Genus
Valid Extinct

Lingyuanosaurus

Yao et al. 2019

Lingyuanosaurus is a genus of therizinosaurian theropod from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning Province, China. The type and only species is L. sihedangensis. It was uncovered within one of the formations that make up the Jehol biota, although the exact geological formation — and therefore also its precise geological age — is unknown.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Lingyuanosaurus
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IVPP V 23589 as originally preserved, showing slab preserving right femur and left tibia (a); slab preserving ribs, proximal portion of right humerus, and ischium (b); slab preserving vertebrae, manual unguals and ribs (c); and slab preserving left ilium and right astragalus (d). Scale bar = 50 mm. © Xi Yao, Chun-Chi Liao, Corwin Sullivan & Xing Xu · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Averostra Unranked clade
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Tetanurae Unranked clade
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Coelurosauria Unranked clade
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Maniraptoriformes Unranked clade
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Therizinosauria Unranked clade
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Lingyuanosaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Jiufotang
1
Temporal distribution
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Lingyuanosaurus sihedangensis 121 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
X. Yao, C.-C. Liao, and C. Sullivan, X. Xu. 2019. A new transitional therizinosaurian theropod from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota of China. Scientific Reports 9(5026):5026:1-12 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
X. Yao, C.-C. Liao, and C. Sullivan, X. Xu. 2019. A new transitional therizinosaurian theropod from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota of China. Scientific Reports 9(5026):5026:1-12 DOI ↗