The oldest coelurosaurian

Xijin Zhao and Xing Xu ()
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Xijin Zhao: Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xing Xu: Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Nature, 1998, vol. 394, issue 6690, 234-235

Abstract: Abstract We report here the discovery of a therizinosaur from the Early Jurassic Lower Lufeng Formation (Sinemurian stage) of Yunnan, China. This discovery extends the age range of these unusual animals, previously known only from the Cretaceous period (Albian-Maastrichtian stage1), back by another 94 million years. This is the oldest definitive record of a coelurosaurian theropod, which therefore minimizes the divergence time for members of the group. Most important, it contradicts the theory that the non-avian Coelurosauria occur too late in the fossil record to be related to birds.

Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.1038/28300

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