| Erliansaurus Fossil range: Late Cretaceous | |
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Erliansaurus was a genus of dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian stage, around 65-70 million years ago). It was a therizinosaurid theropod. Fossils of Erliansaurus were found in China.
The type species, Erliansaurus bellamanus, was described by Xu, Zhang, Sereno, Zhao, Kuang, Han, and Tan in 2002, based on a partial skeleton.
References[]
- 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: 228-240.
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