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Sinosaurus (China lizard)
Taxonomy
Sinosaurus was named by Young (1940). Its type is Sinosaurus triassicus.
It was considered a nomen dubium by Irmis (2004).
It was assigned to Pachypodosauria by Huene (1958); to Ornithosuchidae by Walker (1964); to Carnosauria by Young (1940), Young (1946), Young (1948), Swinton (1970); to Teratosauridae by Romer (1956), Huene (1959), Tatarinov (1964), Simmons (1965), Benedetto (1973), Rozhdestvensky (1977); to Melanorosauridae by Romer (1966), Steel (1970), Anderson and Cruickshank (1978); to Herrerasauridae by Battail (1986); to Poposauridae by Carroll (1988); and to Theropoda by Carrano (2025).
It was considered a nomen dubium by Irmis (2004).
It was assigned to Pachypodosauria by Huene (1958); to Ornithosuchidae by Walker (1964); to Carnosauria by Young (1940), Young (1946), Young (1948), Swinton (1970); to Teratosauridae by Romer (1956), Huene (1959), Tatarinov (1964), Simmons (1965), Benedetto (1973), Rozhdestvensky (1977); to Melanorosauridae by Romer (1966), Steel (1970), Anderson and Cruickshank (1978); to Herrerasauridae by Battail (1986); to Poposauridae by Carroll (1988); and to Theropoda by Carrano (2025).
Species
S. triassicus (syn. Dilophosaurus sinensis) (type species)