Name:
Lingyuanosaurus
(Lingyuan lizard).
Phonetic: Ling-yu-an-sor-us.
Named By: Xi Yao, Chun-Chi Liao, Corwin
Sullivan & Xing Xu - 2019.
Classification: Choirdata, Reptilia,
Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Therizinosauria.
Species: L. sihedangensis
(type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Uncertain.
Known locations: China.
Time period: Early Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial post cranial remains.
Lingyuanosaurus
is a genus of therizinosaurid
dinosaur that lived in China during the
Early Cretaceous.
Further reading
- A new transitional therizinosaurian theropod from the Early
Cretaceous Jehol Biota of China. - Scientific Reports. 9
(5026): 1–12. - Xi Yao, Chun-Chi Liao, Corwin Sullivan
& Xing Xu - 2019.