Tsintaosaurus
Young 1958
Étymologie
Lézard de Tsintao
Tsintaosaurus est un genre fossile de dinosaures ornithopodes de la famille des hadrosauridés ayant vécu en Chine à la fin du Crétacé supérieur, au Campanien, il y a environ 80,7 Ma.
Herbivore
Vivant au sol, grégaire
Terrestre
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Rhomboid distal nasal process of the crest of Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus.
A. Partial distal nasal process of IVPP V725 in right lateral view. B. Lateral view of composite skull (reversed). C. partial premaxillonasal complex of IVPP V829 in right lateral view. D. Line drawing of (C) showing nasal-premaxilla articulation, and the displacement (arrow) experienced by the distal nasal process relative to its articular position. E. Mounted holotype skull (IVPP V725) of T. spinorhinus in left lateral view (reversed). F. Partial right distal nasal process (although catalogued as IVPP V725, this element corresponds to a different specimen than the type; reversed).
© Albert Prieto-Márquez, Jonathan R. Wagner · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia
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