Kelmayisaurus
Field photograph to come
Kelmayisaurus
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- Lived
- 137 to 101 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Carcharodontosauridae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Dong 1973
Field notes
About Kelmayisaurus
Kelmayisaurus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 137 to 101 million years ago. It belongs to the family Carcharodontosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Kelmayisaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Lianmuqin Formation. It was named by Dong in 1973.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
120 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Carcharodontosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: Z. Dong. 1973. [Dinosaurs from Wuerho]. Reports of Paleontological Expedition to Sinkiang (II): Pterosaurian Fauna from Wuerho, Sinkiang. Memoirs of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Academia Sinica 11:45-52