Chilantaisaurus tashuikouensis
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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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