Types of Dinosaurs

Names of Dinosaurs & Dinosaur Information
Dinosaur Name:

Chilantaisaurus

- Pronunciation: key-LAN-tye-SAWR-us
- Translation: Chilantai (Mongolian river) Lizard
- Order: Saurischia
- Suborder: Theropoda
- Infraorder: Tetanurae
- Micro-order: Carnosauria
- Family: Allosauridae
- Height: 9 feet (2.7 meters)
- Weight: 8,000 lbs (3,630 kg)
- Length: 20 feet (6.1 meters)
- Period: Late Cretaceous
- Description: Carnivore, Bipedal
- Notes: Known from fragmentary remains found in Mongoliaand China, Chilantaisaurus seems to have resembled Allosaurus,but it may have been related to the tyrannosaurids as well.Chilantaisaurus had large arms for a big theropod.