Nanningosaurus
| Nanningosaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Order: | †Ornithischia |
| Suborder: | †Ornithopoda |
| Family: | †Hadrosauridae |
| Genus: | †Nanningosaurus Mo et al., 2007 |
| Type species | |
| Nanningosaurus dashiensis Mo et al., 2007 | |
Nanningosaurus is a genus of hadrosaurid dinosaur from the late Cretaceous of the Nalong Basin, Guangxi, China. The type and only species is N. dashiensis. It is based on an incomplete skeleton including skull, arm, and hip remains. Some of its diagnostic characteristics include relatively few tooth positions, a gracile upper arm, and an ischium that curves towards its expanded tip. Mo et al. (2007), who described the specimen, performed a phylogenetic analysis that suggests Nanningosaurus was a lambeosaurine, although they stressed the support for this was tentative. This animal was the first hadrosaurid named from southern China.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ Mo J.; Zhao Z.; Wang W.; Xu X. (2007). "The first hadrosaurid dinosaur from southern China". Acta Geologica Sinica (English edition). 81 (4): 550–554. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2007.tb00978.x.
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