AsiaDinosauriaEusaurischiaLate JurassicNeotheropodaSaurischiaTheropoda

Chienkosaurus ceratosauroides

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Dinosaur: Chienkosaurus ceratosauroides

Jurassic: 161.5–154.8 Ma
Type: Theropod

Length*:5.7 m18.7 ft
Weight*:420 kg926 lb
ESR: 1 / 4 (estimated size reliability)
*The largest known specimen

Asia

Area: Asia


Period

Epoch: Late Jurassic
Stage: Oxfordian
Years: 161.5–154.8 Ma

Details

Status: nomen dubium
Author: Young
Year: 1942

Distribution

Area: Asia
Country: China
Region: Sichuan
Formation: Upper Shaximiao


Sources

Material: Tooth, referred ulna ?, caudal centrum ?, dorsal centrum ?
References: Young, (1942). Fossil vertebrates from Kuangyuan, N. Szechuan, China.

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