''Borealosaurus'' is a

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titanosaur Titanosaurs (or titanosaurians; members of the group Titanosauria) were a diverse group of sauropod dinosaurs, including genera from all seven continents. The titanosaurs were the last surviving group of long-necked sauropods, with taxa still thr ...

ian sauropod

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from the Late

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of northern China. The type species is ''Borealosaurus wimani'', which was named in 2004.

Description

The type and only species is ''Borealosaurus wimani'', based on fragmentary remains from the

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of Liaoning. The morphology of a mid-distal caudal vertebra was considered suggestive of a relationship with the

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n titanosaur ''

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''. 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. It was described by Hailu, Qiang, Lamanna, Jinglu and Yinxiang, in 2004. It was named from

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' (the North wind) and (lizard), with its specific name being given in honor of

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Carl Wiman Carl Johan Josef Ernst Wiman (March 10, 1867 – June 15, 1944) was a Swedish palaeontologist, the first professor of palaeontology and historical geology at Uppsala University, and the father of Swedish vertebrate palaeontology. Wiman was ...

, who named the first Chinese dinosaur.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2448178 Titanosaurs Late Cretaceous dinosaurs of Asia Taxa named by Matt Lamanna