Kaijiangosaurus Temporal range: Middle Jurassic
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Speculative life restoration based on other theropods | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Clade: | Tetanurae |
Genus: | †Kaijiangosaurus He, 1984 |
Type species | |
†Kaijiangosaurus lini He, 1984
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Kaijiangosaurus (meaning "Kaijiang lizard") is a genus of carnivorous tetanuran theropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of China. In 1984 He Xinlu named and described the type species Kaijiangosaurus lini. The generic name refers to the River (jiang) Kai. The specific name honours the paleontologist Lin Wenqiu.[1]