Sinraptor dongi Currie and Zhao 1994

Reptilia - Theropoda - Metriacanthosauridae

Alternative combinations: Sinraptor dongii, Sinraptor heping, Yangchuanosaurus dongi

Full reference: P. J. Currie and X.-J. Zhao. 1994. A new carnosaur (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Jurassic of Xinjiang, People's Republic of China. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 30(10-11):2037-2081

Belongs to Sinraptor according to M. T. Carrano et al. 2012

See also Benson et al. 2010, Canudo et al. 2005, Chiarenza and Cau 2016, Choiniere et al. 2010, Currie 1997, Currie 2000, Currie 2006, Currie and Zhao 1994, Dalman 2014, Dong 1997, Dong 2001, Fernandes de Azevedo et al. 2013, Gao 1999, Gao et al. 2012, Gishlick and Gauthier 2007, Hendrickx and Mateus 2012, Holtz et al. 2004, Knoll et al. 1999, Naish 1999, Norell and Makovicky 1997, Norell et al. 2009, Osmólska 1996, Paulina Carabajal and Canale 2010, Paulina Carabajal and Currie 2012, Rauhut 2003, Rauhut et al. 2018, Sampson and Witmer 2007, Turner et al. 2007, Turner et al. 2011, Watabe et al. 2008, Wings et al. 2007, Wu et al. 2009, Xing et al. 2009, Xing et al. 2014, Yates 2005 and Zahner and Brinkmann 2019

Sister taxon: Sinraptor hepingensis

Type specimen: IVPP 10600, a skeleton. Its type locality is Sinraptor type, Jiangjunmiao NE (CCDP), which is in an Oxfordian fluvial sandstone/mudstone in the Shishugou Formation of China.

Average measurements (in mm): fibula circumference 157.8, tibia circumference 240.8

Distribution: found only at Sinraptor type, Jiangjunmiao NE (CCDP)

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