Lepidocheirosaurus natatilis Alifanov and Saveliev 2015 (ornithomimosaur)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Nqwebasauridae

Alternative combination: Lepidocheirosaurus natalis

Full reference: V. R. Alifanov and S. V. Saveliev. 2015. The most ancient ornithomimosaur (Theropoda, Dinosauria), with cover imprints from the Upper Jurassic of Russia. Paleontological Journal 49(6):636-650

Belongs to Lepidocheirosaurus according to V. R. Alifanov and S. V. Saveliev 2015

See also Alifanov 2018 and Cincotta et al. 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIN 5435/1, a set of limb elements (partial L manus). Its type locality is Kulinda (trench 3), which is in a Bathonian lacustrine - large siltstone/claystone in the Ukureyskaya Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Kulinda (trench 3)

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