A Basal Titanosauriform from the Early Cretaceous of Guangxi, China
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We are grateful to Huang History Museum of Guangxi Chaolin from the Natural for his contribution in the field, Mr. Xie Shaowen for preparing the specimens. This research is supported by a fund from the Guangxi Department of Culture. Xu Xing' s work is supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciences.


A Basal Titanosauriform from the Early Cretaceous of Guangxi, China
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    Based on a partial postcranial skeleton collected from the Lower Cretaceous Napai Formation of Guangxi, China, we erect a new sauropod taxon, Fusuisaurus zhaoi gen. et sp. nov. The holotype specimen consists of the left ilium, left pubis, anterior caudals, most of the dorsal ribs and distal end of the left femur. Fusuisaurus zhaoi is diagnosed by a unique combination of character states among the known sauropods. It displays several synapomorphies of Titanosauriformes but lacks many derived features seen in other titanosauriforms, suggesting that the new taxon represents the basalmost known titanosauriform and providing new evidence that Titanosauriformes originated from Asia. A size comparison suggests that Fusuisaurus zhaoi is among the largest Early Cretaceous sauropods, providing an important addition to the Early Cretaceous Chinese sauropod diversity.

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    Based on a partial postcranial skeleton collected from the Lower Cretaceous Napai Formation of Guangxi, China, we erect a new sauropod taxon, Fusuisaurus zhaoi gen. et sp. nov. The holotype specimen consists of the left ilium, left pubis, anterior caudals, most of the dorsal ribs and distal end of the left femur. Fusuisaurus zhaoi is diagnosed by a unique combination of character states among the known sauropods. It displays several synapomorphies of Titanosauriformes but lacks many derived features seen in other titanosauriforms, suggesting that the new taxon represents the basalmost known titanosauriform and providing new evidence that Titanosauriformes originated from Asia. A size comparison suggests that Fusuisaurus zhaoi is among the largest Early Cretaceous sauropods, providing an important addition to the Early Cretaceous Chinese sauropod diversity.

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MO Jinyou WANG Wei HUANG Zhitao HUANG Xin XU Xing.2006. A Basal Titanosauriform from the Early Cretaceous of Guangxi, China[J]. ACTA GEOLOGICA SINICA(English edition),80(4):486~489

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  • 收稿日期:2005-10-11
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