SINANKYLOSAURUS
a dubious possible ankylosaurian dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of China.
Pronunciation: sin-an-KI-lo-SOR-us
Meaning: Chinese fused lizard
Author/s: Wang
et al. (
2020)
Synonyms: None known
First Discovery: Shandong Province, China
Acta Ordinal: #1042
Sinankylosaurus zhuchengensis
(Chinese Fused Lizard from Zhucheng)Etymology
Sinankylosaurus is derived from the Latin "sinae" (China) "ankylo" (bent or fused) and "sauros" (lizard).
The
species epithet,
zhuchengensis, means "from Zhucheng" in Latin.
Discovery
The remains of
Sinankylosaurus were discovered at Zangjiazhuang quarry in the Hongtuya Formation (Wangshi Group) near Zangjiazhuang Village, Zhucheng City, Shandong Province, China.
The
holotype (ZJZ-183) is an almost complete right ilium (a hip bone).
Estimations
Timeline:
Era: Mesozoic
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Campanian
Age range: 77-73.5 mya
Stats:
Est. max. length: ?
Est. max. hip height: ?
Est. max. weight: ?
Diet: Herbivore
Sinankylosaurus
zhuchengensis
References
• Wang K, Zhang Y, Chen J, Chen S and Wang P (2020) "
A new ankylosaurian from the Late Cretaceous strata of Zhucheng, Shandong Province".
Geological Bulletin of China, 39(7): 958-962 (in Chinese). DOI: 10.12097/gbc.dztb-39-7-958.
• Zheng W, Shibata M, Lao C-C, Hattori S, Jin D, Jin C and Xu X (2021) "First definitive ankylosaurian dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Jilin Province, northeastern China".
Cretaceous Research, 127: 104953. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2021.104953.
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