A Titanosaurian Sauropod Dinosaur with Opisthocoelous Caudal Vertebrae from the Early Late Cretaceous of Liaoning Province, China
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    We describe a new titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur, Borealosaurus wimani gen. et sp. nov., based on a distinctive mid-distal caudal vertebra from the early Late Cretaceous Sunjiawan Formation exposed in the Shuangmiao village of Beipiao in Liaoning, China. We provisionally refer an isolated tooth crown, a middle caudal vertebra, and a right humerus from the same locality and horizon to this taxon. Borealosaurus is distinguished from other sauropods in its possession of opisthocoelous mid-distal caudal vertebrae. The occurrence of opisthocoelous caudals in Borealosaurus and the Mongolian sauropod Opisthocoelicaudia raises the possibility that these taxa pertain to an as-yet unrecognized titanosaurian subclade endemic to the Cretaceous Asia.

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YOU Hailu, JI Qiang, Matthew C. LAMANNA, LI Jinglu, LI Yinxian Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Baiwanzhuang Road, Beijing, China, Department of Earth, Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania, South rdStreet, Philadelphia, PA, USA Liaoning Paleontological Museum, Beipiao, Liaoning, China.2004. A Titanosaurian Sauropod Dinosaur with Opisthocoelous Caudal Vertebrae from the Early Late Cretaceous of Liaoning Province, China[J]. Acta Geologica Sinica(),78(4):

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