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Postcranial morphology of the basal neoceratopsian (Ornithischia: Ceratopsia) Auroraceratops rugosus from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) of northwestern Gansu Province, China | |
Morschhauser, Eric M.1,2; You, Hailu3,4; Li, Daqing5; Dodson, Peter1,6 | |
2018-12-13 | |
发表期刊 | JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY |
ISSN | 0272-4634 |
卷号 | 38期号:0页码:75-116 |
摘要 | The species Auroraceratops rugosus was originally described based upon a single skull. With the recovery of over 80 individuals, a complete description of the postcranial skeleton is presented. Auroraceratops is currently the most complete exemplar we have of ceratopsian postcranial anatomy between Psittacosaurus and Leptoceratops. Adult Auroraceratops had a length of approximately 125 cm and an approximate hip height of 44 cm. Osteological correlates of stance in the fore- and hind limb unequivocally indicate a bipedal gait. The phylogenetically corrected quadrupedal mass-estimation equation modified for mass estimation of bipedal terrestrial vertebrates estimates an average mass of Auroraceratops at 15.5 kg. It has the phylogenetically and temporally earliest documentation of the syncervical in Ceratopsia. The mid-caudal neural spines are elongate and erect, a feature previously only known in Leptoceratopsidae and Protoceratopsidae. Despite being longer than in most ceratopsians, the mid-caudal neural spines are not as tall as in some leptoceratopsids. Most of the phylogenetically relevant characters of the postcranial skeleton in Auroraceratops are a mosaic of features plesiomorphic to Neoceratopsia and features previously considered to be unique to later diverging clades, such as Leptoceratopsidae and Protoceratopsidae. |
DOI | 10.1080/02724634.2018.1524383 |
关键词[WOS] | LEPTOCERATOPS-GRACILIS ; EARLY EVOLUTION ; DINOSAUR ; HYPOTHESES ; PHYLOGENY ; SKELETON ; ANATOMY ; GENUS ; AREA |
收录类别 | SCI |
语种 | 英语 |
资助项目 | Jurassic Foundation ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41072019] ; Hundred Talents Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ; National Science Foundation[1024671] ; Gansu Geological Museum ; Penn Paleobiology Summer Stipend grants (2009-2010) ; National Geographic Young Explorers Grant[8930-11] ; 2009 NSF/MoST East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes program[OISE-0913833] |
WOS研究方向 | Paleontology |
WOS类目 | Paleontology |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000474619400006 |
出版者 | TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/9994 |
专题 | 中科院古脊椎所(2000年以后) |
通讯作者 | Morschhauser, Eric M. |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Penn, Dept Earth & Environm Sci, 251 Hayden Hall,240 South 33rd St, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA 2.Indiana Univ Penn, Dept Biol, Weyandt Hall Room 114,975 Oakland Ave, Indiana, PA 15705 USA 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, 142 Xizhimenwai St, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 4.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Coll Earth Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 5.Gansu Agr Univ, Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Fossil Conservat Technol, 1 Yingmencun, Lanzhou 730070, Gansu, Peoples R China 6.Univ Penn, Sch Vet Med, Dept Biomed Sci, 3800 Spruce St, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Morschhauser, Eric M.,You, Hailu,Li, Daqing,et al. Postcranial morphology of the basal neoceratopsian (Ornithischia: Ceratopsia) Auroraceratops rugosus from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) of northwestern Gansu Province, China[J]. JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY,2018,38(0):75-116. |
APA | Morschhauser, Eric M.,You, Hailu,Li, Daqing,&Dodson, Peter.(2018).Postcranial morphology of the basal neoceratopsian (Ornithischia: Ceratopsia) Auroraceratops rugosus from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) of northwestern Gansu Province, China.JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY,38(0),75-116. |
MLA | Morschhauser, Eric M.,et al."Postcranial morphology of the basal neoceratopsian (Ornithischia: Ceratopsia) Auroraceratops rugosus from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) of northwestern Gansu Province, China".JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY 38.0(2018):75-116. |
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