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AstrophocaudiaBaotianmansaurusEuropatitanFukuititanLigabuesaurusLiubangosaurusQiaowanlong- Rugocaudia
- Tastavinsaurus
- Fusuisaurus
- Zapalasaurus
- Analong
- Chuanjiesaurus
Rugocaudia
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| A Cynical Idealist/sandbox4 Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, Albian -
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Sauropoda |
| Clade: | †Macronaria |
| Clade: | †Titanosauriformes |
| Genus: | †Rugocaudia Woodruff, 2012 |
| Type species | |
| †Rugocaudia cooneyi Woodruff, 2012
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Rugocaudia is a potentially dubious genus of basal titanosauriform sauropod dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous of Montana, United States.[1]
Discovery and naming
[edit]Rugocaudia is known only from the holotype MOR 334, a partial postcranial skeleton which consist of 18 caudal vertebrae and associated material including isolated neural arch, tooth, chevron, and distal section of a metacarpal. It was collected from the Cloverly Formation, dating to the Aptian or the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous. Rugocaudia was first described and named by D. Cary Woodruff in 2012 and the type species is Rugocaudia cooneyi. The generic name is deriverd from Latin ruga, "wrinkle" and cauda, "tail" in regards to the highly rugose posterior margins of the caudal vertebrae. The specific name honors the land owner J.P. Cooney.[1]
Description
[edit]- Facts and figures: 14.1 m (46 ft) long, 3.3 m (11 ft) tall at the shoulder, and 6.3 tons[2]
Classification
[edit]Paleoenvironment
[edit]Rugocaudia was found in the Early Cretaceous Cloverly Formation of Montana. During that time, the region consisted of wide floodplains around rivers that drained into the shallow inland sea to the north and east, carrying sediment eroded from the low mountains to the west. Periodic flooding of these rivers covered the surrounding plains with new muddy sediments, creating the Cloverly Formation and burying the remains of many animals, some of which would be fossilized. Later in the Cretaceous, the shallow sea would expand to cover the entire region and would eventually split North America completely in half, forming the Western Interior Seaway.[3] Abundant fossil remains of coniferous trees suggest that these plains were covered in forests.[4] Grasses would not evolve until later in the Cretaceous, so Rugocaudia and other Early Cretaceous herbivores browsed from a variety of conifers and cycads.[5]
The most abundant herbivorous dinosaur known from the Cloverly Formation was the large iguanodont Tenontosaurus. The smaller hypsilophodont Zephyrosaurus, the nodosaurid Sauropelta, and an indeterminate ornithomimosaur were also present in the environment. The dromaeosaurid theropod Deinonychus fed upon some of these herbivores, and the sheer number of Deinonychus teeth scattered throughout the formation are a testament to its abundance.[4][3] Microvenator, a small basal oviraptorosaur, hunted smaller prey,[4][3] while the apex predators of the Cloverly was the large carcharodontosaurid theropod Acrocanthosaurus.[6] Lungfish, triconodont mammals, and several species of turtles lived in the Cloverly, while crocodilians prowled the rivers, lakes, and swamps, providing evidence of a year-round warm climate.[4][3]
See also
[edit]- 2012 in archosaur paleontology
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Montana
- List of North American dinosaurs
- List of sauropod species
- List of sauropodomorph type specimens
- List of the prehistoric life of Montana
References
[edit]- ^ a b D. Cary Woodruff (2012). "A new titanosauriform from the Early Cretaceous Cloverly Formation of Montana". Cretaceous Research. 36: 58–66. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2012.02.003.
- ^ Molina-Pérez, Rubén; Larramendi, Asier (29 September 2020). Dinosaur Facts and Figures: The Sauropods and Other Sauropodomorphs. Translated by Donaghey, Joan. Illustrated by Andrey Atuchin and Sante Mazzei. Princeton University Press. doi:10.2307/j.ctvt7x71z. ISBN 978-0-691-19069-3.
- ^ a b c d Maxwell, W. Desmond. (1997). "Cloverly Formation". In Currie, Philip J.; Padian, Kevin (eds.). The Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs. San Diego: Academic Press. pp. 128–129. ISBN 9780122268106.
- ^ a b c d Ostrom, John H. (1970). "Stratigraphy and paleontology of the Cloverly Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of the Bighorn Basin area, Wyoming and Montana". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 35: 1–234.
- ^ Prasad, Vandana; Strömberg, Caroline A.E.; Alimohammadian, Habib; Sahni, Ashok. (2005). "Dinosaur coprolites and the early evolution of grasses and grazers". Science. 310 (5751): 1177–1180. Bibcode:2005Sci...310.1177P. doi:10.1126/science.1118806. PMID 16293759. S2CID 1816461.
- ^ D'Emic, Michael D.; Melstrom, Keegan M.; Eddy, Drew R. (2012). "Paleobiology and geographic range of the large-bodied Cretaceous theropod dinosaur Acrocanthosaurus atokensis". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 333–334: 13–23. Bibcode:2012PPP...333...13D. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.03.003.
Tastavinsaurus
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| A Cynical Idealist/sandbox4 Temporal range: Early Barremian
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| Left hindlimb of the referred specimen CT-19 | |
| Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Sauropoda |
| Clade: | †Macronaria |
| Branch: | †Laurasiformes |
| Genus: | †Tastavinsaurus Canudo et al., 2008 |
| Type species | |
| Tastavinsaurus sanzi Canudo et al., 2008
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Discovery and naming
[edit]Description
[edit]- GSP: 16 m (52 ft) long and 8 tons[1]
- Facts and figures: 15 m (49 ft) long, 3.5 m (11 ft) tall at the shoulder, and 7.5 tons[2]
Classification
[edit]Paleoenvironment
[edit]See also
[edit]- 2008 in paleontology
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Spain
- List of sauropod species
- List of sauropodomorph type specimens
References
[edit]- ^ Paul, Gregory S. (2024). The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs (Third ed.). Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691231570.
- ^ Molina-Pérez, Rubén; Larramendi, Asier (29 September 2020). Dinosaur Facts and Figures: The Sauropods and Other Sauropodomorphs. Translated by Donaghey, Joan. Illustrated by Andrey Atuchin and Sante Mazzei. Princeton University Press. doi:10.2307/j.ctvt7x71z. ISBN 978-0-691-19069-3.
Fusuisaurus
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| Fusuisaurus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
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| Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Sauropoda |
| Clade: | †Macronaria |
| Clade: | †Titanosauriformes |
| Genus: | †Fusuisaurus Mo et al., 2006 |
| Type species | |
| Fusuisaurus zhaoi Mo et al., 2006
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Discovery and naming
[edit]- New remains[1]
Description
[edit]Classification
[edit]Paleoenvironment
[edit]The Xinlong Formation is an Aptian-aged geological formation that consists mainly of various types of siltstones, fine sandstones, some mudstones and sandy conglomerates. The depositional environment consisted of various types of wetlands, which is reflected in the fossils that have been discovered in the area. Bivalve, charophyte, ostracod, and gastropod fossils are common alongside remains from hybodontiformes, bowfins, gars, turtles, and some crocodyliformes. Dinosaurs known from the area include the sauropods Asiatosaurus and Liubangosaurus, remains from spinosaurids, and some indeterminate ornithopods.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Mo, Jinyou; Li, Jincheng; Ling, Yunchuan; Buffetaut, Eric; Suteethorn, Suravech; Suteethorn, Varavudh; Tong, Haiyan; Cuny, Gilles; Amiot, Romain; Xu, Xing (2020). "New fossil remains of Fusuisaurus zhaoi (Sauropoda: Titanosauriformes) from the Lower Cretaceous of Guangxi, southern China" (PDF). Cretaceous Research. 109. Bibcode:2020CrRes.10904379M. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104379.
- ^ Mannion, Philip D.; Upchurch, Paul; Jin, Xingsheng; Zheng, Wenjie (2019). "New information on the Cretaceous sauropod dinosaurs of Zhejiang Province, China: Impact on Laurasian titanosauriform phylogeny and biogeography". Royal Society Open Science. 6 (8). Bibcode:2019RSOS....691057M. doi:10.1098/rsos.191057. PMC 6731702. PMID 31598266.
- ^ Mocho, Pedro; Escaso, Fernando; Gasulla, José M.; Galobart, Àngel; Poza, Begoña; Santos-Cubedo, Andrés; Sanz, José L.; Ortega, Francisco (2024). "New sauropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Morella (Spain) provides new insights on the evolutionary history of Iberian somphospondylan titanosauriforms". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 201: 214–268. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad124.
- ^ Mo, Jinyou; Buffetaut, Eric; Tong, Haiyan; Amiot, Romain; Cavin, Lionel; Cuny, Gilles; Suteethorn, Varavudh; Suteethorn, Suravech; Jiang, Shan (2016). "Early Cretaceous vertebrates from the Xinlong Formation of Guangxi (Southern China): A review". Geological Magazine. 153 (1): 143–159. Bibcode:2016GeoM..153..143M. doi:10.1017/S0016756815000394.
Zapalasaurus
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| Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Sauropoda |
| Superfamily: | †Diplodocoidea |
| Family: | †Rebbachisauridae |
| Genus: | †Zapalasaurus Salgado et al., 2006 |
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| Zapalasaurus bonapartei Salgado et al., 2006
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Zapalasaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur described by Leonardo Salgado, Ismar de Souza Carvalho and Alberto Garrido in 2006.[1] It was named after the city of Zapala, which is approximately 80 kilometres (50 mi) away from where the holotype was discovered. The type species, Zapalasaurus bonapartei, was found in the La Amarga Formation of the Neuquén Basin, Neuquén Province, Argentina. It was a diplodocoid, a long-necked herbivore, and it lived during the Early Cretaceous. The authors conclude from examining the skeleton that "The record of Zapalasaurus bonapartei shows that, at least in the Neuquén Basin, basal diplodocoids were more diverse than previously thought." Zapalasaurus is assumed to have a long neck which would have been developed for feeding adaption, allowing its neck to swing in an arc like shape. This would allow Zapalasaurus to browse a wide variety of plants and greens without having to walk very far.[2][3]
Discovery and naming
[edit]Description
[edit]Classification
[edit]Paleoenvironment
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Salgado, Leonardo; Carvalho, Ismar de Souza; Garrido, Alberto C. (2006). "Zapalasaurus bonapartei, un nuevo dinosaurio saurópodo de La Formación La Amarga (Cretácico Inferior), noroeste de Patagonia, Provincia de Neuquén, Argentina". Geobios. 39 (5): 695–707. Bibcode:2006Geobi..39..695S. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2005.06.001. ISSN 0016-6995.
- ^ Paul C. Sereno; Jeffrey A. Wilson; Lawrence M. Witmer; John A. Whitlock; Abdoulaye Maga; Oumarou Ide; Timothy A. Rowe (2007). "Structural Extremes in a Cretaceous Dinosaur". PLOS ONE. 2 (11): e1230. Bibcode:2007PLoSO...2.1230S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001230. PMC 2077925. PMID 18030355.
- ^ Fidel Torcida Fernández-Baldor; José Ignacio Canudo; Pedro Huerta; Diego Montero; Xabier Pereda Suberbiola & Leonardo Salgado (2011). "Demandasaurus darwini, a new rebbachisaurid sauropod from the Early Cretaceous of the Iberian Peninsula". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 56 (3): 535–552. doi:10.4202/app.2010.0003.
Analong
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| A Cynical Idealist/sandbox4 Temporal range: Middle Jurassic,
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| Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Sauropoda |
| Family: | †Mamenchisauridae |
| Genus: | †Analong Ren et al. 2020 |
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| †Analong chuanjieensis Ren et al. 2020
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Discovery and naming
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[edit]Chuanjiesaurus
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| A Cynical Idealist/sandbox4 Temporal range: Middle Jurassic,
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| Skeleton models of Chuanjiesaurus, Lufengosaurus and Sinosaurus, China Science and Technology Museum | |
| Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Sauropoda |
| Family: | †Mamenchisauridae |
| Genus: | †Chuanjiesaurus Fang et al., 2000 |
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| Chuanjiesaurus anaensis Fang et al., 2000
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