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Leshansaurus

Say it: leh-SHAN-sore-us

Name means: “Leshan lizard”1

Ate: MeatMeat-eating dinosMiddle Jurassic

Leshansaurus was a medium-sized meat-eating dinosaur that lived in what is now China during the Late Jurassic period. It had an elongated skull and sharp teeth for hunting other dinosaurs.1

Lived

168 to 162 million years ago3

Middle Jurassic

Fossils found in

Sichuan, China1 2

Food

Meat2

Length

6 to 7 m1

Height

1.5 m1

at the hips

When did it live?

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

252 million years ago20114566, the asteroid

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as long as 7 dogs nose to tailas long as 39 bananas end to endup to the handle of a door

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Leshansaurus had an elongated skull that was broader towards the front.1

Its femur (thigh bone) was 62 centimeters long, and its tibia (shin bone) was 52 centimeters long.1

Leshansaurus had a sharp central ridge on the bone above the occipital (back of the skull).1

The atlas intercentrum (a neck bone) of Leshansaurus was horseshoe-shaped in cross-section.1

Some scientists think Leshansaurus belonged to the Megalosauridae family, while others place it in Sinraptoridae.1

Leshansaurus lived about 168 to 161 million years ago, during the Bathonian to Callovian ages.2

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Most asked questions about Leshansaurus

?How big was Leshansaurus?

About 6 to 7 metres (20 to 23 feet) long, with a hip height of about 1.5 metres (5 feet).1

?What did Leshansaurus eat?

It was a meat-eater (carnivore) that hunted other dinosaurs with its sharp teeth.1 3

?When did Leshansaurus live?

It lived during the Late Jurassic period, about 168 to 161 million years ago.1 3

?Where was Leshansaurus found?

Its fossils were discovered in Sichuan, China, in the Shangshaximiao Formation.1

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Scientific name: Leshansaurus
Named by: Li et al. 20093
Group: Meat-eating dinos
Family / clade: Megalosauridae3
Classification: Theropoda3
Age of the rocks: 168 to 162 million years (Bathonian / Callovian)3
Rock formations: Shaximiao3
Countries: China3
Fossil records: 1 in the Paleobiology Database3
Discovery: Leshansaurus was named and described in 2009 by a team of Chinese paleontologists led by Li Fei. The fossils were found in Qianwei County, Sichuan, China.1
Still debated: Scientists are still debating whether Leshansaurus belongs to the Sinraptoridae family or the Megalosauridae family.1

Where the facts come from

Leshansaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Leshansaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): age, places, rock formations, classification.

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