Kelmayisaurus
kel-MY-ee-SORE-us /kɛlˌmaɪiˈsɔːrəs/
Accepted genus
Kelamayi lizard (Karamay lizard)
- Kelmayi · Place name (Chinese, Uyghur origin) · Kelamayi (Karamay), city in Xinjiang, China
- saurus · Greek · lizard
Kelmayisaurus is named after Kelamayi (Karamay), the oil-producing city in Xinjiang, northwestern China, near where the fossils were found. It is combined with the Greek word for lizard. The type species, K. petrolicus, also nods to the region's petroleum industry.
- Named by
- Dong
- Year named
- 1973
- Period
- Early Cretaceous
- Found in
- Lianmuqin Formation, Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, China
A large theropod known from fragmentary remains (mainly a maxilla and a dentary). It is usually regarded as a carcharodontosaurian allosauroid. The exact age within the Early Cretaceous is uncertain.