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Kaijiangosaurus
Say it like this: “KIE-JYAHNG-o-SAWR-us”
Kaijiangosaurus lini
Kaijiangosaurus ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Middle Jurassic · Late Jurassic. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Middle Jurassic · Late Jurassic (Bajocian–Oxfordian) · roughly 170.9 to 154.8 million years ago
- Named in
- 1984 · He, X.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- China · Shaximiao
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Tetanurae
The story in short
Kaijiangosaurus was formally named in 1984 by X. He. The name means “kaijiang lizard.”
Fossils referred to Kaijiangosaurus date to the Middle Jurassic · Late Jurassic (Bajocian–Oxfordian), roughly 170.9 to 154.8 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Shaximiao Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
The fossils of Kaijiangosaurus 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 Tetanurae, among the theropod dinosaurs.