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Yangchuanosaurus
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Yangchuanosaurus was a
was close relative of Allosaurus.
It was a
carnivore (meat-eater) that
lived in Northeast China,
during the late Jurassic period,
about 160 to 144
million years ago.
Yangchuanosaurus was about 33 feet (10 meters) long,
and weighed 3 to 4 tons.
Yangchuanosaurus Timeline:
Yangchuanosaurus was a carnivore (meat-eater) that lived from 166 to 140 million years ago
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Yangchuanosaurus Facts
Here is a summary of some of the key facts about Yangchuanosaurus:
- Yangchuanosaurus was a genus of dinosaur.
- "Yangchuanosaurus" means "Yongchuan lizard" (after the Yongchuan District in China where it was first found).
- Yangchuanosaurus was a member of the Saurischia ("lizard-hipped") order of dinosaurs. What this means, is that although Yangchuanosaurus was not closely related to lizards, it did have similarly shaped pelvic bones.
- Yangchuanosaurus was a Theropod - a member of a group of related bipedal dinosaurs that included the ancestors of birds (although Yangchuanosaurus was not itself an ancestor of birds).
- Yangchuanosaurus lived between about 166 million years ago and 140 million years ago, during the late Jurassic and early Cretaceous periods.
- Yangchuanosaurus lived in China.
- Yangchuanosaurus was a carnivore (meat-eater).
- Yangchuanosaurus was about 33 feet (10 meters) long.
- Yangchuanosaurus weighed about 3 or 4 tons.
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