Genus
Valid Extinct

Suzhousaurus

Suzhou lizard
Li et al. 2007

Suzhousaurus is an extinct genus of large therizinosaurid dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous of China. The genus is known from two specimens discovered in the Xiagou and Zhonggou Formations, both part of the Xinminbao Group. These findings were made during fieldwork in 1999 and 2004.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Suzhousaurus
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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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Therizinosauroidea Superfamily
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Therizinosauridae Family
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Suzhousaurus Genus
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
2
Geological formations
Xiagou
1
Zhonggou
1
Temporal distribution
Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)
1
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Suzhousaurus megatherioides 121 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
D. Li, C. Peng, and H. You, M. C. Lamanna, J. D. Harris, K. J. Lacovara, J. Zhang. 2007. A large therizinosauroid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Cretaceous of northwestern China. Acta Geologica Sinica 81(4):539-549
Bibliography (2)
D.-q. Li, H.-l. You, and Z.-p. Zhang. 2008. A new specimen of Suzhousaurus megatherioides (Dinosauria: Therizinosauroidea) from the Early Cretaceous of northwestern China. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 45:769-779 DOI ↗
D. Li, C. Peng, and H. You, M. C. Lamanna, J. D. Harris, K. J. Lacovara, J. Zhang. 2007. A large therizinosauroid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Cretaceous of northwestern China. Acta Geologica Sinica 81(4):539-549