[D] Lukousaurus yini [Su] [sG] [T]
Describer
Young, 1948
Time
Triassic Late Jurassic Early Rhaetian Hettangian Sinemurian Pliensbachian
Classification
Saurischia Theropoda Tetanurae Coelurosauria
Diet
Carnivore
Fossilsite
Dark Red Beds of the Lower Lufeng Formation [= Fengjiahe Formation], Dull Purplish Beds of the Lower Lufeng Formation, Yunnan, China
Info
Genus - Typespecies - Skull
The rostal portion of a small skull, including, the lower jaw. Other material tentatively associated with the specimen includes a single tooth and a portion of a humerus. The skull was described but poorly illustrated by Young (1948) and is 70 mm long, extending back as far as the middle of the orbit.
The snout is rather deep for its size and quite robust compared with many small theropods. The teeth were discribed as typically theropod, being laterally compressed, recurved and serrated.