Jinbeisaurus
Sign in to saveJinbeisaurus (meaning "northern Shanxi Province lizard" after Shanxi Province in China) is an extinct genus of tyrannosauroid dinosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous Huiquanpu Formation of Shanxi Province in China. The type and only species is Jinbeisaurus wangi. It is the first non-avian theropod named from Shanxi.
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Jinbeisaurus (meaning "northern Shanxi Province lizard" after Shanxi Province in China) is an extinct genus of tyrannosauroid dinosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous Huiquanpu Formation of Shanxi Province in China. The type and only species is Jinbeisaurus wangi. It is the first non-avian theropod named from Shanxi.
== Description == It is known from holotype specimen SMG V0003, including both maxillae, a partial right dentary, two cervical centra, five dorsal centra, and a partial right pubis. It can be distinguished from other tyrannosaurs by several features of the maxilla, teeth, and pubis.
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