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Dilophosaurus sinensis
Taxonomy
Dilophosaurus sinensis was named by Hu (1993). Its type specimen is KMV 8701, a skeleton, and it is not a trace fossil. 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.
It was synonymized subjectively with Sinosaurus triassicus by Xing et al. (2014) and Rauhut et al. (2016); it was recombined as Sinosaurus sinensis by Wang et al. (2017) and Zhang et al. (2023).
It was synonymized subjectively with Sinosaurus triassicus by Xing et al. (2014) and Rauhut et al. (2016); it was recombined as Sinosaurus sinensis by Wang et al. (2017) and Zhang et al. (2023).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1993 | Dilophosaurus sinensis Hu p. 65 |
| 2012 | Dilophosaurus sinensis Carrano et al. p. 229 |
| 2017 | Sinosaurus sinensis Wang et al. p. 184 |
| 2023 | Sinosaurus sinensis Zhang et al. |
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†Dilophosaurus sinensis Hu 1993
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M. T. Carrano et al. 2012 | Theropod with vertical groove or channel on lateral premaxilla adjacent to contact with maxilla. |
Measurements
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| References: Peczkis 1995, Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Sinemurian or 201.30000 to 190.80000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Hettangian - Sinemurian | China (Yunnan) | Dilophosaurus sinensis (type locality: 25125) |