Sonidosaurus
| Sonidosaurus | |
|---|---|
| Reconstructed skeleton | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Sauropoda |
| Clade: | †Macronaria |
| Clade: | †Titanosauria |
| Clade: | †Lithostrotia |
| Genus: | †Sonidosaurus |
| Species: | †S. saihangaobiensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Sonidosaurus saihangaobiensis Xu et al., 2006
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Sonidosaurus (meaning "Sonid lizard", after Sonid, the large geographical area that includes the type locality[2] ) is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous. It was a titanosaur which lived in what is now Inner Mongolia. The type species, Sonidosaurus saihangaobiensis, was described by Xu, Zhang, Tan, Zhao, and Tan in 2006. It was a small titanosaur, about 9 meters (30 ft) long.[2] It was first discovered in the Saihangaobi, Iren Dabasu (Erlian) Formation, in 2001[2] in a quarry which would later yield the remains of Gigantoraptor .[3]
Classification
[edit ]In a 2017 review of Asian titanosaurs, Sonidosaurus was considered a lithostrotian titanosaur, with possible saltasaurid affinities. In particular, it shared with saltasaurids and the Bor Guve titanosaur a posterior centrodiapophyseal lamina on its dorsal vertebrae.[1]
Paleoenvironment
[edit ]Sonidosaurus in the only known sauropod of the Iren Dabasu Fauna. The largest theropods that shared habitat with Sonidosaurus were the oviraptorosaur Gigantoraptor and the tyrannosauroid Alectrosaurus . Gilmoreosaurus lived in the same place, it is the largest known ornithischian from the fauna.[4]
References
[edit ]- ^ a b Averianov, Alexander; Sues, Hans-Dieter (January 2017). "Review of Cretaceous sauropod dinosaurs from Central Asia". Cretaceous Research. 69: 184–197. Bibcode:2017CrRes..69..184A. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.201609006 . ISSN 0195-6671.
- ^ a b c Xu Xing; Zhang Xiaohong; Tan Qingei; Zhao Xijin; Tan Lin (2006). "A new titanosaurian sauropod from Late Cretaceous of Nei Mongol, China" (PDF). Acta Geologica Sinica. 80 (1): 20–26. Bibcode:2006AcGlS..80...20X. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2006.tb00790.x. S2CID 129970315. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2024年06月11日.
- ^ Xing, X.; Tan, Q.; Wang, J.; Zhao, X.; Tan, L. (2007). "A gigantic bird-like dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of China". Nature. 447 (7146): 844−847. Bibcode:2007Natur.447..844X. doi:10.1038/nature05849. PMID 17565365. S2CID 6649123.
- ^ Xu Xing; Tan Qingwei; Wang Jianmin; Zhao Xijin; Tan Lin (2007). "A gigantic bird-like dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of China (Supplementary information)" (PDF). Nature. 447 (7146): 844–7. Bibcode:2007Natur.447..844X. doi:10.1038/nature05849. PMID 17565365. S2CID 6649123. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016年03月10日.
External links
[edit ]- "Sonidosaurus saihangaobiensis". Dinodata.de (in German). Archived from the original on 2023年12月05日.
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