Shaochilong

DV-0701

Lived: 121 to 101 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet: Carnivore
Group: Theropods, Carcharodontosauridae
Found in: China
Named by: Brusatte et al. 2009

Field notes

About Shaochilong

Shaochilong was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 121 to 101 million years ago. It belongs to the family Carcharodontosauridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Shaochilong, from China. Its fossils come from the Miaogou Formation. It was named by Brusatte et al. in 2009.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

110 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Carcharodontosauridae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: S. L. Brusatte, R. B. J. Benson, and D. J. Chure, X. Xu, C. Sullivan, D. W. E. Hone. 2009. The first definitive carcharodontosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from Asia and the delayed ascent of tyrannosaurids. Naturwissenschaften 96:1051-1058