Zuoyunlong
Zuoyunlong Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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A reconstruction of Zuoyunlong. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | †Ornithischia |
Clade: | †Ornithopoda |
Genus: | †Zuoyunlong Wang et al., 2017 |
Species: | †Z. huangi
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Binomial name | |
†Zuoyunlong huangi Wang et al., 2017
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Zuoyunlong (meaning "
Discovery and naming
The holotype, SXMG V 00 004, was discovered before 2015 by the team of the Shanxi Regional Geological Survey in a layer of the Zhumapu Formation in the province of Shanxi which dates from the Cenomanian, roughly ninety-five million years old. It consists of two bones from the right-hand half of the pelvis, a partial right ilium with the field number ZY004-001 to which the cover sheet is missing, and the lower end of the shaft of the right ischium, field number ZY004-002. Additional specimens are unassigned.[1]
In 2017 the
Description
The descriptors established a unique feature derived, or autapomorphy for this taxon: the back sheet of the ilium has only half the length of the main body. The ilium has a preserved length of 62 centimetres (24 in). The shaft of the buttock ends in a side view in a large "foot" the tip of which points obliquely downwards and forwards. The shaft is much higher than the transverse width.[1]
Classification
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See also
References
- ^ S2CID 130536621.