Species
Valid Extinct

Sinosaurus triassicus

Young 1940

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
16
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Theropoda Unranked clade
Sinosaurus Genus
Sinosaurus triassicus Species
Fossil sites 16 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
16
Geological formations
Lufeng
16
Temporal distribution
Sinemurian (199.5–192.9 Ma)
13
Hettangian (201.4–199.5 Ma)
3
Synonyms (1)
Dilophosaurus sinensis subjective synonym of Sinosaurus triassicus
Bibliography
Original description
C.-C. Young. 1940. Preliminary notes on the Lufeng vertebrate fossils. Bulletin of the Geological Society of China 20(3-4):235-239
Bibliography (9)
Q. Liang, P. L. Falkingham, and L. Xing. 2024. Virtual skeleton and body mass for revealing the life strategies of Sinosaurus. Historical Biology DOI ↗
Z.-C. Zhang, T. Wang, and H.-L. You. 2023. A new specimen of Sinosaurus triassicus (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Jurassic of Lufeng, Yunnan, China. Historical Biology DOI ↗
S. Hu. 1993. [A new Theropoda (Dilophosaurus sinensis sp. nov.) from Yunnan, China]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 31(1):65-69
C.-C. Young. 1966. On a new locality of the Lufengosaurus of Yunnan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 10(1):64-67
D. J. Simmons. 1965. The non-therapsid reptiles of the Lufeng Basin, Yunnan, China. Fieldiana: Geology 15(1):1-93 DOI ↗
S.-Y. Hu. 1961. [Some reptilian fossils from Lufeng, China]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 5(3):278-283
C.-C. Young. 1951. The Lufeng saurischian fauna in China. Palaeontologia Sinica, New Series C 13:1-96
C.-C. Young. 1948. On two new saurischians from Lufeng, China. Bulletin of the Geological Society of China 28(1-2):78-90 DOI ↗
C.-C. Young. 1947. On Lufengosaurus magnus Young (sp. nov.) and additional finds of Lufengosaurus huenei Young. Palaeontologia Sinica, New Series C, Whole Series No. 132 12:1-53