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Chilantaisaurus
> C. maortuensis (Hu,1964) C.tashuikouensis
(1964) ? C.
sibiricus (=Allosaurus
sibiricus) Riabinin,1914
Partial skull and postcranial skeleton.
Holotype- (IVP AS 2885) (skull ~580 mm) maxilla, quadrates
(lost), frontals, posterior skull, (cervical column ~995 mm) axis
(~70 mm, lost), six caudal vertebrae (90, 70, 75, 85, 95 mm; one
lost) Diagnosis- twelve maxillary teeth; small fused maxillary
interdental plates; no groove for dental artery at base of
interdental plates; no lingual bar on maxilla; thick frontals;
subnarial process of frontals forms a deep trough; supratemporal
fossa makes small contribution to frontal; sagittal crest on
frontals and parietals; large cylindrical pneumatic cavity in
posterior nasals; no quadratojugal foramen; helical groove absent in
distal quadrate; paroccipital processes extend below occipital
condyle; braincase short and highly pneumatized; axis short with
erect neural spine.
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