Lingyuanosaurus
| Lingyuanosaurus | |
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| Holotype specimen as originally preserved | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | Maniraptora |
| Clade: | †Therizinosauria |
| Genus: | †Lingyuanosaurus Yao et al., 2019 |
| Type species | |
| †Lingyuanosaurus sihedangensis Yao et al., 2019
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Lingyuanosaurus (meaning "
Jehol Group
.
Discovery
The first
humeri, two manual unguals, left ilium, a possible portion of left ischium, right femur, partial left tibia and right astragalus, and other indeterminate elements of a disarticulated but associated juvenile individual. The specimen was formally described by Xi Yao and colleagues in 2019 and made the holotype for the new genus and species Lingyuanosaurus sihedangensis. The generic name, Lingyuanosaurus, is in reference to county-level city of Lingyuan and the specific name, sihedangensis, is in reference to its place of discovery as well, the town of Sihedang.[1]
See also
References
- PMID 30903000.
External links
Media related to Lingyuanosaurus at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Lingyuanosaurus at Wikispecies
