Sinosaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-0167Lufeng Fm., China

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

15 finds

195 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

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