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Animalia |
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Phylum |
Chordata |
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Class |
Sauropsida |
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Suborder |
Theropoda |
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Genus |
Leshansaurus |
Leshansaurus is a genus of large theropod dinosaur who's fossils come from the Late Jurassic deposits of the Dashanpu Formation. The theropod was described in 2009 by a team of Chinese paleontologists. The type species is L. qianweiensis. Like many carnosaurs, Leshansaurus fossils are very fragmentary. Based on these remains, Leshansaurus has been placed in the family Sinraptoridae, in Allosauroidea.