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Limusaurus

Limusaurus is a genus of theropod dinosaur that lived in what is now China during the Late Jurassic, around 161 to 157 million years ago. The type and only species Limusaurus inextricabilis was described in 2009 from specimens found in the Upper Shishugou Formation in the Junggar Basin of China. The genus name consists of the Latin words for "mud" and…

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related to Paleoenvironment · 32
Limusaurus → According, Acuodulodon, All, Anglopteris, Annemys, Aorun, Araucaria, Coniopteris, Contemporaries, During, Eberth, Elatocladus, Equisetites, Gongbusaurus, Guanlong, Haplocheirus, Hualianceratops, Junggar, Late Jurassic, Mamenchisaurus
related to Classification and evolution · 30
Limusaurus → Abelisauridae, Abelisauroidea, Argentinian, CCG, Ceratosauria, Ceratosaurus, Cristiano Dal Sasso, Deltadromeus, Diego Pol, Elaphrosaurinae, Elaphrosaurus, Huinculsaurus, It, Laevisuchus, Martin Ezcurra, Matthew Carrano, Mattia Baiano, Max Langer, Neoceratosauria, Noasauridae
related to Discovery and naming · 23
Limusaurus → Asia, Beijing, Between, China, Chinese-American, Except, Greek, In, Institute, IVPP, Junggar Basin, Latin, Mo, Paleoanthropology, Shishugou Formation, Stacked, TBB, The, Vertebrate Paleontology, Wucaiwan
related to Digit homology · 21
Limusaurus → According, Alan Feduccia, Along, BDR, Bilateral Digit Reduction, However, I-III, II, III, In, IV, Lateral Digit Reduction, LDR, Tetanurae, The, This, Tim Hamley, To, Tony Thulborn, Traditionally
related to Feeding and diet · 15
Limusaurus → Alvarezsauroidea, An, Anatomical, In, Jinfengopteryx, Ornithomimosauria, Oviraptorosauria, Paleontologist Lindsay, The, Therizinosauria, These, This, Wang, Xu, Zanno
related to Taphonomy · 14
Limusaurus → At, Eberth, Fragments, Guanlong, In, Mamenchisaurus, One, Other, Shishugou Formation, The, These, Two, Volcanic, When
related to Social behavior · 9
Limusaurus → David, Eberth, Masiakasaurus, Paleontologist Rafael Delcourt, Shishugou Formation, The, There, These, They
related to Growth · 8
Limusaurus → As, At, CT, During, In, Juveniles, Specimens, The
related to Postcranial skeleton · 7
Limusaurus → As, Both, Distinctively, Elaphrosaurus, In, It, The
related to Skull · 7
Limusaurus → As, Ceratosauria, In Limusaurus, Juveniles, Masiakasaurus, The, Uniquely

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specimens theropods found colleagues pits also small digits first elaphrosaurus bone mud theropod ceratosaurians one within upper genus three lower

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Limusaurusis agenus of theropod dinosaur that lived in what is now China during the Late Jurassic0.90text
Limusaurusis aearliest known toothless theropod0.90text
Limusaurusis amost extreme case of tooth morphology changing with age recorded among dinosaurs0.90text
Limusaurusis amost abundant dinosaur found in the mud pits0.90text
other ceratosaursinstance ofIt had several skull features in common with basal theropods0.80text
coelophysoidsinstance ofIt had several skull features in common with basal theropods0.80text
but it also shared a number of traitsinstance ofIt had several skull features in common with basal theropods0.80text
including the beakinstance ofIt had several skull features in common with basal theropods0.80text
the fused sternuminstance ofIt had several skull features in common with basal theropods0.80text
convergently with the later coelurosaursinstance ofIt had several skull features in common with basal theropods0.80text
the small head with toothless jawsinstance ofindicating that rapid growth had ceased in these individuals.Feeding and dietAnatomical features of Limusaurus0.80text
long neck were interpreted as indicating a herbivorous diet by Xuinstance ofindicating that rapid growth had ceased in these individuals.Feeding and dietAnatomical features of Limusaurus0.80text

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