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Yangchuanosaurus huopingensis

Pronounced 'yang-choo-ahn-oh-saw-rus hew-oh-ping-en-sis'

Artist: James Reece

Yangchuanosaurus huopingensis lived 160 million years ago. It was among the largest and fiercest predators of its world, capable of waiting in ambush or working together to stalk herds of sauropods.

Yangchuanosaurus huopingensis had:

dagger-like teeth and long curved claws;
long, strong legs to run down its prey;
a long tail that it held off the ground to help it balance when running.

Yangchuanosaurus huopingensis was named after Huo Ping county, Zigong city, Sichuan, where it was found. It was one of the most complete carnivorous dinosaur fossils discovered in China.

Yangchuanosaurus huopingensis was a large theropod or carnosaur. It belonged to the family Allosauridae that occurred worldwide in the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous.