Chilantaisaurus -- The Dinosauricon

	*Chilantaisaurus* "Ch'i-lan-t'ai Lake lizard"
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CLASSIFICATION

Chilantaisaurus Hu, 1964

TYPE SPECIES:

C. tashuikouensis Hu, 1964
OTHER SPECIES:
C. sibiricus (Riabinin, 1914) [nomen dubium] (originally Antrodemus)

MISASSIGNED SPECIES:
"C." maortuensis Hu, 1964 [nomen dubium] » Coelurosauria incertae sedis
"C." zheziangensis Dong, 1979 » Therizinosauria incertae sedis

Animalia
Vertebrata
Tetrapoda
Sauropsida
Archosauromorpha
Ornithodira
Dinosauria
Theropoda
Tetanurae

see also: Genus Index, Classification

MEASUREMENTS

LENGTH: ?13 m

MASS: ?4 tonnes

see also: World Records

TIME

C. tashuikouensis: Aptian to Albian
"C." maortuensis: Aptian to Albian
C. sibiricus: Berriasian
"C." zheziangensis: Late Cretaceous

see also: Ages of the Mesozoic

PLACE

C. tashuikouensis: China
"C." maortuensis: China
C. sibiricus: Russia
"C." zheziangensis: Mongolia

see also: Paleo-Maps

REMAINS

C. tashuikouensis
- fragmentary postcranium
"C." maortuensis
- partial skull, teeth, other remains
C. sibiricus
- metatarsal
"C." zheziangensis
- 2 foot claws, hand claw

see also: Anatomy

ESSAY

Probably either a late allosaurine or an early carcharodontosaurine.

The claws assigned to "Chilantaisaurus" zheziangensis seem instead to be from a therizinosaur. "C." maortuensis may also be a therizinosaur, or a tyrannosauroid.

IMAGES

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DANIEL BENSEN

Digital (Two-Dimensional), Paint

Field Guide to the Therizinosauria

I.    Beipiaosaurus inexpectus
II.   Enigmosaurus mongoliensis
III.  "Chilantaisaurus" zheziangensis (based on other Therizinosauria) 
IV.   Alxasaurus elesitaiensis
V.    Erlikosaurus andrewsi
VI.   Segnosaurus galbinensis
VII.  Nanshiungosaurus brevispinus (based on other Therizinosauria) 
VIII. "Nanshiungosaurus" bohlini (based on other Therizinosauria) 
IX.   Therizinosaurus cheloniformis

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