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{{Short description|Extinct genus of dinosaurs}}
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| fossil_range = [[Late Cretaceous]], {{fossilrange|Maastrichtian}}
| parent_authority= Xue ''et al.'', 1996
| taxon = Shanyangosaurus niupanggouensis
| authority = Xue ''et al.'', 1996 
| display_parents = 2
}}

'''''Shanyangosaurus''''' (meaning "[[Shanyang County|Shanyang]] lizard") is a [[genus]] of [[theropod]] [[dinosaur]] found in [[Shaanxi]], [[China]], and known only from a partial sacrum, partial scapula, humeri, femur, tibia, metatarsals, and phalanges found in the [[Maastrichtian]] aged [[Shanyang Formation]].<ref>[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=68140 ''Shanyangosaurus'' in the Palaeobiology Database]</ref><ref>"Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 77.</ref> The bones are reportedly hollow;<ref name="Xueetal">Xue, Zhang, Bi, Yue and Chen (1996). The development and environmental changes of the intermontane basins in the Eastern part of Qinling Mountains. Geological Publishing House, Beijing. {{ISBN|7-116-02125-6}}. 179 pages.</ref> this, along with other features of the [[femur]] and known foot bones, suggest it is a member of the [[coelurosauria]], but a specific family cannot be determined without more material. Holtz ''et al.'' assigned ''Shanyangosaurus'' to [[Avetheropoda]].<ref name="Holtz">T. R. Holtz, R. E. Molnar, and P. J. Currie (2004). Basal Tetanurae. In D. B. Weishampel, P. Dodson, & H. Osmólska (eds.), The Dinosauria (second edition). University of California Press, Berkeley 71-110</ref>

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[[Category:Late Cretaceous dinosaurs of Asia]]
[[Category:Coelurosaurs]]
[[Category:Fossil taxa described in 1996]]
[[Category:Monotypic dinosaur genera]]

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