Shaochilong

Shaochilong
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, ~Aptian–Albian[1]
Restoration of Shaochilong preying on Sinornithomimus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Family: †Carcharodontosauridae
Genus: †Shaochilong
Brusatte et al., 2009
Species:
†S. maortuensis
Binomial name
†Shaochilong maortuensis
(Hu, 1964)
Synonyms

Shaochilong (meaning "shark toothed dragon") is an extinct genus of carcharodontosaurid theropod dinosaur from the mid-Cretaceous (Late Cenomanian to the end of the Turonian stage) Miaogou Formation of China (about 92 million years ago). The type species, S. maortuensis, was originally named Chilantaisaurus maortuensis, but was re-described and reclassified in 2009.[2][3] It was one of the last known carcharodontosaurids to walk the earth. Alongside Mapusaurus from Argentina, they were the only members of the family to live until the end of the Turonian epoch.

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