دالیانسوروس
Sign in to saveDaliansaurus (meaning "Dalian reptile") is a genus of small troodontid theropod dinosaur, measuring approximately long, from the Early Cretaceous of China. It contains a single species, D. liaoningensis, named in 2017 by Shen and colleagues from a nearly complete skeleton preserved in three dimensions. Daliansaurus is unusual in possessing an enlarged claw on the fourth digit of the foot, in addition to the "sickle claw" found on the second digit of the feet of most paravians. It also has long metatarsal bones, and apparently possesses bird-like uncinate processes (a first among troodontids).
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- Parent taxon
- Sinovenatorinae
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- Daliansaurus reconstruction.png
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- genus
- taxon name
- Daliansaurus
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- Daliansaurus
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