Chuandongocoelurus primitivus He 1984 (tetanuran theropod)

Reptilia - Theropoda

Full reference: X. He. 1984. The Vertebrate Fossils of Sichuan. Sichuan Scientific and Technological Publishing House, Chengdu 1-168

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

See also Dong 1992, He 1984, Holtz et al. 2004, Li et al. 2011, Rauhut 2003 and Wu et al. 2009

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CCG 20010, a partial skeleton (femur). Its type locality is Dashanpu Dinosaur Quarry [lower], which is in a Bajocian/Oxfordian lacustrine sandstone/mudstone in the Shaximiao Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Dashanpu Dinosaur Quarry [lower]

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