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CRUXICHEIROS
(cruks-e-ky-ross)
meaning: "Cross hand"
Cruxicheiros
Named By: R. B. J. Benson & J. D. Radley in 2010
Time Period: Middle Jurassic, 167 Ma
Location: England
Size: Uncertain due to lack of remains, but possibly as large as 10 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Very partial post cranial remains including parts of the hands, partial pelvis, partial right femur and partial vertebrae
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Theropoda | Tetanurae |
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Cruxicheiros (meaning "cross hand") is a genus of tetanuran theropod dinosaur which lived in the Middle Jurassic of England. The type species is C. newmanorum, described by Roger Benson and Jonathan Radley in 2010.

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