Dilophosaurus sinensis Hu 1993

Reptilia - Theropoda

Alternative combination: Sinosaurus sinensis

Full reference: S. Hu. 1993. [A new Theropoda (Dilophosaurus sinensis sp. nov.) from Yunnan, China]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 31(1):65-69

Belongs to Dilophosaurus according to M. T. Carrano et al. 2012

See also Hu 1993, Rauhut et al. 2016, Wang et al. 2017, Xing et al. 2014 and Zhang et al. 2023

Sister taxon: Dilophosaurus wetherilli

Type specimen: KMV 8701, a skeleton. Its type locality is Qinglongshan near Muchulang village, Dilophosaurus sinensis holotype, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian terrestrial horizon in the Lufeng Formation of China.

Distribution: found only at Qinglongshan near Muchulang village, Dilophosaurus sinensis holotype

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