Paleontologists Discover New Species of Ankylosaurid Dinosaur
A brand-new genus and types of ankylosaur has actually been recognized from an articulated and partial skeleton discovered in 1986 in southern China.
The creative restoration of Huaxiazhoulong shouwenImage credit: Ye Jianhao.
The newly-discovered types was an early member of a household of armored dinosaurs called Ankylosauridae.
Called Huaxiazhoulong shouwenthe ancient animal was roughly 6 m (20 feet) in length.
"Ankylosauria is a varied clade of quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaurs defined by parasagittal rows of osteoderms on the dorsolateral surface area of the body and a greatly armored skull," Yunnan University paleontologist Ziheng Zhu and associates composed in their paper.
"Ankylosaurs lived from the Middle Jurassic to the end of the Late Cretaceous date."
"As a subgroup of Ankylosau...