Kelmayisaurus Dong 1973 (allosauroid)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Carcharodontosauridae

Full reference: Z. Dong. 1973. [Dinosaurs from Wuerho]. Reports of Paleontological Expedition to Sinkiang (II): Pterosaurian Fauna from Wuerho, Sinkiang. Memoirs of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Academia Sinica 11:45-52

Parent taxon: Carcharodontosauridae according to M. T. Carrano et al. 2012

See also Brusatte et al. 2011, Carroll 1988, Csiki-Sava et al. 2016, Dong 1973, Dong 1992, Holtz et al. 2004, Molnar et al. 1990, Novas et al. 2013, Rauhut and Xu 2005 and Ruiz-OmeƱaca and Canudo 2003

Sister taxa: Acrocanthosaurus, Carcharodontosaurinae, Carcharodontosaurus, Concavenator, Eocarcharia, Giganotosaurus, Lajasvenator, Mapusaurus, Megalosaurus inexpectatus, Shaochilong, Taurovenator, Unquillosaurus, Veterupristisaurus

Subtaxa: Kelmayisaurus petrolicus

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Wuerho, IVPP site 64043 (Cretaceous of China)

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