Jianchangosaurus
Field photograph to come
Jianchangosaurus
DV-0854
- Lived
- 126 to 120 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Pu et al. 2013
Field notes
About Jianchangosaurus
Jianchangosaurus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 126 to 120 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Jianchangosaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Yixian Formation. It was named by Pu et al. in 2013.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
125 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Therizinosauria.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: H. Pu, Y. Kobayashi, and J. Lu, Y. Wu, H. Chang, J. Zhang, S. Jia. 2013. An unusual basal therizinosaur with an ornithischian dental arrangement from northeastern China. PLoS ONE 8(5):e63423