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Zhanghenglong
''Zhanghenglong'' is an extinct genus of herbivorous hadrosauroid iguanodont dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous (middle Santonian stage) Majiacun Formation in Xixia County of Henan Province, China. It contains a single species, ''Zhanghenglong yangchengensis'', represented by a disarticulated and partial cranium and postcranial skeleton. Discovery and naming In 2011, at Zhoujiagou in Henan the remains were uncovered of a euornithopod. In 2014, the type species ''Zhanghenglong yangchengensis'' was named and described by Xing Hai, Wang Deyou, Han Fenglu, Corwin Sullivan, Ma Qingyu, He Yiming, David Hone, Yan Ronghao, Du Fuming and Xu Xing. The generic name combines the name of the first century Chinese scientist Zhang Heng with ''long'', Mandarin for "dragon". The specific name refers to Yangcheng, an administrative unit during the Eastern Zhou, partially coinciding with the present Henan. The holotype, XMDFEC V0013, was found in the Majiacun Formation dating f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhanghenglong Maxilla
''Zhanghenglong'' is an extinct genus of herbivorous hadrosauroid iguanodont dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous (middle Santonian stage) Majiacun Formation in Xixia County of Henan Province, China. It contains a single species, ''Zhanghenglong yangchengensis'', represented by a disarticulated and partial cranium and postcranial skeleton. Discovery and naming In 2011, at Zhoujiagou in Henan the remains were uncovered of a euornithopod. In 2014, the type species ''Zhanghenglong yangchengensis'' was named and described by Xing Hai, Wang Deyou, Han Fenglu, Corwin Sullivan, Ma Qingyu, He Yiming, David Hone, Yan Ronghao, Du Fuming and Xu Xing. The generic name combines the name of the first century Chinese scientist Zhang Heng with ''long'', Mandarin for "dragon". The specific name refers to Yangcheng, an administrative unit during the Eastern Zhou, partially coinciding with the present Henan. The holotype, XMDFEC V0013, was found in the Majiacun Formation dating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Majiacun Formation
The Majiacun Formation is a Santonian to Coniacian geologic formation in China. * '' Zhanghenglong, Zhanghenglong yangchengensis''Xing et al., 2014 * Baryonychinae indet.? (possibly an indeterminate theropod due to no shared synapomorphies present)Hone et al., 2010 ;Fossil eggs * '' Dendroolithus sanlimiaoensis''Zhou & Feng, 2002 * ''Prismatoolithus gebiensis''Liang et al., 2009 * '' Ovaloolithus sp.'' * '' Spheroolithus sp.''Zhao, 1979 * '' Nanyangosaurus zhugeii'' * '' Youngoolithus xiaguanensis'' ;Ichnofossils * '' Scoyenia sp.'' See also * List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations ** List of stratigraphic units with few dinosaur genera References Bibliography * * * * * * * * * {{cite LSA , last=Zhao , first=Z , year=1979 , title=Discovery of the dinosaurian eggs and footprint from Neixiang county, Henan province , journal=Vertebrata PalAsiatica The Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP; ) of China is a research institution and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Late Cretaceous
The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous Period is divided in the geologic time scale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous Series. The Cretaceous is named after ''creta'', the Latin word for the white limestone known as chalk. The chalk of northern France and the white cliffs of south-eastern England date from the Cretaceous Period. Climate During the Late Cretaceous, the climate was warmer than present, although throughout the period a cooling trend is evident. The tropics became restricted to equatorial regions and northern latitudes experienced markedly more seasonal climatic conditions. Geography Due to plate tectonics, the Americas were gradually moving westward, causing the Atlantic Ocean to expand. The Western Interior Seaway divided North America into eastern and western halves; Appalachia and Laramidia. India maintained a northward course towards Asia. In the Southern Hemisphere, Australia and Ant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euornithopoda
Ornithopoda () is a clade of ornithischian dinosaurs, called ornithopods (), that started out as small, bipedal running grazers and grew in size and numbers until they became one of the most successful groups of herbivores in the Cretaceous world, dominating the North American land. Their major evolutionary advantage was the progressive development of a chewing apparatus that became the most sophisticated ever developed by a non-avian dinosaur, rivaling that of modern mammals such as the domestic cow. They reached their apex of diversity and ecological dominance in the hadrosaurids (colloquially known as 'duck-bills'), before they were wiped out by the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event along with all other non-avian dinosaurs. Members are known from all seven continents, though they are generally rare in the Southern Hemisphere. History of research In 1870, Thomas Henry Huxley listed Iguanodontidae (coined by Cope a year earlier) as one of his three families of dinosaurs (a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhang Heng
Zhang Heng (; AD 78–139), formerly romanized as Chang Heng, was a Chinese polymathic scientist and statesman who lived during the Han dynasty. Educated in the capital cities of Luoyang and Chang'an, he achieved success as an astronomer, mathematician, seismologist, hydraulic engineer, inventor, geographer, cartographer, ethnographer, artist, poet, philosopher, politician, and literary scholar. Zhang Heng began his career as a minor civil servant in Nanyang. Eventually, he became Chief Astronomer, Prefect of the Majors for Official Carriages, and then Palace Attendant at the imperial court. His uncompromising stance on historical and calendrical issues led to his becoming a controversial figure, preventing him from rising to the status of Grand Historian. His political rivalry with the palace eunuchs during the reign of Emperor Shun (r. 125–144) led to his decision to retire from the central court to serve as an administrator of Hejian Kingdom in present-day Hebei. Z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xu Xing (paleontologist)
Xu Xing (; born July 1969) is a Chinese paleontologist who has named more dinosaurs than any other living paleontologist. Such dinosaurs include the Jurassic ceratopsian ''Yinlong'', the Jurassic tyrannosauroid ''Guanlong'', the large oviraptorosaur ''Gigantoraptor'', and the troodontid '' Mei''. Biography Xing was born in Xinjiang, China, in 1969. A graduate from the department of geology of Peking University, he is currently a researcher at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing. He had originally planned to become an economist. However, he was assigned to the department of geology by the Chinese authorities. He graduated in 1995, and claims inspiration from Roy Chapman Andrews. Among Xu's paleontological contributions have been discovery and analysis of dinosaur fossils with avian characteristics, and development of theories in regarding the evolution of feather Feathers are epidermal growths that for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yan Ronghao
Yan may refer to: Chinese states * Yan (state) (11th century – 222 BC), a major state in northern China during the Zhou dynasty * Yan (Han dynasty kingdom), first appearing in 206 BC * Yan (Three Kingdoms kingdom), officially claimed independence in 237 but considered to have ruled since 190 * Former Yan (337–370) * Later Yan (384–407) * Yan (An–Shi) (756–763), a rebel state founded by the An-Shi Rebellion * Yan (Five Dynasties period) (911–913) Names * Yan (surname), romanization for several Chinese surnames * Yan, a Cantonese transcription of surname Zhen (甄) * Yan, a transliteration of the name "Ян" (Jan) from the Russian language People * Yan Emperor, a legendary emperor of ancient China * Yan, Marquis of Tian (died c. 370 BC), 4th-century BC ruler of the state of Qi * Yan (musician) or Jan Scott Wilkinson, English singer-songwriter * Jacob Mikhailovich Gordin or Yan (1853–1909), Ukrainian-American Yiddish-language playwright * Yan Zhu, software deve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hone (paleontologist)
David Jeremy Hone (born 30 June 1946) is an Australian former sportsman who played first-class cricket with Oxford University and Australian rules football for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Hone spent the 1969 VFL season with the Melbourne Football Club as an amateur, and played 18 of a possible 20 games during year, mostly as a defender. An honours graduate from Monash University, Hone chose to continue his studies in England and became a student at Worcester College, Oxford, in 1970. His father Brian Hone had been a famous educator. He made three first-class cricket appearances for the university in 1970, as an opening bowler. The first was against Hampshire, who were being captained by former West Indian Test cricketer Roy Marshall. In a drawn match, Hone took the wicket of Hampshire opener Richard Lewis but managed no further dismissals from his 36 overs. He went wicket-less from his two other first-class matches, against Worcestershire and Nottinghamshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
He Yiming
Tim He Yi-ming (born 14 April 1962) is a Chinese former badminton player who later started to represent Hong Kong. He competed in two events at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, .... References External links * 1962 births Living people Hong Kong male badminton players Olympic badminton players of Hong Kong Badminton players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) {{HongKong-badminton-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corwin Sullivan
Corwin may refer to: People *Corwin (surname) *Corwin (given name) Places in the United States *Corwin Township, Logan County, Illinois *Corwin, Henry County, Indiana, an extinct town *Corwin, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, an extinct town *Corwin, Kansas *Corwin, New York, a hamlet in the town of Newfane *Corwin, Ohio, a village *Corwin, Wisconsin, a ghost town *Salem Township, Warren County, Ohio, previously named Corwin Township *Cape Corwin, Alaska *Corwin Formation, geological formation in Alaska Entertainment * ''Corwin'' (film), a 1996 documentary * ''Corwin'' (TV series), a Canadian television series (1969-1971) Other uses * USS ''Corwin'', two ships *Corwin Manufacturing Company Corwin Manufacturing Company (formerly Vaughn Machine Company) was a pioneer brass era American automobile company, built in Peabody, Massachusetts.Clymer, p.158. During 1905 and 1906, Corwin produced the ''Gas-au-lec'', a five-place side-ent ..., an early American automobile company See al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
