Species
Valid Extinct

Limusaurus inextricabilis

Xu et al. 2009

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Theropoda Unranked clade
Neotheropoda Unranked clade
Averostra Unranked clade
Ceratosauria Suborder
Noasauridae Family
Elaphrosaurinae Subfamily
Limusaurus Genus
Limusaurus inextricabilis Species
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
3
Geological formations
Shishugou
3
Temporal distribution
Oxfordian (161.5–154.8 Ma)
3
Bibliography
Original description
X. Xu, J. M. Clark, and J. Mo, J. Choiniere, C. A. Forster, G. M. Erickson, D. W. E. Hone, C. Sullivan, D. A. Eberth, S. J. Nesbitt, Q. Zhao, R. Hernández, C.-k. Jia, F.-l. Han, Y. Gou. 2009. A Jurassic ceratosaur from China helps clarify avian digital homologies. Nature 459(7249):940-944 DOI ↗
Bibliography (2)
D. A. Eberth, X. Xu, and J. M. Clark. 2010. Dinosaur death pits from the Jurassic of China. Palaios 25:112-125 DOI ↗
X. Xu, J. M. Clark, and J. Mo, J. Choiniere, C. A. Forster, G. M. Erickson, D. W. E. Hone, C. Sullivan, D. A. Eberth, S. J. Nesbitt, Q. Zhao, R. Hernández, C.-k. Jia, F.-l. Han, Y. Gou. 2009. A Jurassic ceratosaur from China helps clarify avian digital homologies. Nature 459(7249):940-944 DOI ↗