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Datonglong
''Datonglong tianzhenensis'' is an herbivorous ornithischian dinosaur belonging to the Hadrosauroidea, which lived in the Late Cretaceous period in present-day China. It is the type species of the genus ''Datonglong''. Discovery and naming In 2008, a team from the Shanxi Museum of Geological and Mineral Science and Technology in the Kangdailiang quarry in Shanxi discovered the jaw of a euornithopod. In 2016, the species ''Datonglong tianzhenensis'' was named and described by Xu Shicha, You Hailu, Wang Jiawei, Wang Suozhu, Yi Jian, and Jia Lei. The generic name refers to the city of Datong and the Chinese word ''long'' (龍), which means “dragon”. The specific name refers to its origins in Tianzhen county. ''Datonglong'' was one of eighteen dinosaur taxa from 2015 to be described in open access or free-to-read journals. Description The holotype, SXMG V 00005, consists of a portion of the lower jaw with some preserved teeth. The fossil was found in a layer of the Huiqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Datanglong
''Datanglong'' is an extinct genus of theropod belonging to either Carcharodontosauria or Megaraptora. It existed during the Early Cretaceous (Barremian-Albian) in what is now southeastern China. Discovery and naming In 2011, staff of the Geological Survey Research Institute at the village of Nazao, twenty kilometers southwest of the town of Datang, near Nanning in Guangxi, discovered the remains of a large theropod new to science. The dinosaur was named and described in 2014 as ''Datanglong guangxiensis'', by Mo Jinyou, Zhou Fusheng, Li Guangning, Hunag Zhen and Cao Chenyun. The genus name combines a reference to the Datang basin with the Chinese word ''long'', "dragon". The specific name refers to the province of Guangxi. ''Datanglong guangxiensis'' is known from one specimen, holotype GMG 00001, which encompasses vertebrae and hip bones. There is a series of vertebrae that begins with the last dorsal (back) vertebra (according to the descriptors the fourteenth) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |