A new sauropodiform dinosaur with a 'sauropodan' skull from the Lower Jurassic Lufeng Formation of Yunnan Province, China

doi:10.1038/s41598-018-31874-9

	A new sauropodiform dinosaur with a 'sauropodan' skull from the Lower Jurassic Lufeng Formation of Yunnan Province, China
	Zhang, Qian-Nan 1,2,3; You, Hai-Lu1,2,3 ; Wang, Tao ; Chatterjee, Sankar 4
刊名	SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
	2018-09-07
卷号	8 页码:12
ISSN号	2045-2322
DOI	10.1038/s41598-018-31874-9
通讯作者	Zhang, Qian-Nan(zhangqiannan@ivpp.ac.cn) ; You, Hai-Lu(youhailu@ivpp.ac.cn)
英文摘要	The Early Jurassic Lufeng Formation of Yunnan Province in southwestern China is one of the best fossil localities in the world for understanding the early radiation of sauropodomorph dinosaurs. It has yielded a rich assemblage of complete and three-dimensionally preserved skeletons of herbivorous dinosaurs that provide crucial morphological information for systematic and evolutionary studies. Here we describe a new taxon, Yizhousaurus sunae gen. et sp. nov., represented by a nearly complete skeleton with an exquisitely preserved skull and mandible. Yizhousaurus is distinguished from other non-sauropodan sauropodomorphs by a unique combination of plesiomorphic and apomorphic features, which increases our understanding of the anatomical variation on the relatively conservative 'prosauropod' cranial plan. Phylogenetic analysis resolves Yizhousaurus as a sauropodiform, showcasing a mosaic character suite combining plesiomorphic states in the postcranial skeleton with some more 'sauropodan'-like features in the skull. Furthermore, Yizhousaurus is placed closer to the base of Sauropoda than other non-sauropodan sauropodomorphs currently known from the Lufeng Formation, adding another taxon to enrich the Lower Jurassic Lufeng dinosaur fauna.
资助项目	Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences[XDB26000000] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41472020] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41688103] ; Bureau of Land and Resources of Lufeng County
WOS关键词	PHYLOGENETIC-RELATIONSHIPS ; BASAL SAUROPOD ; SOUTH-AFRICA ; POSTCRANIAL ANATOMY ; EVOLUTION ; PROSAUROPODA ; YOUNG
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
语种	英语
出版者	NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
WOS记录号	WOS:000444022800068
资助机构	Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Bureau of Land and Resources of Lufeng County
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/8973]
专题	中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所
通讯作者	Zhang, Qian-Nan; You, Hai-Lu
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, 142 Xizhimenwai St, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 2.CAS Ctr Excellence Life & Paleoenvironm, 142 Xizhimenwai St, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 3.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, 19A Yuquan Rd, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 4.Museum Texas Tech Univ, Lubbock, TX 79409 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhang, Qian-Nan,You, Hai-Lu,Wang, Tao,et al. A new sauropodiform dinosaur with a 'sauropodan' skull from the Lower Jurassic Lufeng Formation of Yunnan Province, China[J]. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,2018,8:12.
APA	Zhang, Qian-Nan,You, Hai-Lu,Wang, Tao,&Chatterjee, Sankar.(2018).A new sauropodiform dinosaur with a 'sauropodan' skull from the Lower Jurassic Lufeng Formation of Yunnan Province, China.SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,8,12.
MLA	Zhang, Qian-Nan,et al."A new sauropodiform dinosaur with a 'sauropodan' skull from the Lower Jurassic Lufeng Formation of Yunnan Province, China".SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 8(2018):12.