Named By: | Stephen L. Brusatte et al. in 2009 |
Time Period: | Late Cretaceous, 92 Ma |
Location: | China, Inner Mongolia - Ulansuhai Formation |
Size: | Estimated between 5 and 6 meters long |
Diet: | Carnivore |
Fossil(s): | Fragmentary skull fragments an axis vertebra and six caudal vertebra |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Theropoda | Carcharodontosauridae | |
Shaochilong (meaning "shark toothed dragon") is a genus of carcharodontosaurid dinosaur from the mid Cretaceous (Turonian stage) Ulansuhai Formation of China (about 92 million years ago). The type species, S. maortuensis, was originally named Chilantaisaurus maortuensis, but was re-described and reclassified in 2009.