Chuandongocoelurus
Chuandongocoelurus is a tetanuran theropod dinosaur from the Jurassic of China.
| Chuandongocoelurus Temporal range: Middle Jurassic, | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Genus: | †Chuandongocoelurus He, 1984 |
| Species: | †C. primitivus |
| Binomial name | |
| Chuandongocoelurus primitivus He, 1984 | |
Discovery and naming
Skeletal diagram showing known remains
The type species Chuandongocoelurus primitivus was first described and named by Chinese paleontologist He Xinlu in 1984.[1]
Chuandongocoelurus was based on two partial skeletons. The holotype, a thighbone, is part of specimen CCG 20010. Vertebrae, pelvic bones and hindlimb elements, also catalogued under this inventory number, may belong to the same individual. Chaundongocoelurus was a close relative of Elaphrosaurus[2]
The thighbone of C. primitivus has a length of 20.1 cm.[1]
References
- He, 1984. The vertebrate fossils of Sichuan. Sichuan Scientific and Technological Publishing House. 168 pp.
- M.T. Carrano, R.B.J. Benson, and S.D. Sampson, 2012, "The phylogeny of Tetanurae (Dinosauria: Theropoda)", Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10(2): 211-300
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