Yangchuanosaurus
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Yangchuanosaurus is an extinct genus of metriacanthosaurid theropod dinosaur that lived in China from the Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic periods, and was similar in size and appearance to its North
Yangchuanosaurus shangyouensis
Mounted skeleton of Y. zigongensis, Delaware Museum of Natural History
Life reconstruction of Y. shangyouensis
Mounted skeletons of Yangchuanosaurus and Tuojiangosaurus, Beijing Museum of Natural History
Shaximiao Formation
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The Shaximiao Formation is a Middle to Late Jurassic aged geological formation in Sichuan, China, most notable for the wealth of dinosaurs fossils that have been excavated from its strata. The Shaximi
Yangchuanosaurus
…was similar (although slightly larger) in size and appearance to its North American and European relative, Allosaurus. Yangchuanosaurus hails from the Upper Shaximiao Formation and was the largest predator in a landscape that included the sauropods Mamenchisaurus and Omeisaurus and the stegosaurs Chialingosaurus, Tuojiangosaurus…
Excavation floor at the Zigong Dinosaur Museum
Dinosaurs of the Shaximiao Formation
Sunosuchus thailandicus
Zigong reptile