#chilantaisaurus

[jarvistheallosaurus]

Siats is having an existential crisis. Hopefully he can pull through the difficult times with the help of the club and similar victims of taxonomy!

[ask-palaeoblr]

Was Chilantaisaurus tashuikouensis bigger than T. rex?

[dinodorks]

chilantaisaurus by spinosaurus1

[jarvistheallosaurus]

Chilantaisaurus Tashuikouensis

Chilantaisaurus is suspected to be a large carnivorous theropod from the late cretaceous period around 93.9 million years ago - 83.6 million years ago. However, because the holotype of the species is only known from fossils of the teeth, calf bone, humerus, the first toe bone, hip bone, thighbone and shinbone, Paleontologists are unsure of what the exact placement of the dinosaur is. It is mostly debated upon whether it was a primitive coelurosaur or a neovenatorid.  Stats: Length: ~36ft (11 m) Height: ~13ft (4 m) Weight: 2.8 - 6.6 tons (5600 - 14550.5 lb) Area: Mongolia, Zhejang Time: 93.9 - 83.6 mya Formation: Ulansuhai Formation of China Family: Neovenatoridae Species: C. tashuikouensis Reference used: www.deviantart.com/franoys/art…

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

Chilantaisaurus tashuikouensis

Source: http://hodarinundu.deviantart.com/art/Chilantaisaurus-416581555

Name: Chilantaisaurus tashuikouensis

Name Meaning: Chilantai lizard

First Described: 1964

Described By: Hu

Classification: Dinosauria, Saurischia, Eusaurischia, Theropoda, Neotheropoda, Averostra, Tetanurae, Orionides, Avetheropoda, Carnosauria, Allosauroidea, Allosauria, Carcharodontosauria, Neovenatoridae

Chilantaisaurus was a neovenator theropod from the Turonian age of the Late Cretaceous period, about 92 million years ago. It was found in the Ulanshuhai Formation of China, and it was a large theropod, weighing between 2.5 metric tons and 4 metric tons. It actually has a really complicated taxomic history, as many of the bones attributed to its initial remains were actually from other species. Also, the type species has been interpreted as being from many different groups, such as spinosaurids and coelurosaurians. It is not, however, the same animal as the carnosaur Shaochilong, as the two have majorly different sizes and different features. 

Sources: 

http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/c/chilantaisaurus.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilantaisaurus

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