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sharp-clawed runner · Doubtful name
Chingkankousaurus
Say it like this: “Jin-gang-kou”
Chingkankousaurus fragilis
Chingkankousaurus ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 1958 · Young, C. C.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- China
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Tyrannosauroidea
The story in short
Chingkankousaurus was formally named in 1958 by C. C. Young. The name means “diamond port.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from China. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
The fossils of Chingkankousaurus are too incomplete for a responsible length, hip height, or weight, so those fields are left blank on purpose.
On the family tree it sits in Tyrannosauroidea, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Alectrosaurus
Alectrosaurus olseni
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Aviatyrannis
Aviatyrannis jurassica
Late Jurassic (Oxfordian · Kimmeridgian · Tithonian) · roughly 161.5 to 143.1 million years ago
Calamosaurus
Calamosaurus foxi
Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago