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#1 2007-09-16 15:00:39
- Manabu Sakamoto
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Huanghetitan ruyangensis, a gigantic sauropod from China
Huanghetitan ruyangensis, a gigantic sauropod from the Late Cretaceous of Henan Province, China
SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY:
SAURISCHIA Seeley, 1887
SAUROPODOMORPHA Huene, 1932
SAUROPODA Marsh, 1878
TITANOSAURIA Bonaparte and Coria, 1993
Huanghetitanidae, fam. nov.
Huanghetitan ruyangensis sp. nov.
ETYMOLOGY:
'Titan of the Huanghe' - Huanghe, Chinese name for the Yellow River. Ruyang refers to the Ruyang County of Henan Province.
DESCRIPTION:
Huanghetitan ruyangensis is known from an incomplete skeleton consisting mainly of vertebrae, haemal arches, dorsal ribs and one incomplete ischium. The length of the longest rib indicates that this species had the deepest body cavity out of all known Asian sauropods.
REFERENCE:
Lu J., Xu L., Zhang X., Hu W., Wu Y., Jia S., and Ji. Q. (2007) A new gigantic sauropod dinosaur with the deepest known body cavity from the Cretaceous of Asia. Acta Geologica Sinica 81: 167-176.
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