Cruxicheiros

Cruxicheiros
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic (Bathonian),
167 Ma
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Vertebrae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Tetanurae
Genus: †Cruxicheiros
Benson & Radley, 2010
Species:
†C. newmanorum
Binomial name
†Cruxicheiros newmanorum
Benson & Radley, 2010

Cruxicheiros (meaning "cross hand") is a genus of theropod dinosaur which lived in the Middle Jurassic of England. The type species is C. newmanorum, described by Roger Benson and Jonathan Radley in 2010.[1]

  1. ^ Benson, Roger B.J.; Radley, Jonathan D. (2010). "A new large-bodied theropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Warwickshire, United Kingdom" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 55 (1): 35–42. doi:10.4202/app.2009.0083.