Sinosaurus
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Sinosaurus
DV-0167 · type species Sinosaurus triassicus
- Lived
- 201 to 193 million years ago, Early Jurassic
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Young 1940
Field notes
About Sinosaurus
Sinosaurus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Jurassic, 201 to 193 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 15 finds of Sinosaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Lufeng Formation. It was named by Young in 1940.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
195 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Theropoda.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: C.-C. Young. 1940. Preliminary notes on the Lufeng vertebrate fossils. Bulletin of the Geological Society of China 20(3-4):235-239