Tugulusaurus
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| Tugulusaurus faciles Dong, 1973 |
Tugulusaurus (meaning "Tugulu lizard") was a theropod dinosaur from early Cretaceous Tugulu Formation in the Urhe area of China. Originally classified as a coelurosaur, it is generally considered a nomen dubium: only parts of one skeleton, namely a few vertebrae and a right hind leg, were discovered in 1973. Since then, other fossils have been assigned to the genus, but there is some doubt as to their validity.
[edit] References
- Norman, D. B. (1990). "Problematic Theropoda: Coelurosaurs". 280-305 in Weishampel, D. B., Dodson, P., & Osmólska, H. (eds.) The Dinosauria. Berkley: University of California Press, Berkley 1990, xvi-733.
- Rauhut, O. W. M. & Xu, X. (2005). "The small theropod dinosaurs Tugulusaurus and Phaedrolosaurus from the Early Cretaceous of Xinjiang, China." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(1), pp. 107-118.
- Dong Zhiming (1992). Dinosaurian Faunas of China. China Ocean Press, Beijing. ISBN 978-3-540-52084-9.
[edit] External links
- Tugulusaurus in the Dinosaur Encyclopaedia at Dino Russ's Lair
- Tugulusaurus at Mikko's Phylogeny Archive
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