Reptilia - Theropoda - Therizinosauridae
Alternative combination: Suzhousaurus megatherioide
Full reference: D. Li, C. Peng, H. You, M. C. Lamanna, J. D. Harris, K. J. Lacovara, and J. Zhang. 2007. A large therizinosauroid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Cretaceous of northwestern China. Acta Geologica Sinica 81(4):539-549
Belongs to Suzhousaurus according to H. Pu et al. 2013
See also Li 2008, Li et al. 2007, Li et al. 2008, Morschhauser et al. 2019, Qian et al. 2012, You and Li 2009, You et al. 2012, You et al. 2019, You et al. 2010, Zanno 2010 and Zanno et al. 2009
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: FORDC-GSJB-99, a set of postcrania. Its type locality is Suzhousaurus type, Jiuquan, Yujingzi Basin, which is in an Aptian lacustrine - small shale in the Xiagou Formation of China.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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