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sharp-clawed runner
Leshansaurus
Say it like this: “luh-SHAHN-SAWR-us”
Leshansaurus qianweiensis
Leshansaurus 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
- 2009 · Li, F.; Peng, G.; Yong, Y.; Jiang, S.; Huang, D.
- Hip height
- 1.7 m · 6 ft
- Length
- 6 m · 20 ft
- Weight
- 1 tonnes
- Found in
- China · Shaximiao
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Afrovenatorinae
The story in short
Leshansaurus was formally named in 2009 by F. Li and colleagues. The name means “leshan lizard.”
Fossils referred to Leshansaurus 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.
Published estimates put Leshansaurus at a length near 6 m, hips about 1.7 m high, and a body mass around 1 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Afrovenatorinae, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Afrovenator
Afrovenator abakensis
Middle Jurassic (Bathonian · Callovian) · roughly 168.2 to 161.5 million years ago
Dubreuillosaurus
Dubreuillosaurus valesdunensis
Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) · roughly 168.2 to 165.3 million years ago
Magnosaurus
Magnosaurus nethercombensis
Middle Jurassic (Bajocian) · roughly 170.9 to 168.2 million years ago