Chilantaisaurus
Chilantaisaurus ("Jilantai Salt Lake lizard") is a genus of large theropod dinosaur, possibly a neovenatorid or a primitive coelurosaur, from the Late Cretaceous Ulansuhai Formation of China (Turonian age, about 92 million years ago). The type species, C. tashuikouensis, was described by Hu in 1964.
| Chilantaisaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, | |
|---|---|
| Skeleton reconstruction of Chilantaisaurus tashuikouensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | Avetheropoda |
| Genus: | †Chilantaisaurus Hu, 1964 |
| Species: | †C. tashuikouensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Chilantaisaurus tashuikouensis Hu, 1964 | |
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