Sinankylosaurus
Name:
Sinankylosaurus
(Chinese fused lizard).
Phonetic: Sin-an-kie-lo-sor-us.
Named By: K. B. Wang, Y. X. Zhang, J.
Chen, S. Q. Chen & P. Y. Wang - 2020.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Ornithischia, Thyreophora, Ankylosauria.
Species: S. zhuchengensis
(type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Uncertain due to lack of fossil remains.
Known locations: China, Shandong Province,
Zhucheng - Xingezhuang Formation.
Time period: Late Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Right ilium (hip bone).
Sinankylosaurus
is a genus of ankylosaur
that lived in Asia during the late
Cretaceous. Though only known from partial remains, the presence of
Sinankylosaurus again illustrates the similarity of
animal fauna
between Asia and North America during the late Cretaceous.
Further reading
- A new ankylosaurian from the Late Cretaceous strata of Zhucheng,
Shandong Province. - Geological Bulletin of China (in
Chinese). 39 (7): 958–962. - K. B. Wang, Y. X.
Zhang, J. Chen, S. Q. Chen & P. Y. Wang -
2020.
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