Genus
Valid Extinct

Gasosaurus

Dong and Tang 1985

Gasosaurus is a genus of tetanuran theropod that lived approximately 171.6 to 161.2 million years ago during the middle of the Jurassic Period. The name "Gasosaurus" is derived from the English "gasoline" and the Greek σαῦρος. Only one species is currently recognised, G. constructus, from which the specific name honours the gasoline company that found the Dashanpu fossil quarry in Sichuan Province, China, now named as the Lower Shaximiao Formation.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Gasosaurus
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Skeletal diagram of Gasosaurus constructus illustrating the known and unknown material. Scale bar = 1m, unknown material restored after both Allosaurus "jimmadseni" and Sinraptor dongi. © IJReid · 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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Gasosaurus Genus
Measurements
Length
4 m ⓘ
4,5 m ⓘ
Gasosaurus constructus 
Mass
150 kg ⓘ
Gasosaurus constructus 
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Shaximiao
1
Temporal distribution
Callovian (165.3–161.5 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Gasosaurus constructus 171 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
Z. Dong and Z. Tang. 1985. A new Mid-Jurassic theropod (<i>Gasosaurus constructus</i> gen. et sp. nov.) from Dashanpu, Zigong, Sichuan Province, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 23(1):77-83
Bibliography (1)
Z. Dong and Z. Tang. 1985. A new Mid-Jurassic theropod (<i>Gasosaurus constructus</i> gen. et sp. nov.) from Dashanpu, Zigong, Sichuan Province, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 23(1):77-83