Zuolong salleei Choiniere et al. 2010 (coelurosaur)

Reptilia - Theropoda

Full reference: J. N. Choiniere, J. M. Clark, C. A. Forster and X. Xu. 2010. A basal coelurosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) of the Shishugou Formation in Wucaiwan, People's Republic of China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(6):1773-1796

Belongs to Zuolong according to J. N. Choiniere et al. 2010

See also Fernandes de Azevedo et al. 2013

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IVPP V15912, a partial skeleton (left premaxilla; left maxilla; left quadrate; right and left quadratojugals; left squamosal; right and left ectopterygoids; left pterygoid; left lacrimal; parti). Its type locality is Wucaiwan Sino-American expedition, 2001, which is in an Oxfordian terrestrial sandstone/conglomerate in the Shishugou Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): femur circumference 112.3, humerus circumference 62.0, radius circumference 42.5, tibia circumference 98.6, ulna circumference 38.2

Distribution: found only at Wucaiwan Sino-American expedition, 2001

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