Xuanhanosaurus
Field photograph to come
Xuanhanosaurus
DV-0299 · type species Xuanhanosaurus qilixiaensis
- Lived
- 171 to 168 million years ago, Middle Jurassic
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Piatnitzkysauridae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Dong 1984
Field notes
About Xuanhanosaurus
Xuanhanosaurus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Middle Jurassic, 171 to 168 million years ago. It belongs to the family Piatnitzkysauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Xuanhanosaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Shaximiao Formation. It was named by Dong in 1984.
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 Piatnitzkysauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: Z. Dong. 1984. [A new theropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Sichuan Basin]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 22(3):213-218