Jintasaurus
Jintasaurus (Scientifically named as Jintasaurus meniscus) (Chinese: 金塔龙; pinyin: Jīntǎ lóng; meaning "Jinta County dragon") is a genus of herbivorus[1] hadrosauriform dinosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous period of what is now Gansu, northwestern China 113 million years ago.[2]
| Jintasaurus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | †Ornithischia |
| Clade: | †Ornithopoda |
| Clade: | †Hadrosauromorpha |
| Genus: | †Jintasaurus You & Li, 2009 |
| Species: | †J. meniscus |
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| †Jintasaurus meniscus You & Li, 2009 | |
Discovery
The fossils of Jintasaurus were discovered in Jinta County, Jiuquan, Gansu, China. The discovery supports the theory that hadrosaurs originated in Asia. The holotype and only known specimen includes the postorbital skull, lacking the jugal and quadratojugal.[3] Jintasaurus was described by Hai-Lu You (尤海鲁, Yóu Hǎilǔ) and Da-Qing Li (李大庆, Lǐ Dàqìng) in 2009.
References
- "Jintasaurus". www.prehistoric-wildlife.com. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
- "Jintasaurus". dinosaurpictures.org. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
- Hai-Lu You; Da-Qing Li (2009). "A new basal hadrosauriform dinosaur (Ornithischia: Iguanodontia) from the Early Cretaceous of northwestern China". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 46 (12): 949–957. Bibcode:2009CaJES..46..949Y. doi:10.1139/E09-067.
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