[D] Chilantaisaurus tashuikouensis [sG] [T]
Describer
Hu, 1964
Time
Cretaceous Early Hauterivian Barremian Aptian Albian
Classification
Saurischia Theropoda Tetanurae
Diet
Carnivore
Fossilsite
Unnamed Unit, Nei Mongol Zizhiqu, China
Fall Under
Chilantaisaurus
Info
Chilantaisaurus tashuikouensis (Hu, 1964) ?Chilantaisaurus sibiricus (= Allosaurus sibiricus, Riabinin, 1914)
Fragmentary postcranial skeleton.
(IVPP V2884) (~10-11 m; ~2.6 tons) tooth, two proximal caudal vertebrae (lost), humerus (595 mm), manual ungual I, fragmentary ilium (lost), femora (1.19 m, lost), tibia (954 mm, lost), fibula (lost), metatarsal II (400 mm), metatarsal III (450 mm), metatarsal IV (395 mm) A very large theropod (much moreso than \\\"C.\\\" maortuensis), its size is made even more uncertain, as we do not know if its proportions resembled megalosaurids or spinosaurids more. [M.Mortimer]