Suzhousaurus
Name:
Suzhousaurus
(Suzhou lizard).
Phonetic: Su-zhu-sor-us.
Named By: D. Li, C. Peng, H. You, M.
C. Lamanna, J. D. Harris, K. J. Lacovara & J.
Zhang - 2007.
Classification: Chordata, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Theropoda, Therizinosauroidea.
Species: S. megatherioides
(type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Roughly estimated to be about 6 meters
long.
Known locations: China.
Time period: Aptian/Albian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial post cranial
skeleton including 3 dorsal (back), 5 sacral (hip) and
the first 6 caudal (tail) vertebrae, left half of the pelvis
and two femurs (thigh bones).
Suzhousaurus is a medium sized genus of therizinosaur that lived in China during the early Cretaceous. There is some speculation that Suzhousaurus may be the same genus as another therizinosaur named Nanshiungosaurus. However, because there is little if any overlapping fossil material, it is at the time of writing impossible to say for certain.
Further reading
- A large therizinosauroid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the
Early Cretaceous of northwestern China. - Acta Geologica Sinica
81(4):539-549. - D. Li, C. Peng, H. You, M. C.
Lamanna, J. D. Harris, K. J. Lacovara & J.
Zhang - 2007.
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