Pronunciation: jay-HOLL-o-SOR-ruh-day
Author: Han, Barrett, Butler and Xu
Year: 2012
Meaning: Jehol lizards (see etymology)
Locomotion: Bipedal (two legs)
Synonyms: None known
[Han et al. 2012]Definition
All ornithischians more closely related to Jeholosaurus shangyuanensis than to Hypsilophodon foxii, Iguanodon bernissartensis, Protoceratops andrewsi, Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis, or Thescelosaurus neglectus.
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Etymology
Jeholosauridae is derived from "Jeholosaurus" (the "Jehol lizard"—the oldest member and group anchor) and the Greek "idae" (family).
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Further reading
• Xu X, Wang X and You H-L (2000) "A primitive ornithopod from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Liaoning". Vertebrata Palasiatica, 38: 318-325.
• Makovicky PJ, Kilbourne BM, Sadleir RW and Norell MA (2011) "A new basal ornithopod (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia" Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 31(3): 626-540. [recovers Jeholosaurus as a close relative of Haya griva].
• Paul GS (2010) "The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs".
• Han F-L, Barrett PM, Butler RJ and Xu X (2012) "Postcranial anatomy of Jeholosaurus shangyuanensis (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of China" Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 32(6): 1370-1395 [coins "Jeholosauridae"].
• Hu J, Xu X, Li F and Han F (2024) "Tooth replacement in the early-diverging neornithischian Jeholosaurus shangyuanensis and implications for dental evolution and herbivorous adaptation in Ornithischia". BMC Ecology and Evolution, 24: 46. DOI: 10.1186/s12862-024-02233-2.
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