The skull of Yunnanosaurus huangi young, 1942 (Dinosauria : Prosauropoda) from the Lower Lufeng Formation (Lower Jurassic) of Yunnan, China
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| 作者 | Barrett, Paul M.; Upchurch, P.; Zhou, X.-D.; Wang, X.-L.; p.barrett@nhm.ac.uk |
| 刊名 | ZOOL J LINN SOC-LOND
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| 出版日期 | 2007 |
| 卷号 | 150期号:2 |
| 关键词 | Republic-of-china Sauropod Dinosaur Evolution Origin |
| ISSN号 | 0024-4082 |
| 英文摘要 | The Lower Lufeng Formation (Lower Jurassic: ?Hettangian-?Sinemurian) of Yunnan Province, China, has yielded an important and diverse fauna of terrestrial vertebrates that is dominated by early sauropodomorph dinosaurs (prosauropods and basal sauropods). Nevertheless, few of these animals have been studied in detail, undermining their potential significance in understanding sauropodomorph phylogeny, palaeobiology, and palaeoecology. Here, we present a detailed re-description of the cranial osteology of Yunnanosaurus huangi Young, 1942 and propose an emended diagnosis for this taxon on the basis of numerous autapomorphic characters (including an expanded internarial bar, unusual midline cranial bosses, and the possession of elongate maxillary tooth crowns lacking marginal serrations). Incorporation of these novel anatomical data into existing phylogenetic analyses of sauropodomorph interrelationships substantially affects the resolution, length, and topologies of the trees recovered. Although the phylogenetic position of Yunnanosaurus remains labile, these new analyses undermine previous suggestions that the former was the sister taxon of the southern African prosauropod Massospondylus. Several features of the skull of Yunnanosaurus (small external nares, cranial bosses, tooth crown morphology, and the lack of maxillary foramina) indicate that the palaeobiology of Yunnanosaurus may have been rather different from that of other prosauropods and basal sauropods, although more detailed functional studies and better material are needed to confirm this suggestion. (c) 2007 Natural History Museum, London. Journal compilation (c) 2007 The Linnean Society of London, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2007, 150, 319-341. |
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| 公开日期 | 2013-11-27 |
| 源URL | [http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/4926]  |
| 专题 | 古脊椎动物与古人类研究所_图书馆1 |
| 通讯作者 | p.barrett@nhm.ac.uk |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Barrett, Paul M.,Upchurch, P.,Zhou, X.-D.,et al. The skull of Yunnanosaurus huangi young, 1942 (Dinosauria : Prosauropoda) from the Lower Lufeng Formation (Lower Jurassic) of Yunnan, China[J]. ZOOL J LINN SOC-LOND,2007,150(2). |
| APA | Barrett, Paul M.,Upchurch, P.,Zhou, X.-D.,Wang, X.-L.,&p.barrett@nhm.ac.uk.(2007).The skull of Yunnanosaurus huangi young, 1942 (Dinosauria : Prosauropoda) from the Lower Lufeng Formation (Lower Jurassic) of Yunnan, China.ZOOL J LINN SOC-LOND,150(2). |
| MLA | Barrett, Paul M.,et al."The skull of Yunnanosaurus huangi young, 1942 (Dinosauria : Prosauropoda) from the Lower Lufeng Formation (Lower Jurassic) of Yunnan, China".ZOOL J LINN SOC-LOND 150.2(2007). |
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