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A reassessment of Kelmayisaurus petrolicus, a large theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of China

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作者Brusatte, Stephen L.1,2; Benson, Roger B. J.3,4; Xu, Xing5; sbrusatte@amnh.org
刊名ACTA PALAEONTOLOGICA POLONICA
出版日期2012-03-01
卷号57期号:1页码:65-72
关键词Dinosauria Theropoda Carcharodontosauridae Anatomy Cretaceous China
ISSN号0567-7920
文献子类Article
英文摘要The Early Cretaceous fossil record of large-bodied theropods from Asia is poor, hindering comparison of Asian predatory dinosaur faunas with those from other continents. One of the few large Asian theropod specimens from this interval is a partial skull (maxilla and dentary) from the Lianmugin Formation (?Valanginian-Albian), the holotype of Kelmayisaurus petrolicus. Most authors have either considered this specimen as an indeterminate basal tetanuran or a nomen dubium. We redescribe K. petrolicus and note that it possesses a single autapomorphy (a deep accessory groove on the lateral surface of the anterior dentary), as well as a unique combination of characters that differentiates it from other theropods, affirming its validity. A phylogenetic analysis recovers K. petrolicus as a basal carcharodontosaurid, which is supported by various features: very deep interdental plates (a carcharodontosaurid synapomorphy), fused interdental plates (present in carchardontosaurids and a limited number of other theropods), and the absence of diagnostic features of other clades of large-bodied theropods such as abelisaurids, megalosauroids, and coelurosaurs. As such, Kelmayisaurus is the second known carcharodontosaurid from Asia, and further evidence that this clade represented a global radiation of large-bodied predators during the Early-mid Cretaceous.
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WOS关键词MEGALOSAURUS-BUCKLANDII DINOSAURIA ; REPUBLIC-OF-CHINA ; CARCHARODONTOSAURID DINOSAURIA ; PHYLOGENY ; PATAGONIA ; EVOLUTION ; XINJIANG ; ANATOMY ; ASIA ; TYRANNOSAURIDS
WOS研究方向Paleontology
语种英语
WOS记录号WOS:000302518800005
公开日期2013-11-27
源URL[http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/4318]  
专题古脊椎动物与古人类研究所_古低等脊椎动物研究室
通讯作者sbrusatte@amnh.org
作者单位1.Amer Museum Nat Hist, Div Paleontol, New York, NY 10024 USA
2.Columbia Univ, Dept Earth & Environm Sci, New York, NY USA
3.UCL, Dept Earth Sci, London WC1E 6BT, England
4.Univ Cambridge, Dept Earth Sci, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, England
5.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China
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Brusatte, Stephen L.,Benson, Roger B. J.,Xu, Xing,et al. A reassessment of Kelmayisaurus petrolicus, a large theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of China[J]. ACTA PALAEONTOLOGICA POLONICA,2012,57(1):65-72.
APA Brusatte, Stephen L.,Benson, Roger B. J.,Xu, Xing,&sbrusatte@amnh.org.(2012).A reassessment of Kelmayisaurus petrolicus, a large theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of China.ACTA PALAEONTOLOGICA POLONICA,57(1),65-72.
MLA Brusatte, Stephen L.,et al."A reassessment of Kelmayisaurus petrolicus, a large theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of China".ACTA PALAEONTOLOGICA POLONICA 57.1(2012):65-72.

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