Tianchiasaurus

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Tianchiasaurus
Temporal range: Middle-Late Jurassic, 166–161 Ma
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Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Order: †Ornithischia
Clade: †Thyreophora
Suborder: †Ankylosauria
Genus: †Tianchiasaurus
Dong, 1993
Type species
†Tianchiasaurus nedegoapeferima
Dong, 1993
Synonyms
  • Sanghongesaurus Xijin, 1983

Tianchiasaurus (meaning "heavenly pool lizard"), also invalidly called Tianchisaurus and "Jurassosaurus", is a genus of ankylosaurian dinosaur from the Middle-Late Jurassic (Bathonian–Oxfordian)-aged Toutunhe Formation of China. If it actually belongs to the family Ankylosauridae as proposed by Dong Zhiming, it would be the second earliest member of that family, being slightly younger than Spicomellus. Unlike other ankylosaurids, it lacked a bony club at the tip of its tail.

Discovery and naming[]

The holotype (IVPP V. 10614), discovered in 1974, consists of skull fragments, five cervicals, six dorsals, seven sacrals, and three caudals, limb fragments, scutes and some unidentifiable fragments.[1][2]

The type specimen was informally referred to as "Jurassosaurus" after the 1993 film Jurassic Park, and the species epithet nedegoapeferima is formed from the surnames of the film's main stars: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Bob Peck, Martin Ferrero, Ariana Richards, and Joseph Mazzello.[1] Director Steven Spielberg, who has funded Chinese dinosaur research, proposed the name. Dong Zhiming ultimately discarded the genus name "Jurassosaurus" (which is now a nomen nudum) in favor of Tianchiasaurus, but retained the species name honoring the actors. The description paper uses the spellings Tianchiasaurus and Tianchisaurus interchangeably, but is spelled with the extra "a" in the section naming it as a new genus.

Sanghongesaurus, described by Zhao Xijin (1983),[3] is sometimes referred to as a basal ornithischian or a synonym of Tianchiasaurus.[4]

Tianchiasaurus was likely related to the only other known ankylosaurians alive at the same time during the Middle Jurassic, Sarcolestes and Spicomellus.[5]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Dong, Z. (1993). "An ankylosaur (ornithischian dinosaur) from the Middle Jurassic of the Junggar Basin, China." Vertebrata PalAsiatica 31:258-264.
  2. ^ Atkinson, L. "TIANCHIASAURUS :: from DinoChecker's dinosaur archive". ‹http://www.dinochecker.com/dinosaurs/TIANCHIASAURUS›. Web access: 06th Aug 2020.
  3. ^ Xijin, Zhao. (1983). Phylogeny and evolutionary stages of Dinosauria. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 28(1-2):295-306
  4. ^ Carpenter, K. (2001). Phylogenetic analysis of the Ankylosauria. In K. Carpenter (ed.), The Armored Dinosaurs. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 455-483
  5. ^ Maidment, Susannah C. R.; Strachan, Sarah J.; Ouarhache, Driss; Scheyer, Torsten M.; Brown, Emily E.; Fernandez, Vincent; Johanson, Zerina; Raven, Thomas J.; Barrett, Paul M. (2021-09-23). "Bizarre dermal armour suggests the first African ankylosaur". Nature Ecology & Evolution. 5 (12): 1576–1581. doi:10.1038/s41559-021-01553-6. ISSN 2397-334X. PMID 34556830. S2CID 237616095.


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