Kaijiangosaurus

Kaijiangosaurus
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic
Speculative life restoration based on other theropods
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Tetanurae
Genus: Kaijiangosaurus
He, 1984
Type species
Kaijiangosaurus lini
He, 1984

Kaijiangosaurus (meaning "Kaijiang lizard") is a genus of carnivorous tetanuran theropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of China. In 1984 He Xinlu named and described the type species Kaijiangosaurus lini. The generic name refers to the River (jiang) Kai. The specific name honours the paleontologist Lin Wenqiu.

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