Erliansaurus Xu et al. 2002 (coelurosaur)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Therizinosauridae

Full reference: X. Xu, Z.-H. Zhang, P. C. Sereno, X.-J. Zhao, X.-W. Kuang, J. Han, and L. Tan. 2002. A new therizinosauroid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous Iren Dabasu Formation of Nei Mongol. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 40(3):228-240

Parent taxon: Therizinosauridae according to H. Pu et al. 2013

See also Clark et al. 2004, Li et al. 2007, Senter et al. 2012, Xu et al. 2002, Zanno 2004, Zanno 2006 and Zanno 2010

Sister taxa: Duonychus, Enigmosaurus, Eshanosaurus, Nanshiungosaurus, Neimongosaurus, Nothronychus, Paralitherizinosaurus, Segnosaurus, Suzhousaurus, Therizinosaurus, Tiantaisaurus

Subtaxa: Erliansaurus bellamanus

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Type: Erliansaurus bellamanus

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Sanhangobi, Nei Monggol (Cretaceous of China)

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