Reptilia - Avetheropoda - Metriacanthosauridae

Alternative combination: Szechuanosaurus zigongensis

Full reference: Y. Gao. 1993. [A new species of Szechuanosaurus from the Middle Jurassic of Dashanpu, Zigong, Sichuan]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 31(4):308-314

Belongs to Yangchuanosaurus according to M. T. Carrano et al. 2012

Sister taxon: Yangchuanosaurus shangyouensis

Type specimen: ZDM 9011, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Dashanpu Dinosaur Quarry, Xiashaximiao, which is in a Bajocian/Callovian lacustrine sandstone/mudstone in the Xiashaximiao Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore