THE origin and evolution of Precambrian lives has been a long-standing controversial problem. It is now generally accepted by most paleontologists that the origin of metazoa can be traced back to more than 1000 Ma, be...THE origin and evolution of Precambrian lives has been a long-standing controversial problem. It is now generally accepted by most paleontologists that the origin of metazoa can be traced back to more than 1000 Ma, because the Ediacara and latest pre-Ediacara fauna, such as the Huainan fauna, are featured by their diversification of forms, complicated structures展开更多
A new species of sauropod dinosaur Huanghetitan ruyangensis is erected based on the following characters： deepest body cavity with a dorsal rib reaching at least 2.93 m long, anterior caudal vertebrae with mushroom-s...A new species of sauropod dinosaur Huanghetitan ruyangensis is erected based on the following characters： deepest body cavity with a dorsal rib reaching at least 2.93 m long, anterior caudal vertebrae with mushroom-shaped neural spines. Based on this new specimen of Huanghetitan found in the early Late Cretaceous Mangchuan Formation of Ruyang, Henan Province, the family Huanghetitanidae faro. nov. is proposed as a new rank to include only the genus Huanghetitan You et al. 2006. At present, Huanghetitan includes two species： H. liujiaxiaensis You et al., 2006 and H. ruyangensis sp. nov. The systematic relationships of Huanghetitan among sauropod dinosaurs are briefly discussed.展开更多
文摘THE origin and evolution of Precambrian lives has been a long-standing controversial problem. It is now generally accepted by most paleontologists that the origin of metazoa can be traced back to more than 1000 Ma, because the Ediacara and latest pre-Ediacara fauna, such as the Huainan fauna, are featured by their diversification of forms, complicated structures
文摘A new species of sauropod dinosaur Huanghetitan ruyangensis is erected based on the following characters： deepest body cavity with a dorsal rib reaching at least 2.93 m long, anterior caudal vertebrae with mushroom-shaped neural spines. Based on this new specimen of Huanghetitan found in the early Late Cretaceous Mangchuan Formation of Ruyang, Henan Province, the family Huanghetitanidae faro. nov. is proposed as a new rank to include only the genus Huanghetitan You et al. 2006. At present, Huanghetitan includes two species： H. liujiaxiaensis You et al., 2006 and H. ruyangensis sp. nov. The systematic relationships of Huanghetitan among sauropod dinosaurs are briefly discussed.
基金supported by the Basic Outlay of Scientific Research Work from the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People′s Republicof China, the Natural Science Foundation of China (40872017)
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China ( Nos.95 -Z-0 2 -0 1,49972 0 0 6) ,the Ministry of Science and Technology ofChina ( No.G2 0 0 0 0 7770 0 ) ,the Innovative Project of China Academy of Sciences ( No.KZCXZ-116)
