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A New Basal Titanosaur (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Early Cretaceous of China
Author(s) -
Hailu YOU,
Feng TANG,
Zhexi LUO
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
acta geologica sinica ‐ english edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.444
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1755-6724
pISSN - 1000-9515
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2003.tb00123.x
Subject(s) - sauropoda , cretaceous , paleontology , china , geology , genus , geography , biology , zoology , archaeology
A new dinosaur of Early Cretaceous age was recently discovered from the Mazongshan area of northwestern Gansu Province, China. The new dinosaur represents a new genus and species of Sauropoda, and is among the most basal members of Titanosauria. Its finding also suggests that titanosaurs might have originated in Asia no later than the Early Cretaceous.