Wakinosaurus
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Wakinosaurus (meaning "Wakin lizard") was a theropod dinosaur. Its fossils were found in Japan. Wakinosaurus lived during the Early Cretaceous. The type species, W. satoi, was described by Okazaki in 1992. The genus is a tooth taxon, based solely on a tooth. It was initially described as a megalosaurid.
[edit] References
- Okazaki, Y. (1992). A new genus and species of carnivorous dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Kwanmon Group, northern Kyushu. Bulletin of the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History 11:87-90.
- http://www.dinoruss.com/de_4/5a65d09.htm