.

Família
Metriacanthosauridae
Ordem
Saurischia
Período
Jurassic (163.5-157.3 MYA)
Dieta
Carnivore
Comprimento
8.0-10.5 m
Peso
2.0-3.0 tons

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