Shanyangosaurus
Field photograph to come
Shanyangosaurus
DV-0399 · type species Shanyangosaurus niupanggouensis
- Lived
- 72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Xue et al. 1996
Field notes
About Shanyangosaurus
Shanyangosaurus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 72 to 66 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Shanyangosaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Shanyang Formation. It was named by Xue et al. in 1996.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
70 million years ago
Close relatives
Other members of Avetheropoda.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: X. Xue, Y. Zhang, and Y. Bi, L. Yue, D.-K. Chen. 1996. The Development and Environmental Changes of the Intermontane Basins in Eastern Part of the Qinling Mountains