The Tyrannosauridae,which is characterized by specialized pachydont dentition and putative bone-cracking predatory strategies,is one of the most extensively studied theropod lineages.Although tooth replacement pattern...
supported by the Scientific Research Foundation of Shenyang Normal University(Grant No.BS202207);Program for Innovative Research Team of Excellent Talents in University of Shandong Province(Grant No.2019KJH004);Taishan Scholar Program of Shandong Province(Grant No.tsqn201812070);Educational Department of Liaoning Province(Grant No.JYTQN2023422);Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation(Grant No.ZR2017MD031);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.41972025,41688103,42161134003).
Three eusauropod teeth(SDUST-V1064,PMOL-AD00176,PMOL-ADt0005)are reported from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Ningcheng,southeastern Inner Mongolia,China.Two of them(SDUST-V1064,PMOL-AD00176)are assigned to ...
supported by the Fund from the Key Laboratory of Stratigraphy and Paleontology,Ministry of Natural Resources(Grant No.KLSP2104);the Beike Green Shoots Project of the Beijing Academy of Science and Technology(Grant No.BGS202001);the Sichuan Province cultural and museological research project(Grant No.SCWW2021A01);the Zigong Talent Project and Sichuan Province Land and Resources Department Project“Dinosaur fossil resources protection and development and utilization model in Sichuan Basin”(Grant No.KJ2017-11)。
The Sichuan Basin,also known as the‘Red Basin’,is famous for its abundance of Mesozoic dinosaur fossils,especially in the Zigong area during the Jurassic era;the Middle Jurassic Shunosaurus and the Late Jurassic Mam...
A new Jurassic non-avian theropod dinosaur from 163 million-year-old fossil deposits in northeastern China provides new information regarding the incredible richness of evolutionary experimentation that characterized ...
supported by Zigong Dinosaur Museum curator foundation
Gigantspinosaurus sichuanensis is one of the six Stegosauria genera discovered from the Sichuan basin, which preserves the first skin impressions of stegosaurs around the world and a huge pair of 'comma' -shaped par...
The National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant No.41372026);China Geological Survey(grant No.DD20160120)supported this research
Anchiornis huxleyi, which is a member of the Middle-Late Jurassic Yanliao Biota, is the smallest feathered dinosaur ever known. It has been described as a critical link between feathered dinosaurs and birds. Recent st...
provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.41688103 and 41472020)
A new specimen of ankylosaurine dinosaur Crichtonpelta benxiensis is described. The new specimen is based on a nearly completely preserved skull from the same quarry as the holotype of the mid-Cretaceous Sunjiawan For...
The paired cranial crests of Sinosaurus (Theropoda) have been hypothesized as too weak to resist mechanical loads during combat. Finite element analysis (FEA) is used to test this hypothesis, first with geometry o...
provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41120124002 and 41172037);the Graduate School of China University of Geosciences at Beijing (201225-B3001120058);the China Scholarship Council (20133009-201306400032);the Zhucheng City Government
The close affinity between Edmontosaurus and Shantungosaurus is corroborated on the basis of the following shared features:an occipital condyle deflected strongly posteroventrally; a posterodorsally reflected, lip-sh...
funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant no.41372026);the China Geological Survey(Grant no.1212011120139,1212011120005)to Ji Shu-an;the Administration Bureau of Fossil Resource Protection of Liaoning Province(LNZC20130900206)to Zhang Lijun
Two incomplete bones referred to ankylosaur scapulocoracoid and humerus are described, which were discovered from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Dachengzi Town, Kazuo County, Liaoning Province. Ankylosaur...