Limusaurus
Field photograph to come
Limusaurus
DV-0692
- Lived
- 162 to 155 million years ago, Late Jurassic
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Noasauridae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Xu et al. 2009
Field notes
About Limusaurus
Limusaurus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Jurassic, 162 to 155 million years ago. It belongs to the family Noasauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 3 finds of Limusaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Shishugou Formation. It was named by Xu et al. in 2009.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
160 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Noasauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: X. Xu, J. M. Clark, and J. Mo, J. Choiniere, C. A. Forster, G. M. Erickson, D. W. E. Hone, C. Sullivan, D. A. Eberth, S. J. Nesbitt, Q. Zhao, R. Hernández, C.-k. Jia, F.-l. Han, Y. Gou. 2009. A Jurassic ceratosaur from China helps clarify avian digital homologies. Nature 459(7249):940-944