Qinlingosaurus: Difference between revisions
Added image Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
|||
| (7 intermediate revisions by 5 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Short description|Extinct genus of dinosaurs}} |
|||
{{Speciesbox |
{{Speciesbox |
||
|fossil_range=[[Late Cretaceous]], {{fossilrange|Maastrichtian}} |
|fossil_range=[[Late Cretaceous]], {{fossilrange|Maastrichtian}} |
||
| image = Qinlingosaurus.png |
|||
| image_caption = Hypothetical illustration |
|||
| parent_authority=Xue ''et al.'', 1996 |
| parent_authority=Xue ''et al.'', 1996 |
||
| taxon = Qinlingosaurus luonanensis |
| taxon = Qinlingosaurus luonanensis |
||
| Line 9: | Line 12: | ||
'''''Qinlingosaurus''''' is a [[genus]] of herbivorous [[sauropod]] [[dinosaur]] from the [[Late Cretaceous]] of [[Asia]]. |
'''''Qinlingosaurus''''' is a [[genus]] of herbivorous [[sauropod]] [[dinosaur]] from the [[Late Cretaceous]] of [[Asia]]. |
||
The type species, ''Qinlingosaurus luonanensis'', was named by Xue Xiangxu, Zhang Yunxiang and Bi Xianwu in 1996. The generic name comes from the [[Qinling Mountains|Qinling]] mountain range of [[Shaanxi Province]] in [[China]], where the first fossils were recovered at [[Hongtuling]]. The [[specific name (zoology)|specific name]] refers to the provenance near [[Luonang]].<ref>Xue, X., Zhang, Y., Bi, Y., Yue, L., and Chen, D., 1996, ''[The Development and Environmental Changes of the Intermontane Basins in the Eastern Part of Qinling Mountains]'', Geological Publishing House, Beijing, 181 pp</ref> |
The [[type species]], ''Qinlingosaurus luonanensis'', was named by Xue Xiangxu, Zhang Yunxiang and Bi Xianwu in 1996. The generic name comes from the [[Qinling Mountains|Qinling]] mountain range of [[Shaanxi Province]] in [[China]], where the first fossils were recovered at [[Hongtuling]]. The [[specific name (zoology)|specific name]] refers to the provenance near [[Luonang]].<ref>Xue, X., Zhang, Y., Bi, Y., Yue, L., and Chen, D., 1996, ''[The Development and Environmental Changes of the Intermontane Basins in the Eastern Part of Qinling Mountains]'', Geological Publishing House, Beijing, 181 pp</ref> |
||
The [[holotype]], '''NWUV 1112''', was found in a layer of the [[Hongtuling Formation]] or [[Shanyang Formation]], perhaps dating from the [[Maastrichtian]]. It consists of an [[ilium (bone)|ilium]], [[ischium]] and three [[vertebra]]e. The ilium has a length of seventy-seven centimetres and is elongated with a convex upper profile. Its anterior process is relatively long. The pubic process is long, the ischial process short. |
The [[holotype]], '''NWUV 1112''', was found in a layer of the [[Hongtuling Formation]] or [[Shanyang Formation]], perhaps dating from the [[Maastrichtian]]. It consists of an [[ilium (bone)|ilium]], [[ischium]] and three [[vertebra]]e. The ilium has a length of seventy-seven centimetres and is elongated with a convex upper profile. Its anterior process is relatively long. The pubic process is long, the ischial process short. |
||
| Line 25: | Line 28: | ||
[[Category:Sauropods]] |
[[Category:Sauropods]] |
||
[[Category:Fossil taxa described in 1996]] |
[[Category:Fossil taxa described in 1996]] |
||
[[Category:Monotypic sauropod genera]] |
|||
Latest revision as of 19:50, 16 December 2024
| Qinlingosaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
| |
|---|---|
| |
| Hypothetical illustration | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Sauropoda |
| Family: | †incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Qinlingosaurus Xue et al., 1996 |
| Species: | †Q. luonanensis
|
| Binomial name | |
| †Qinlingosaurus luonanensis Xue et al., 1996
| |
Qinlingosaurus is a genus of herbivorous sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Asia.
The type species, Qinlingosaurus luonanensis, was named by Xue Xiangxu, Zhang Yunxiang and Bi Xianwu in 1996. The generic name comes from the Qinling mountain range of Shaanxi Province in China, where the first fossils were recovered at Hongtuling. The specific name refers to the provenance near Luonang.[1]
The holotype, NWUV 1112, was found in a layer of the Hongtuling Formation or Shanyang Formation, perhaps dating from the Maastrichtian. It consists of an ilium, ischium and three vertebrae. The ilium has a length of seventy-seven centimetres and is elongated with a convex upper profile. Its anterior process is relatively long. The pubic process is long, the ischial process short.
In view of the limited fossil evidence, it is classified as Sauropoda incertae sedis. It probably represents a member of the Neosauropoda. Given its temporal range it may be a titanosaur.
References
[edit]- ^ Xue, X., Zhang, Y., Bi, Y., Yue, L., and Chen, D., 1996, [The Development and Environmental Changes of the Intermontane Basins in the Eastern Part of Qinling Mountains], Geological Publishing House, Beijing, 181 pp
 | This Sauropodomorph-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |