Lepidocheirosaurus
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Lepidocheirosaurus
DV-0924 · type species Lepidocheirosaurus natatilis
- Lived
- 168 to 165 million years ago, Middle Jurassic
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Nqwebasauridae
- Found in
- Russia
- Named by
- Alifanov and Saveliev 2015
Field notes
About Lepidocheirosaurus
Lepidocheirosaurus was an omnivorous theropod that lived in the Middle Jurassic, 168 to 165 million years ago. It belongs to the family Nqwebasauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Lepidocheirosaurus, from Russia. Its fossils come from the Ukureyskaya Formation. It was named by Alifanov and Saveliev in 2015.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
165 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: V. R. Alifanov and S. V. Saveliev. 2015. The most ancient ornithomimosaur (Theropoda, Dinosauria), with cover imprints from the Upper Jurassic of Russia. Paleontological Journal 49(6):636-650