Dinosaur
Chilantaisaurus
Strong arms and large hand claws distinguished this predator.
Strong arms and large hand claws distinguished this predator. It was a large theropod with powerful limbs and a particularly striking hand claw. No complete skull is known, so illustrated heads must be reconstructed cautiously using other dinosaurs.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Chilantaisaurus at a glance
- Diet
- Carnivore
- It fed on other animals.
- When it lived
- Cretaceous
- Group
- Tetanurae
- Tetanurans
- Fossil locations
- China
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Chilantaisaurus
Its fossils come from Inner Mongolia, China. Other remains were assigned to it during its history of study, then later separated into distinct genera such as Shaochilong.
Its exact relationships remain debated, so the broad tetanuran group is used here. Sometimes a less precise classification is more faithful to the evidence than putting an animal in a particular family merely to fill a box.
Its exact relationships remain debated, so the broad tetanuran group is used here. Sometimes a less precise classification is more faithful to the evidence than putting an animal in a particular family merely to fill a box.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.A note on the science
Its exact relationships remain debated, so the broad tetanuran group is used here. Sometimes a less precise classification is more faithful to the evidence than putting an animal in a particular family merely to fill a box.
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