เผยฟอสซิลใน “เจียงซี” เป็นไดโนเสาร์สายพันธุ์ใหม่-ตั้งฉายา “ต๋าไท่หลง-มังกรรถถัง”

เผยฟอสซิลใน “เจียงซี” – Researchers have named a new armored dinosaur species “Datai yingliangis” after two specimens were unearthed in east China’s Jiangxi Province. Photo: Courtesy of Xing Lida

เผยฟอสซิลใน “เจียงซี” – The type specimens of Datai yingliangis gen. et ap. nov. (individual lying on top: YLSNHM 01003; individual on bottom: YLSNHM 01002, holotype) prepared and reconstructed in situ. The head, cervical, and thoracic regions of the specimens were discovered and extracted from a single block.

The discovery of the new dinosaur is an important addition to the fossil record of Ankylosaurine, an iconic armored dinosaur species in the early Late Cretaceous, according to Xing Lida, associate professor at China University of Geosciences, Beijing (CUGB). Photo: Courtesy of Xing Lida

ภาพประกอบ – The two specimens were subadults with a body length of 3.5 to 4 meters each. They both had a pair of signature horns on their cheeks. The third and fourth cervical vertebrae of the dinosaurs were cut through by two curved cave remains, which was about 2 cm in diameter. Photo: Courtesy of Xing Lida