Chuandongocoelurus

Chuandongocoelurus; Temporal range: Middle Jurassic, 165 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Clade:	Saurischia
Clade:	Theropoda
Genus:	†Chuandongocoelurus; He, 1984
Species:	†C. primitivus
Binomial name
	Chuandongocoelurus primitivus; He, 1984

Chuandongocoelurus is a tetanuran theropod dinosaur from the Jurassic of China.

Discovery and naming[change | change source]

The type species Chuandongocoelurus primitivus was first described and named by Chinese paleontologist He Xinlu in 1984.^[1]

Chuandongocoelurus was based on two partial skeletons. The holotype, a thighbone, is part of specimen CCG 20010. Vertebrae, pelvic bones and hindlimb elements, also catalogued under this inventory number, may belong to the same individual. Chaundongocoelurus was a close relative of Elaphrosaurus^[2]

The thighbone of C. primitivus has a length of 20.1 cm.^[1]

References[change | change source]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 He, 1984. The vertebrate fossils of Sichuan. Sichuan Scientific and Technological Publishing House. 168 pp.
↑ M.T. Carrano, R.B.J. Benson, and S.D. Sampson, 2012, "The phylogeny of Tetanurae (Dinosauria: Theropoda)", Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10(2): 211-300

Other websites[change | change source]

Details on Chuandongocoelurus, from the Dinosaur Mailing List (includes full redescription) Archived 2017-03-28 at the Wayback Machine

[He1984-1] 1.0 ^1.1 He, 1984. The vertebrate fossils of Sichuan. Sichuan Scientific and Technological Publishing House. 168 pp.

[Carrano2012-2] M.T. Carrano, R.B.J. Benson, and S.D. Sampson, 2012, "The phylogeny of Tetanurae (Dinosauria: Theropoda)", Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10(2): 211-300

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