Reptilia - Saurischia - Metriacanthosauridae
Alternative combination: Yangchuanosaurus hepingensis
Full reference: Y. Gao. 1992. Yangchuanosaurus hepingensis – a new species of carnosaur from Zigong, Sichuan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 30(4):313-324
Belongs to Sinraptor according to M. T. Carrano et al. 2012
See also Currie and Zhao 1994, Dong 1997, Gao 1992, Gao 1999, Holtz et al. 2004, Li et al. 2011, Peng et al. 2005, Rauhut 2003, Watabe et al. 2008, Wu et al. 2009 and Xing et al. 2009
Sister taxon: Sinraptor dongi
Type specimen: ZDM 0024, a skeleton. Its type locality is Tianwan village, Heping, which is in a Bathonian/Callovian terrestrial mudstone in the Shaximiao Formation of China.
Distribution: found only at Tianwan village, Heping
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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