Baotianmansaurus
| Baotianmansaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Saurischia |
| Suborder: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Titanosauriformes |
| Genus: | †Baotianmansaurus Zhang X. et al., 2009 |
| Species: | † B. henanensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Baotianmansaurus henanensis Zhang X. et al., 2009 | |
Baotianmansaurus is a genus of titanosauriform sauropod dinosaur. Its fossils have been found in Upper Cretaceous rocks in Henan, China, within the Gaogou Formation. The type species is B. henanensis, described in 2009. Holotype number is this single specimen is 41H III-0200. Remains of the fossil where vertebrae, ribs and fragment of scapula.[1] It was probably a close relative of Opisthocoelicaudia and Dongyangosaurus.[2]
References
- ↑ X. Zhang, J. Lü, J. Li, L. Yang, W. Hu, S. Jia, Q. Ji and C. Zhang. 2009. A new sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Gaogou Formation of Nanyang, Henan Province. Acta Geologica Sinica 83(2):212-221
- ↑ P. D. Mannion, P. Upchurch, R. N. Barnes and O. Mateus. (2013). "Osteology of the Late Jurassic Portuguese sauropod dinosaur Lusotitan atalaiensis (Macronaria) and the evolutionary history of basal titanosauriforms." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 168: 98-206.
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