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Shenzhousaurus

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DV-0525Yixian Fm., China

Shenzhousaurus

DV-0525 · type species Shenzhousaurus orientalis

Lived
126 to 120 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet
Omnivore
Group
Theropods
Found in
China
Named by
Ji et al. 2003

Field notes

About Shenzhousaurus

Shenzhousaurus was an omnivorous theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 126 to 120 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Shenzhousaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Yixian Formation. It was named by Ji et al. in 2003.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

125 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Ornithomimosauria.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: Q. Ji, M. A. Norell, and P. J. Makovicky, K.-Q. Gao, S. Ji, C. Yuan. 2003. An early ostrich dinosaur and implications for ornithomimosaur phylogeny. American Museum Novitates 3420:1-19