Dongyangopelta
Dongyangopelta Temporal range: Albian-Cenomanian,
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Order: | †Ornithischia |
Clade: | †Thyreophora |
Suborder: | †Ankylosauria |
Family: | †Nodosauridae |
Genus: | †Dongyangopelta Chen et al., 2013 |
Type species | |
†Dongyangopelta yangyanensis Chen et al., 2013
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Dongyangopelta (meaning "Dongyang shield") is an extinct genus of nodosaurid, ankylosaurian, dinosaur known from the Early to Late Cretaceous Chaochuan Formation (Albian or Cenomanian stage) of Dongyang, Zhejiang Province, China. The genus contains a single species, Dongyangopelta yangyanensis.
Discovery and naming[]
Dongyangopelta was initially discovered by Zhiwei Yang in rocks of the Chaochuan Formation, in a hillside beside the Yangyan Village southeast of the Dongyang City, Zhejiang Province, China. The holotype DYM F0136 was excavated through a joint collaboration between the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, Institute of Geology Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Dongyang museum and the Yangyan Village. Notable individuals involved in the excavation and preparation of the holotype include Chaohe Yu and Guangming Luo.
Dongyangopelta was described in 2013 on the basis of the holotype; a partial skeleton consisting of dorsal vertebrae, sacral vertebrae, ribs, ossified tendons, a maximum of at least six variants of osteoderm, a partial right Ilium, a complete right femur and three phalanges.
The type species Dongyangopelta yangyanensis, would be erected by Rongjun Chen, Wenjie Zheng, Yoichi Azuma, Masateru Shibata, Tianliang Lou, Qiang Jin and Xingsheng Jin in 2013. The generic name, Dongyangopelta, combines the Chinese word Dongyang, in reference to the Dongyang City and the greek word, pelta, meaning "shield". The specific name, yangyanensis, is in reference to the Yangyan Village..[1]
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References[]
- ^ Rongjun Chen; Wenjie Zheng; Yoichi Azuma; Masateru Shibata; Tianliang Lou; Qiang Jin; Xingsheng Jin (2013). "A New Nodosaurid Ankylosaur from the Chaochuan Formation of Dongyang, Zhejiang Province, China". Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition). 87 (3): 658–671. doi:10.1111/1755-6724.12077.
- Nodosaurids
- Cretaceous dinosaurs of Asia
- Fossil taxa described in 2013
- Paleontology in Zhejiang
- Ornithischian genera
- Ankylosaurian stubs