Shanyangosaurus

Taxobox
name = "Shanyangosaurus"
fossil_range = Late Cretaceous
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo=Dinosauria
ordo = Saurischia
subordo=Theropoda
infraordo = Coelurosauria
genus = "Shanyangosaurus"
genus_authority= Xue "et al.", 1996
subdivision_ranks=Species
subdivision=
* "S. niupanggouensis" Xue "et al.", 1996 (type)

"Shanyangosaurus" is a genus of theropod dinosaur found in Shaanxi, China, and known only from a few fragmentary leg bones. The bones are reportedly hollow;Xue, Zhang, Bi, Yue and Chen (1996). The development and environmental changes of the intermontane basins in the Eastern part of Qinling Mountains. Geological Publishing House, Beijing. ISBN 7-116-02125-6. 179 pages.] this, along with other features of the femur and known foot bones, suggest it is a member of the coelurosauria, but a specific family cannot be determined without more material. Holtz "et al". assigned "Shanyangosaurus" to Avetheropoda.T. R. Holtz, R. E. Molnar, and P. J. Currie (2004). Basal Tetanurae. In D. B. Weishampel, P. Dodson, & H. Osmólska (eds.), The Dinosauria (second edition). University of California Press, Berkeley 71-110]

References

External links

* [http://www.dinoruss.com/de_4/5a63fa4.htm "Shanyangosaurus" in The Dinosaur Encyclopaedia] at Dino Russ's Lair
* [http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=68140 "Shanyangosaurus" in the Palaeobiology Database]