Chilantaisaurus
Theropod dinosaur genus from the Late Cretaceous period / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Chilantaisaurus?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS
Chilantaisaurus ("Jilantai Salt Lake [zh] lizard"[1]) is a genus of large theropod dinosaur, possibly a neovenatorid or a primitive coelurosaur, from the Late Cretaceous Ulansuhai Formation of China (Turonian age, about 92 million years ago). The type species, C. tashuikouensis, was described by Hu in 1964.
Quick Facts Scientific classification, Binomial name ...
Chilantaisaurus | |
---|---|
Skeleton reconstruction of Chilantaisaurus tashuikouensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Clade: | Avetheropoda |
Genus: | †Chilantaisaurus Hu, 1964 |
Species: | †C. tashuikouensis |
Binomial name | |
†Chilantaisaurus tashuikouensis Hu, 1964 | |
Close