Shidaisaurus
Field photograph to come
Shidaisaurus
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- Lived
- 171 to 168 million years ago, Middle Jurassic
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Metriacanthosauridae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Wu et al. 2009
Field notes
About Shidaisaurus
Shidaisaurus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Middle Jurassic, 171 to 168 million years ago. It belongs to the family Metriacanthosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Shidaisaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Chuanjie Formation. It was named by Wu et al. in 2009.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
170 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Metriacanthosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: X.-C. Wu, P. J. Currie, and Z. Dong, S. Pan, T. Wang. 2009. A new theropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Lufeng, Yunnan, China. Acta Geologica Sinica 83(1):9-24