Wakinosaurus facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Wakinosaurus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, Hauterivian–Barremian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Restoration of Wakinosaurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Order:	Saurischia
Suborder:	Theropoda
Genus:	Wakinosaurus Okazaki, 1992
Species
W. satoi Okazaki, 1992 (type)

Wakinosaurus (meaning "Wakino lizard") is a dubious genus of theropod dinosaur. It is named from the find of a single tooth.‭ ‬The genus is dubious (doubtful) because it is almost impossible to assign further fossil material to it.

The find was made in Lower Cretaceous deposits in Fukuoka, Japan in 1990 by Masahiro Sato. The triangular-shaped tooth has fine serrations on its cutting edge, which is standard for a theropod dinosaur.

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In Spanish: Wakinosaurus satoi para niños