SHUANGBAISAURUS
a double-crested theropod dinosaur from the Early Jurassic of China.
Pronunciation: SHONG-by-SOR-us
Meaning: Shuangbai lizard
Author/s: Wang
et al. (
2017)
Synonyms: None known
First Discovery: Yunnan Province, China
Discovery Chart Position: #946
Shuangbaisaurus anlongbaoensis
(Shuangbai lizard from Anlongbao)Etymology
Shuangbaisaurus is derived from "Shuangbai" (the Chinese county — established in the West Han Dynasty [AD 109] — where it was found) and the Greek "sauros" (lizard).
The
species epithet,
anlongbaoensis, is derived from "Anlongbao" (the town — meaning "dragon-placing fort" — where the holotype was recovered) and the Latin "ensis" (from).
Discovery
The remains of
Shuangbaisaurus were discovered in dark
purple muddy siltstones in the lower part of the Fengjiahe Formation (Chuxiong Basin) at Liuna Village, Anlongbao Town, Shuangbai County, Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China.
The
holotype (CPM C2140ZA245) is a partial skull with lower jaw.
Estimations
Timeline:
Era: Mesozoic
Epoch: Early Jurassic
Stage: Hettangian-Toarcian
Age range: 199-176 mya
Stats:
Est. max. length: ?
Est. max. hip height: ?
Est. max. weight: ?
Diet: Carnivore
Shuangbaisaurus
anlongbaoensis
References
• Young CC (1948) "On two new saurischians from Lufeng, Yunnan".
Bulletin of the Geological Society of China, 28: 73–90.
• Shaojin Hu (January 1993) "A Short Report On the Occurrence of
Dilophosaurus from Jinning County, Yunnan Province".
Vertebrata PalAsiatica Vol. XXXI(1): 65-69
• Wang G-F, You H-L, Pan S-G and Wang T (2017) "
A new crested theropod dinosaur from the Early Jurassic of Yunnan Province, China".
Vertebrata PalAsiatica (advance online publication)
• Currie PJ, Xing L, Wu X and Dong Z (2019) "
Anatomy and relationships of Sinosaurus triassicus (Theropoda, Coelophysoidea) from the Lufeng Formation (Lower Jurassic) of Yunnan, China".
7th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Vertebrate Palaeontology. Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology, 7: 17.
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