Gasosaurus
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| Middle Jurassic ( Bathonian to Callovian ) | ||||||||||||
| 168.3 to 163.5 million years | ||||||||||||
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Gasosaurus is a genus of theropod dinosaur from the Central Jurassic of Asia. Few fossils have been discovered in rocks from the Central Jurassic of the southern Chinese province of Sichuan . The onlyspecies described ( type species ) is Gasosaurus constructus ; the first description was in 1985 by Dong Zhiming and Tang Zilu.
Gasosaurus is a basal (close to origin) theropod, its vertebrae, for example, show some very original features. The length of the dinosaur was about 4 meters.
description
Its systematic position within the theropods is still unclear due to the poor fossil situation. Some consider it an original coelurosaur , others classify it as a carnosaur . It could also be identical to Kaijiangosaurus , a theropod that has hardly been documented in fossils and comes from the same rock formation .
Gasosaurus is known for a skullless partial skeleton ( holotype IVPP V7264), which consists of vertebrae, the humerus , pelvic bones, leg and foot bones, among other things . It comes from the layers of the Xiashaximiao formation in the Chinese province of Sichuan.
Naming
The name of the genus is meant jokingly. "Gasosaurus" means " gasoline lizard" (from the English word gas (oline) and the Greek sauros ) and is named after the oil drilling company that discovered the site. The Chinese word for gasoline also means "cause trouble" - a fitting name for a predatory dinosaur.
Individual evidence
- ^ Gregory S. Paul : The Princeton Field Guide To Dinosaurs. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ et al. 2010, ISBN 978-0-691-13720-9 , p. 91, online .
- ^ Dougal Dixon : The World Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures. Lorenz Books, London 2007, ISBN 978-0-7548-1730-7 , p. 182.
- ↑ Thomas R. Holtz Jr .: Dinosaurs. The most complete, up-to-date encyclopedia for dinosaur lovers of all ages. Random House, New York NY 2007, ISBN 978-0-375-82419-7 , p. 45.
further reading
- Dong Zhiming , Tang Zilu: A new Mid-Jurassic theropod (Gasosaurus constructus gen. Et sp. Nov.) From Dashanpu, Zigong, Sichuan Province, China. In: Vertebrata Palasiatica. Vol. 23, No. 1, 1985, pp. 77-83, digital version (PDF; 1.3 MB) .