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ESHANOSAURUS
(e-shan-o-sore-us)
meaning: "Eshan lizard"
Eshanosaurus
Named By: Xu, Zhao & Clark in 2001
Time Period: Early Jurassic, 196 Ma
Location: China, Yunnan Province - Lower Lufeng Formation
Size: Unknown due to lack of remains
Diet: Uncertain
Fossil(s): Partial left dentary (lower jaw) preserved in three parts
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Theropoda | Coelurosauria | Therizinosauria |
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Eshanosaurus is a genus of therizinosaurian dinosaur from the early Jurassic Period. It is known only from a fossil partial lower jawbone, found in China. It may be the earliest known coelurosaur.

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