JEHOLOSAURUS
a plant-eating jeholosaurid cerapodan dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of China.
Pronunciation: jay-HOLL-o-SOR-us
Meaning: Jehol lizard
Author/s: Xu, Wang and You (
2000)
Synonyms: None known
First Discovery: Liaoning, China
Discovery Chart Position: #467
Jeholosaurus shangyuanensis
(Jehol lizard from Shangyuan)Etymology
Jeholosaurus is derived from "Jehol" (the name of an old geographical area in western Liaoning and northern Hebei Provinces of China) and the Greek "sauros" (lizard).
The
species epithet,
shangyuanensis, means "from "Shangyuan" in Latin.
Discovery
The remains of
Jeholosaurus were discovered in the Lujiatun Member of the Yixian Formation at Lujiatun Village, Shangyuan, near Beipiao City, Liaoning Province, China, in 2000.
The
holotype (IVPP V 12529) is a partial skeleton.
Estimations
Timeline:
Era: Mesozoic
Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Aptian
Age range: 125-122 mya
Stats:
Est. max. length: ?
Est. max. hip height: ?
Est. max. weight: ?
Diet: Herbivore
Jeholosaurus
shangyuanensis
References
• 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.
• Zhang L, Cao Z and Zhao Q (2025) "Deep learning-aided segmentation combined with finite element analysis reveals a more natural biomechanic of dinosaur fossil".
Scientific Reports, 15: 13964. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-99131-4.
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