A new basal eusauropod from the Middle Jurassic of Yunnan, China, and faunal compositions and transitions of Asian sauropodomorph dinosaurs

• Autorzy: Xing L. , Miyashita T. , Currie P. J. , You H. , Zhang J. , Dong Z.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Many sauropod ghost lineages cross the Middle Jurassic, indicating a time interval that requires increased sampling. A wide taxonomic spectrum of sauropodomorphs is known from the Middle Jurassic of China, but the braincase of a new sauropod, named here Nebulasaurus taito gen. et sp. nov., is distinct. Nebulasaurus is sister taxon to Spinophorosaurus from the Middle Jurassic of Africa and represents a clade of basal eusauropods previously unknown from Asia. The revised faunal list indicates dramatic transitions in sauropodomorph faunas from the Jurassic to Cretaceous of Asia; these are consistent with geographic isolation of Asia through the Late Jurassic. Non-sauropod sauropodomorphs, non-mamenchisaurid eusauropods (including basal macronarians), and mamenchisaurids successively replaced previous grades through the Jurassic, and titanosauriforms excluded all other sauropod lineages across the Jurassic–Cretaceous boundary.

Słowa kluczowe

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Dinosauria; Sauropoda; Eusauropoda; Jurassic; eusauropod; paleontology; Middle Jurassic; Yunnan province; China; fauna composition; transition; Asia; sauropodomorph dinosaur; dinosaur

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
• Rocznik: 2015
• Tom: 60
• Numer: 1
• Opis fizyczny: p.145-154,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Xing L.

• School of the Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China

autor

Miyashita T.

• Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E9 Canada

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Currie P. J.

• Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E9 Canada

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You H.

• Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing 100037, China

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Zhang J.

• School of the Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China

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Dong Z.

• Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100044, China

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DOI

dx.doi.org/10.4202/app.2012.0151