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- Title
A New Carcharodontosauria (Theropoda) from the Early Cretaceous of Guangxi, Southern China.
- Authors
MO, Jinyou; ZHOU, Fusheng; LI, Guangning; HUANG, Zhen; CAO, Chenyun
- Abstract
A new large-bodied theropod dinosaur, Datanglong guangxiensis gen. et sp. nov., was recovered from the Lower Cretaceous Xinlong Formation of the Datang Basin, Guangxi. It is unique in several features including: posteriormost dorsal vertebra with teardrop-shaped pneumatic foramen confined by enlarged pcdl, acpl and the centrum; posteriormost dorsal with well-developed, horizontal prpl; posteriormost dorsal with a parapophysis projecting more laterally than the diapophysis; brevis fossa shallow with short, ridge-like medial blade; and iliac pubic peduncle with posteroventrally expanded margin. Cladistic analysis supports the idea that this new taxon Datanglong guangxiensis is a primitive member of the Carcharodontosauria in possessing two unambiguous synapomorphies: large external pneumatic foramina and internal spaces present in the lateral surface of ilium, and a peg-and-socket ischiac articulation with the ilium. The presence of the new taxon from Guangxi further confirms that Carcharodontosauria were cosmopolitan large-bodied predators during the Early-mid Cretaceous.
- Subjects
CHINA; SAURISCHIA; CRETACEOUS Period; GEOLOGICAL formations; PREDATION
- Publication
Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition), 2014, Vol 88, Issue 4, p1051
- ISSN
1000-9515
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/1755-6724.12272