Chuandongocoelurus
Combining Chuandong (a region in Sichuan Province, China) with the genus name Coelurus (from Greek koilos meaning 'hollow' and oura meaning 'tail'). Full meaning: 'Chuandong hollow tail', referencing both the discovery locality and the related genus.
Middle Jurassic and Late Jurassic stages
Chuandongocoelurus is a genus of carnivorous tetanuran theropod dinosaur from the Jurassic of China.
Species
Chuandongocoelurus primitivus He, 1984
Type species
From Latin 'primitivus' meaning 'the primitive one', a reference to the great geological age of the specimen from the Middle Jurassic of China.
- Holotype
- CCG 20010 , Chengdu University of Technology
- Horizon
- lower Shaximiao Formation, Bajocian–Oxfordian, Middle Jurassic–Late Jurassic , 170.9–154.8 million years ago
- Locality
- Chuandong, Sichuan, China
References
- He, X. (1984). The Vertebrate Fossils of Sichuan. 1-168. Sichuan Scientific and Technological Publishing House, Chengdu. he1984a