Eshanosaurus

Eshanosaurus is a genus of a dinosaur from the early Jurassic Period. It is known only from a fossil partial lower jawbone, found in China. It may be a therizinosaurian, and if so the earliest known coelurosaur.

Eshanosaurus
Temporal range: Early Jurassic,
Holotype mandible
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Therizinosauria (?)
Genus: Eshanosaurus
Xu, Zhou & Clark, 2001
Type species
Eshanosaurus deguchiianus
Xu, Zhou & Clark, 2001
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