Tugulusaurus

Tugulu lizard

• Tugulu · Place name (Tugulu Group, Xinjiang, Chin · the rock group where the fossils were found
• sauros · Greek · lizard

The name combines "Tugulu", the Tugulu Group, a rock sequence in Xinjiang, China, where the fossils were found, with the Greek word for lizard. It therefore means "Tugulu lizard", after the place where it was discovered. The type species is Tugulusaurus faciles.

Named by

Dong

Year named

1973

Period

Early Cretaceous

Stages

Barremian – Aptian

Found in

Tugulu Group (Lianmuqin Formation), Xinjiang, China

A small theropod known from fragmentary remains. Its exact position is debated; it has been treated as a basal coelurosaur, and has been suggested to be an early ornithomimosaur or other coelurosaur. Stage range is approximate.