Sinocoelurus
Name:
Sinocoelurus
(Chinese hollow tail).
Phonetic: Sy-no-see-lu-russ.
Named By: Yang Zhongjian (C. -C. Young) -
1942.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Theropoda.
Species: S. fragilis (type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unknown.
Known locations: China, Sichuan - Kuangyuan
Formation.
Time period: Tithnonian of the Jurassic.
Fossil representation: 4 partial teeth.
Sinocoelurus is a dubious genus given that it is only based upon the description of teeth, making this a tooth taxon. The only thing that can be said about Sinocoelurus with any confidence is that given the size of the teeth, the holotype individual would have been a small theropod.
Further reading
- Fossil vertebrates from Kuangyuan, N. Szechuan, China. -
Bulletin of the Geological Society of China 22(-34):293-309.
- Yang Zhongjian (C. -C. Young) - 1942.
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