Biology:Sonidosaurus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Sauropoda |
| Clade: | †Macronaria |
| Clade: | †Titanosauria |
| Clade: | †Lithostrotia |
| Genus: | †Sonidosaurus |
| Species: | †S. saihangaobiensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Sonidosaurus saihangaobiensis Xu et al., 2006
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Sonidosaurus (meaning "Sonid lizard", after Sonid, the large geographical area that includes the type locality [1]) is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous. It was a titanosaur which lived in what is now Inner Mongolia. The type species, Sonidosaurus saihangaobiensis, was described by Xu, Zhang, Tan, Zhao, and Tan in 2006. It was a small titanosaur, about 9 meters (30 ft) long.[1] It was first discovered in the Iren Dabasu Formation in 2001 in a quarry which would later yield the remains of Gigantoraptor starting in 2005.[2]
Classification
In a 2017 review of Asian titanosaurs, Sonidosaurus was considered a lithostrotian titanosaur, with possible saltasaurid affinities. In particular, it shared with saltasaurids and the Bor Guve titanosaur a posterior centrodiapophyseal lamina on its dorsal vertebrae.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Xu Xing; Zhang Xiaohong; Tan Qingei; Zhao Xijin; Tan Lin (2006). "A new titanosaurian sauropod from Late Cretaceous of Nei Mongol, China". Acta Geologica Sinica 80 (1): 20–26. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2006.tb00790.x.
- ↑ Xu Xing; Tan Qingwei; Wang Jianmin; Zhao Xijin; Tan Lin (2007). "A gigantic bird-like dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of China". Nature 447 (7146): 844–7. doi:10.1038/nature05849. PMID 17565365. Bibcode: 2007Natur.447..844X. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v447/n7146/extref/nature05849-s1.pdf.
- ↑ Averianov, Alexander; Sues, Hans-Dieter (January 2017). "Review of Cretaceous sauropod dinosaurs from Central Asia". Cretaceous Research 69: 184–197. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2016.09.006. ISSN 0195-6671.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q569191 entry
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