Juvenile specimens of Pinacosaurus grangeri Gilmore, 1933 (Ornithischia: Ankylosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of China, with comments on the specific taxonomy of Pinacosaurus
| Autor: | Philip J. Currie, Michael E. Burns, Victoria M. Arbour, Robin L. Sissons |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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0106 biological sciences
010506 paleontology biology Holotype Paleontology Postcrania Anatomy biology.organism_classification 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Pinacosaurus Osteoderm Type locality Ankylosauria Ornithischia Geology Ankylosaurinae 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Cretaceous Research. 32:174-186 |
| ISSN: | 0195-6671 |
| Popis: | Four juvenile specimens referable to Pinacosaurus grangeri (Ankylosauria: Dinosauria) are described from the Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) locality Bayan Mandahu in northern Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (People’s Republic of China). All the specimens preserve the skulls as well as, in some cases, mandibles, postcrania, and osteoderm. They are not taphonomically deformed by expanding matrix distortion, unlike many Gobi specimens, including the holotype of P . grangeri . Bayan Mandahu is also the type locality for Pinacosaurus mephistocephalus . The proximity in space and time of these two closely related species warrants a generic and specific revision for Pinacosaurus . The distinction of the two species is based on characters of the squamosal dermal elaborations, cranial roof posterior to the orbits, premaxillary notch, and distal margin of the ilium. Although a relatively well-represented ankylosaur taxon, the phylogenetic position of Pinacosaurus has not been unequivocally resolved. A new analysis recovers Pinacosaurus as the most basal member of the Ankylosaurinae. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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