Lingyuanosaurus
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Lingyuanosaurus
DV-1066 · type species Lingyuanosaurus sihedangensis
- Lived
- 121 to 113 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Yao et al. 2019
Field notes
About Lingyuanosaurus
Lingyuanosaurus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 121 to 113 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Lingyuanosaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Jiufotang Formation. It was named by Yao et al. in 2019.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
115 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Therizinosauria.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: X. Yao, C.-C. Liao, and C. Sullivan, X. Xu. 2019. A new transitional therizinosaurian theropod from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota of China. Scientific Reports 9(5026):5026:1-12