Borealosaurus: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Content deleted Content added
No edit summary
Citation bot (talk | contribs)
Altered pages. Add: date, bibcode. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by Whoop whoop pull up | #UCB_webform 19/26
 
(42 intermediate revisions by 27 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{short description|Genus of dinosaurs}}
{{italictitle}}
{{Speciesbox
{{Taxobox
|fossil_range=[[Late Cretaceous]], {{fossil range|95|90}}
| name = ''Borealosaurus''
|genus=Borealosaurus
| image =
|species=wimani
| image_width=240px
|authority=You ''et al.'', 2004
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| classis = [[Sauropsid]]a
| superordo = [[Dinosaur]]ia
| ordo = [[Saurischia]]
| subordo = [[Sauropodomorpha]]
| infraordo = [[Sauropoda]]
| familia =
| genus = '''''Borealosaurus'''''
| genus_authority = You ''et al.'', 2004
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
*''Borealosaurus wimani''
}}
}}


'''''Borealosaurus''''' is a [[genus]] of [[titanosaur]]ian [[sauropod]] [[dinosaur]] from the Late [[Cretaceous]] of northern [[China]]. The type species is '''''Borealosaurus wimani''''', which was named in 2004.<ref name=You2004 /><ref>[http://www.esconi.org/files/february2005.pdf Karen's Komments - ESCONI Paleontology Study Group]</ref>
'''''Borealosaurus''''' was a [[dinosaur]] [[genus]] from northern [[China]]. It was a [[Herbivore|herbivorous]] [[quadruped]]al [[sauropod]] from the Early [[Cretaceous]] Period. The [[type species]] was ''Borealosaurus wimani''. It was named from [[Ancient Greek|Greek]] ''Βορεąς'' (the North wind) and ''σαυρος'' (lizard), with its specific name being given in honor of [[Swedish people|Swedish]] [[Palaeontology|paleontologist]] [[Carl Wiman]], who named the first Chinese dinosaur.


==Description==
It has been estimated that this creature measured 12 metres in length, with a weight of 10 tonnes.
The [[type species|type]] and only species is ''Borealosaurus wimani'', based on fragmentary remains from the [[Sunjiawan Formation]] of [[Liaoning]]. The morphology of a mid-distal caudal vertebra was considered suggestive of a relationship with the [[Mongolia]]n titanosaur ''[[Opisthocoelicaudia]]''. However, in their overview of Cretaceous sauropod remains from Central Asia, Averianov and Sues considered ''Borealosaurus'' a non-lithostrotian titanosaur due to the lack of procoely in the middle caudal vertebrae.<ref name=You2004>{{cite journal|doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2016.09.006|title=Review of Cretaceous sauropod dinosaurs from Central Asia|journal=Cretaceous Research|volume=69|pages=184–197|year=2017|last1=Averianov|first1=Alexander|last2=Sues|first2=Hans-Dieter|doi-access=free|bibcode=2017CrRes..69..184A }}</ref>


It was described by Hailu, Qiang, Lamanna, Jinglu and Yinxiang, in 2004. It was named from [[Ancient Greek|Greek]] ''{{lang|grc|Βορεας}}'' (the North wind) and {{lang|grc|σαυρος}} (lizard), with its specific name being given in honor of [[Swedish people|Swedish]] [[Palaeontology|paleontologist]] [[Carl Wiman]], who named the first Chinese dinosaur.<ref>{{cite journal|title=A titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur with opsithocoelous caudal vertebrae from the early Late Cretaceous of Liaoning province, China|author1=You, H. |author2=Ji, Q. |author3=Lamanna, M. C. |author4=Li, J. |author5=Li, Y. |journal=Acta Geologica Sinica|date=2004 |volume=78|issue=4|pages=907–911|doi=10.1111/j.1755-6724.2004.tb00212.x|bibcode=2004AcGlS..78..907Y }}</ref>
It was discovered by Hailu, Qiang, Lamanna, Jinglu and Yinxiang, in 2004, in the [[Sunjiawan Formation]] of Liaoning Province.

It was the ''[[Titanosaurid|titanosaur species]]'' rescued in BBC's 2006 ''[[Prehistoric Park|Prehistoric Park episode 3:Dino Birds]]''.


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
H. You, Q. Ji, M. C. Lamanna, J. Li, and Y. Li. (2004). "A titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur with opsithocoelous caudal vertebrae from the early Late Cretaceous of Liaoning province, China". ''Acta Geologica Sinica'' 78(4):907-911

==External links==
* [http://www.esconi.org/files/february2005.pdf Karen's Komments - ESCONI Paleontology Study Group]
* [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-CN&u=http://www.dinosaur.net.cn/Museum/Borealosaurus.htm&prev=/search%3Fq%3DBorealosaurus%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DG Translation of dinosaur.net.cn/Museum (China)]
* [http://dinosaurier-info.de/animals/dinosaurs/pages_b/borealosaurus.php Fact-Sheet at Dinosaurier-info (in German)]

{{Portal|Dinosaurs}}

[[Category:Dinosaurs of Asia]]
[[Category:Cretaceous dinosaurs]]
[[Category:Sauropods]]



{{Sauropodomorpha|T.}}
{{Sauropodomorph-stub}}
{{Taxonbar|from=Q2448178}}


[[Category:Titanosaurs]]
[[es:Borealosaurus]]
[[Category:Late Cretaceous dinosaurs of Asia]]
[[it:Borealosaurus wimani]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Matt Lamanna]]
[[pl:Borealozaur]]
[[zh:北方龍]]

Latest revision as of 15:26, 25 April 2024

Borealosaurus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 95–90 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Sauropoda
Clade: Macronaria
Clade: Titanosauria
Genus: Borealosaurus
Species:
B. wimani
Binomial name
Borealosaurus wimani
You et al., 2004

Borealosaurus is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of northern China. The type species is Borealosaurus wimani, which was named in 2004.[1][2]

Description[edit]

The type and only species is Borealosaurus wimani, based on fragmentary remains from the Sunjiawan Formation of Liaoning. The morphology of a mid-distal caudal vertebra was considered suggestive of a relationship with the Mongolian titanosaur Opisthocoelicaudia. However, in their overview of Cretaceous sauropod remains from Central Asia, Averianov and Sues considered Borealosaurus a non-lithostrotian titanosaur due to the lack of procoely in the middle caudal vertebrae.[1]

It was described by Hailu, Qiang, Lamanna, Jinglu and Yinxiang, in 2004. It was named from Greek Βορεας (the North wind) and σαυρος (lizard), with its specific name being given in honor of Swedish paleontologist Carl Wiman, who named the first Chinese dinosaur.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Averianov, Alexander; Sues, Hans-Dieter (2017). "Review of Cretaceous sauropod dinosaurs from Central Asia". Cretaceous Research. 69: 184–197. Bibcode:2017CrRes..69..184A. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2016.09.006.
  2. ^ Karen's Komments - ESCONI Paleontology Study Group
  3. ^ You, H.; Ji, Q.; Lamanna, M. C.; Li, J.; Li, Y. (2004). "A titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur with opsithocoelous caudal vertebrae from the early Late Cretaceous of Liaoning province, China". Acta Geologica Sinica. 78 (4): 907–911. Bibcode:2004AcGlS..78..907Y. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2004.tb00212.x.