| Chienkosaurus | |
|---|---|
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| Drawing of the ulna | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Order: | Dinosauria? |
| Genus: | †Chienkosaurus Dong, 1942 |
| Binomial name | |
| †Chienkosaurus ceratosauroides[1] Dong, 1942 | |
Chienkosaurus is an extinct genus of archosaur found in the Shangshixiamo Formation, an Oxfordian aged fossil formation in China.[2] Scientists are unsure whether the remains belong to a crocodilian, a dinosaur, or both (chimaera). Currently the type and only species is C. ceratosauroides.
Discovery[]
Reconstruction of Chienkosaurus
C. ceratosauroides was described by Dong Zhiming in 1942 based off isolated teeth and an ulna.[3] He considered it as its own genus[3] but later scientists often synonymised it with the theropod Szechuanosaurus campi.[4]
References[]
- ↑ It is not related in any way to Ceratosaurus
- ↑ Peng, G.Z., Ye, Y., Gao, Y.H., Shu, C.K., Jiang, S. (2005): Jurassic dinosaur faunas in Zigong. Sichuan People’s Publishing House, 236 pp
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 C.-C. Young. 1942. Fossil vertebrates from Kuangyuan, N. Szechuan, China. Bulletin of the Geological Society of China 22(-34):293-309
- ↑ See also Carroll 1988, Dong et al. 1978, Huene 1958, Huene 1959, Romer 1956, Romer 1966, Steel 1970, Tatarinov 1964
