†family Shanshanosauridae Dong 1977 (carnosaur)
Reptilia - Avetheropoda - Shanshanosauridae
Full reference: Z. Dong. 1977. On the dinosaurian remains from Turpan, Xinjiang. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 15(1):59-66
Parent taxon: Carnosauria according to Z. Dong 1992
See also Carroll 1988 and Dong 1977
Sister taxa: Abelichnus, Aublysodon lateralis, Aublysodontidae, Bosiutrisauropus, Changpeipus, Dryptosauridae, Itemiridae, Kleitotrisauropus, Mafatrisauropus, Streptospondylidae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Shanshanosauridae in the database