ESHANOSAURUS
a possible therizinosaurian theropod dinosaur from the Early Jurassic of China.
Pronunciation: uh-SHAH-no-SOR-us
Meaning: Eshan lizard
Author/s: Xu
et al. (
2001)
Synonyms: None known
First Discovery: Yunnan, China
Discovery Chart Position: #480
Eshanosaurus deguchiianus
(Deguchi's Eshan Lizard)Etymology
Eshanosaurus is derived from "Eshan" (for Eshan County in Yunnan Province, southern China) and the Greek "sauros" (lizard).
The
species epithet,
deguchiianus (day-goo-chee-YAY-nus), honours Hikaru Deguchi who encouraged lead author Xing Xu to study dinosaurs.
Discovery
The remains of
Eshanosaurus were discovered at the Lower Lufeng Formation, Dianchung, Eshan County, Yunnan Province, China, by Zhao Xijin in 1971.
The
holotype (IVPP V11579, housed at Beijing's Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology) is a lower jaw bone and teeth.
Estimations
Timeline:
Era: Mesozoic
Epoch: Early Jurassic
Stage: Hettangian
Age range: 201-199 mya
Stats:
Est. max. length: ?
Est. max. hip height: ?
Est. max. weight: ?
Diet: Herbivore
Eshanosaurus
deguchiianus
References
• Xu X, Zhao X and Clark JM (2001) "A new therizinosaur from the Lower Jurassic Lower Lufeng Formation of Yunnan, China".
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 21(3): 477?483. DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2001)021[0477:ANTFTL]2.0.CO;2.
• Clark JM, Maryanska T, and Barsbold R (2004) "Therizinosauroidea. Page 151-164 in Weishampel, Dodson, and Osmolska (eds.) "
The Dinosauria: Second Edition".
• Barrett PM (2009) "The affinities of the enigmatic dinosaur
Eshanosaurus deguchiianus from the Early Jurassic of Yunnan Province, Republic of China".
Palaeontology, 52(4): 681?688. DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2009.00887.x.
• Senter P, Kirkland JI and Deblieux DD (2012) "
Martharaptor greenriverensis, a New Theropod Dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Utah".
PLOS ONE, 7(8): e43911. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043911.
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