Zhongjianosaurus
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Zhongjianosaurus
DV-1005 · type species Zhongjianosaurus yangi
- Lived
- 121 to 113 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Dromaeosauridae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Xu and Qin 2017
Field notes
About Zhongjianosaurus
Zhongjianosaurus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 121 to 113 million years ago. It belongs to the family Dromaeosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Zhongjianosaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Jiufotang Formation. It was named by Xu and Qin in 2017.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
115 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Dromaeosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: X. Xu and Z.-C. Qin. 2017. A new tiny dromaeosaurid dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Jehol Group of western Liaoning and niche differentiation among the Jehol dromaeosaurids. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 55(2):129-144