Genus
Valid Extinct

Erliansaurus

Xu et al. 2002

Erliansaurus is a genus of therizinosaurian theropod dinosaur that lived in Asia during the Late Cretaceous period around 85-68 million years ago in what is now Nei Mongol, Iren Dabasu Formation.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Erliansaurus
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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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Erliansaurus Genus
Measurements
Length
2,85 m ⓘ
Erliansaurus bellamanus
Mass
165 kg ⓘ
Erliansaurus bellamanus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Iren Dabasu
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Erliansaurus bellamanus 84 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
X. Xu, Z.-H. Zhang, and P. C. Sereno, X.-J. Zhao, X.-W. Kuang, J. Han, L. Tan. 2002. A new therizinosauroid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous Iren Dabasu Formation of Nei Mongol. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 40(3):228-240
Bibliography (1)
X. Xu, Z.-H. Zhang, and P. C. Sereno, X.-J. Zhao, X.-W. Kuang, J. Han, L. Tan. 2002. A new therizinosauroid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous Iren Dabasu Formation of Nei Mongol. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 40(3):228-240