黑龙江嘉荫地区晚白垩世兽脚类恐龙牙齿的发现及其意义

黑龙江嘉荫地区是中国最早发现恐龙化石的产地,在我国晚白垩世恐龙的研究史上具有极其重要的意义。该地区曾发掘出土大量鸭嘴龙类化石,是研究大型鸟脚类恐龙尤其是鸭嘴龙类系统分类和演化的理想地区。但相对应于鸭嘴龙类化石来说,兽脚类恐龙化石在该地区的发现却较为鲜见,主要以牙齿的形式出现。本文主要对最近在该地发现的一批兽脚类恐龙的牙齿化石进行详细描述对比,初步研究显示含有霸王龙类、驰龙类、白鲨齿龙、福井盗龙以及可能为新的兽脚类恐龙的牙齿。     

中国早白垩世热河生物群中大型霸王龙类化石的发现

一件包括部分头骨、下颌、肠骨等的不完整兽脚类恐龙骨架发现于辽宁喀左早白垩世九佛堂组中,估计身体全长可达9~10m。其前颌骨主体部分高、肠骨外侧面具显著的直立的嵴等特征表明该化石应归霸王龙类。它以外鼻孔大、上颌骨背缘前部略内凹、上颌骨孔向前达眶前窝前缘、腹缘与眶前窝腹缘存在较大距离等特征不同于晚白垩世的霸王龙科分子,故被命名为一新属种——喀左中国暴龙(Sinotyrannus kazuoensis gen. et sp. nov.),或许代表了最早的霸王龙科类型。该属种是已知个体最大的前晚白垩世霸王龙类,也是辽西及周边地区热河生物群中个体最大的兽脚类恐龙。它的发现不仅表明东亚是霸王龙类最主要的演化地区之一,而且为探讨霸王龙科的起源、热河生物群的组成与生态系统等提供了重要依据。     

河南栾川晚白垩世秋扒组甲龙类化石的发现及意义

报道了河南省栾川县秋扒乡晚白垩世秋扒组发现的甲龙类化石。化石包括单枚牙齿、一几乎完整的背椎体、不完整的肋骨和坐骨。虽然化石材料少,难以确立属种,但是这是除中原龙产地外,中原地区发现的第二个甲龙类化石点。该化石的发现为研究甲龙类的迁徙及其古地理分布特点提供了重要信息。     

黑龙江省嘉荫县晚白垩世渔亮子组及所产鸭嘴龙类化石特征

黑龙江省嘉荫县晚白垩世渔亮子组产丰富的鸭嘴龙类化石,此外,还有霸王龙等化石。１９９５年,黑龙江地质博物馆组装了一具恐龙骨架,本文对装架标本进行了描述,认为其仍为黑龙江满洲龙（Ｍａｎｄｓｃｈｕｒｉｓａｕｒｕｓ ａｍｕｒｅｎｓｉｓ）。嘉荫县龙骨山恐龙化石从被发现至今已一个世纪,目前为止,已组装了九具鸭嘴龙化石骨架。     

库车坳陷晚白垩世地层存在的证据和沉积相分析

库车坳陷是我国重要的能源基地之一,白垩系是其主要储层。长期以来,该坳陷白垩系的地层划分存在较大争议,其中是否存在上白垩统是争议问题焦点之一。笔者等根据发现的晚白垩世钙质超微化石,证实了库车坳陷巴什基奇克组上部地层属于晚白垩世并存在海相沉积;根据前人在库车坳陷及塔东北井下发现的晚白垩世介形虫、轮藻等化石,证实了这些地区也同样存在上白垩统,古城组是其晚白垩世陆相沉积的代表。若干露头剖面和井下岩芯晚白垩世钙质超微化石的发现,表明特提斯海水曾侵进到该盆地。该坳陷及塔东北地区晚白垩世存在海相和陆相两类沉积体系。     

辽西喀左大型霸王龙类恐龙的产出层位和埋藏环境

辽西喀喇沁左翼蒙古族自治县大城子镇发现了个体巨大的霸王龙类化石,本文对化石点周边进行了实地地质调查和地层剖面测量,通过所测量的剖面与大城子盆地代表性剖面的对比分析,确定了含该霸王龙类化石的层位为下白垩统九佛堂组一段。此外,还对地层沉积与埋藏环境进行了初步分析,认为这一大型霸王龙类接近原地在河流心滩处被埋藏、进而逐渐形成化石。     

黑龙江嘉荫晚白垩世一鸭嘴龙亚科恐龙齿骨化石

鸭嘴龙科(Hadrosauridae)化石根据头骨特征等被划分为鸭嘴龙亚科(Hadrosaurinae,无头冠)和赖氏龙亚科(Lambeosaurinae,有头冠)。黑龙江嘉荫龙骨山晚白垩世渔亮子组保存了丰富的鸭嘴龙化石,其中黑龙江满洲龙Mandschurosaurus amurensis(Riabinin,1925)是最早在中国发现的恐龙,属鸭嘴龙亚科;嘉荫卡龙Charonosaurus jiayinensis(Godefroit et al,2000)也是在这里发现的,属赖氏龙亚科。本文描述了采自嘉荫龙骨山的部分左齿骨化石和一些牙齿化石,新的化石明显属于鸭嘴龙亚科,主要特征为:齿骨每个牙列有5个以上的牙齿,牙冠边缘小锯齿由乳头状小瘤构成。新发现的牙齿牙冠上发育有明显的第二、三副脊,这在鸭嘴龙中是罕见的。新发现的化石明显不同于产于同一地点的嘉荫卡龙,但由于黑龙江满洲龙模式标本没有保存牙齿,因此暂不能与之充分对比。     

山西天镇晚白垩世恐龙动物群发掘简报

文章简要介绍了山西天镇晚白垩世恐龙化石的发现、发掘概况及动物群的特征，讨论了含化石地层－灰泉堡组的时代，认为无疑应属晚白垩世。以晚白垩世晰脚类巨龙科和鸟臂类甲龙科化石为代表，别具特色的新恐龙动物群为一突破性的发现，对它的深入研究，将对晰脚类、甲龙类及其共生动物群的组成、性质、演化、迁徒和动物地理区的划分及探讨白垩纪末恐龙的绝灭有重要的科学意义。     

山东海阳发现早白垩世小型兽脚类恐龙足迹

正1研究目的(Objective)莱阳是我国著名的恐龙之乡,晚白垩世鸭嘴龙类的骨骼化石十分丰富,但早白垩世恐龙则发现不多,仅有少量鹦鹉嘴龙类。2000年,曾在莱阳早白垩世龙旺庄组发现过兽脚类足迹化石。最近,我们在海阳凤城镇凤翔路附近(36°43′17″N,121°14′40″E)发现了一个新的小型兽脚类恐龙足迹化石点。本     

江西赣州盆地恐龙化石赋存规律与埋藏特征

江西赣州盆地晚白垩世茅店组和河口组发现大量恐龙动物化石,且化石分布集中,大多保存完整,尤其蛋化石成窝性较好,排列较规整,属原地埋藏。文章论述了该盆地内恐龙化石赋存的地层、岩性、化石保存形式及埋藏特征等,认为该盆地内恐龙动物群聚集或恐龙化石集中分布在晚白垩世早期茅店组和晚白垩世晚期河口组;茅店组—河口组,恐龙动物化石保存形式具有"单类型→多类型组合共存"和"不同类型恐龙蛋共生→蛋与骨共生"的规律,甚至出现含胚胎恐龙蛋、恐龙骨骼和龟鳖类化石集群埋藏,为进一步探讨盆地演化和恐龙生存环境提供实际材料。     

First occurrence of tyrannosaurid theropods from the Corral de Enmedio Formation (Upper Cretaceous) Sonora,México

The Cabullona Basin in the state of Sonora, Mexico is becoming recognized due to its diversity of southern Laramidian continental vertebrates, especially dinosaurs. In this study we describe and analyze three theropod teeth (ERNO specimens) that were found isolated and surface collected in the Corral de Enmedio Formation (Cabullona Group, Upper Cretaceous). The three specimens possess similar morphological characteristics that match the ones present in Late Cretaceous Laramidian tyrannosaurids, so they were referred to the Tyrannosauridae, probably belonging to a new unknown taxon. The implementation of statistical and cladistic analyses corroborated their taxonomical assignment. ERNO specimens correspond to the first record of tyrannosaurid dinosaurs in the basal Corral de Enmedio Formation, extending the stratigraphic distribution of these dinosaurs in the Cabullona Basin. Although tyrannosaurids have been previously described in the Cabullona Basin, the ERNO specimens of the Corral de Enmedio Formation seem to be different, because they possess more labiolingually compressed teeth. This new evidence could indicate a higher taxonomic diversity of the tyrannosaurid theropods that were present in the Cabullona Basin, adding more information to the Tyrannosauridae diversification on one of the most southern Laramidian regions during the Late Cretaceous.     

New evidence for the possible occurrence of Tyrannosaurus in West Texas,and discussion of Maastrichtian tyrannosaurid dinosaurs from Big Bend National Park

Speculation regarding Tyrannosaurus in West Texas has been largely based upon a sub-adult tyrannosaurid maxilla from the Javelina Formation (Late Cretaceous–Maastrichtian) of Big Bend National Park. However, a very large anterior caudal vertebra, recently collected from the Javelina Formation, exhibits a morphology that can confidently be assigned to Tyrannosauridae and, because of its size, likely pertains to an adult Tyrannosaurus. The stratigraphic position of the specimen is closely bracketed by titanosaurid remains and further supports coexistence of these taxa. The stratigraphic position of the specimen possibly records one of the earliest occurrences of Tyrannosaurus. If so, Tyrannosaurus likely existed during roughly equivalent temporal intervals in disparate paleobiomes in both northern and southern late Maastrichtian faunal realms of North America.     

The youngest records of mosasaurid reptiles from the Upper Cretaceous of the South-Western Desert in Egypt

Mosasauroid squamates were abundant and had a worldwide distribution during the Late Cretaceous, but records from Sub-Saharan Africa are comparatively scanty and based mainly on fragmentary and isolated material. Here new mosasaur remains from the Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) of Dakhla Oasis in the South-Western Desert of Egypt are recorded, including: a small, fragmentary right dentary of an indeterminate mosasaurine with a single tooth preserved in situ and an isolated tooth crown of the genus Globidens. This material stems from fossiliferous, calcareous sandstones with intercalated shales that form the lower portion of the Dakhla Formation, known to be an intertidal to subtidal deposit. Previously recorded mosasaur remains from the Eastern Desert in Egypt included Globidens phosphaticus, Platecarpus sp., and Igdamanosaurus aegyptiacus. In Africa, mosasaurs of the Maastrichtian age have been recorded from Morocco, Nigeria, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Niger. The newly collected material from Dakhla Oasis currently constitutes the youngest record of mosasaurs in Egypt.     

A Titanosaurian Sauropod Dinosaur with Opisthocoelous Caudal Vertebrae from the Early Late Cretaceous of Liaoning Province, China

We describe a new titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur, Borealosaurus wimani gen. et sp. nov., based on a distinctive mid-distal caudal vertebra from the early Late Cretaceous Sunjiawan Formation exposed in the Shuangmiao village of Beipiao in Liaoning, China. We provisionally refer an isolated tooth crown, a middle caudal vertebra, and a right humerus from the same locality and horizon to this taxon. Borealosaurus is distinguished from other sauropods in its possession of opisthocoelous mid-distal caudal vertebrae. The occurrence of opisthocoelous caudals in Borealosaurus and the Mongolian sauropod Opisthocoelicaudia raises the possibility that these taxa pertain to an as-yet unrecognized titanosaurian subclade endemic to the Cretaceous Asia.     

A stegosaur tooth (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from the Early Cretaceous of southwestern France

The spotty nature of the terrestrial fossil record for the Mesozoic hinders a more complete understanding of dinosaur diversity. For stegosaurs (Ornithischia), the plated dinosaurs, only a few and fragmentary remains are reported from the Early Cretaceous of Europe. A recent revision concluded that only a partial vertebra of the nomen dubium Craterosaurus (?Aptian, England) could be considered as stegosaurian. Here we report on a stegosaur tooth from the Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) Purbeckian deposits of Cherves-de-Cognac (Charente), southwestern France. This tiny tooth was examined in detail using microtomography. Comparisons being limited by the rarity of stegosaur tooth rows material (e.g., from the skull of the holotype of Stegosaurus stenops) and dental material, notably from Europe, we observed new material of cf. Stegosaurus armatus and Hesperosaurus mjosi from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Wyoming (USA). The tooth shows the most similarities to the Late Jurassic genera Stegosaurus and Hesperosaurus, but differs in having a distinctive downwardly arched (V-shaped) cingulum on the ?lingual face (maxillary tooth hypothesis). It is referred to as Stegosauria indeterminate, a medium-sized quadrupedal herbivore that inhabited an emerged land between the Armorican Massif and the Massif Central. This finding is the first evidence of a stegosaur from the Early Cretaceous of France and a welcome addition to the meagre European record of that time. In addition, it is the second stegosaurian tooth crown reported from Europe. The assemblage of ornithischians of Cherves-de-Cognac shares some similarities with that of the Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) of the Purbeck Limestone Group, southern England. The relative rarity of ornithischian osteological remains in both Purbeckian environments suggests that most of these dinosaurs were mainly inhabitants of inland terrestrial palaeoenvironments.     

滇西北休瓦促晚白垩世岩浆-成矿作用动力学机制探讨

休瓦促W-Mo矿床位于滇西北义敦-格咱岛弧中部,为一中大型斑岩岩浆热液矿床。由于自然环境恶劣,对该区晚白垩世构造岩浆活动的研究工作起步较晚,且主要集中于富碱岩浆成岩成矿年代学、岩石成因、动力学背景、流体特征和成矿物质来源研究等方面,但对岩浆成矿作用构造应力场和动力学机制的研究还比较薄弱。文中对休瓦促W-Mo矿床东、西矿区重点坑道和剖面开展构造岩相蚀变特征解析研究,并结合锆石U-Pb、Lu-Hf和O同位素特征,认为休瓦促花岗岩体为一个两期复式岩体,以近S-N向F4断层为界可分为东、西矿区。东矿区以晚三叠世(212~201 Ma)似斑状黑云母花岗岩为主;西矿区以晚白垩世(85.6~84.4 Ma)似斑状石英二长花岗岩和二长花岗斑岩为主。西矿区W-Mo矿床寄主石英二长花岗岩锆石原位U-Pb、Lu-Hf和O同位素显示其形成时代为(80.18±0.80) Ma (LA-ICP-MC U-Pb),εHf(t)和δ18O值分别为-4.49~-8.07和5.98‰~7.45‰,Hf同位素TDM2模式年龄分别为1 432~1 239 Ma,结合前人地球化学特征资料,推知晚白垩世石英二长花岗岩物质来源于加厚下地壳部分融熔作用。对矿区135个晚白垩世石英二长花岗岩岩脉和白钨矿辉钼矿石英脉产状数据进行区域构造解析研究,可判断义敦-格咱地区晚白垩世区域构造应力场特征为NE-SW向伸展。综上所述,义敦-格咱地区晚白垩世花岗岩可能形成于NW-SE向延伸的新特提斯洋盆俯冲作用致使先存古特提斯-中特提斯碰撞造山加厚下地壳减压部分熔融的动力学背景。     

河南汝阳地区-巨型蜥脚类恐龙股骨化石的发现及其地层学意义

报道了首次在河南省汝阳县发现的大型蜥脚类恐龙股骨化石。从股骨近端的大小来判断，该股骨的实际长度可能超过2m，应属于巨型蜥脚类恐龙的股骨无疑。虽然化石破碎，种属的归属存在一定的困难，但是它的发现无论从晰脚类恐龙的分布、演化还是从地层学上都具有重要意义。该恐龙股骨化石的发现，将该地区原认为属于古近系蟒川组的时代向前推至早白垩世晚期或晚白垩世早期，同时其下伏地层陈宅沟组也应划归白垩纪时期的沉积。     

A primitive euhadrosaurian dinosaur from the uppermost Cretaceous of the Ager syncline (southern Pyrenees,Catalonia)

New hadrosaurid material is recorded from Fontllonga (Ager syncline, province of Lleida), in the Catalonian Pyrenees, comprising a dentary with part of the dental battery, recovered from Late Maastrichtian strata (Tremp Formation), close to the presumed Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary. This hadrosaurid is more derived than is Telmatosaurus transsylvanicus from the Haeg Basin (Romania), but lacks a number of features that diagnose the clade Hadrosaurinae plus Lambeosaurinae. It is attributed to the Euhadrosauria on the basis of the following synapomorphies: dentary teeth not recurved distally, narrow dentary crowns, and denticles not supported by subsidiary ridges. The phylogenetic relationships of the best-known iguanodontids and hadrosauroids are evaluated using mandibular and dentary tooth characters. On the basis of a cladistic analysis, the family of Hadrosauridae is diagnosed by more than 29 dentary tooth positions, parallel-sided vertical furrows formed by dentary alveoli, and absence of caudal secondary ridges. Within Hadrosauridae, successive sister-groups of Hadrosaurinae plus Lambeosaurinae are the Fontllonga taxon and Telmatosaurus. The clade Hadrosaurinae plus Lambeosaurinae is characterised mainly by a coronoid process inclined rostrally and by the absence of secondary ridges on dentary crowns. The Fontllonga find suggests the diversity of European hadrosaurids at the end of the Cretaceous to have been greater than previously thought. Moreover, the primitive character of European hadrosaurids as compared to western North American and Asian relatives may be explained in terms of geographical isolation during the Late Cretaceous.     

A New Family of Sauropod Dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Tianzhen, Shanxi Province, China

A new gigantic sauropod, Huabeisaurus allocates gen. et sp. nov., about 20 m in length and 5 m in height, was discovered in the Upper Cretaceous Huiquanpu Formation, Tianzhen County, Shanxi Province. It is notably different from Diplodocidae, Titanosauridae and Nemegtosauridae in the following aspects: the teeth are strong, peg-like with a length ratio of the tooth crown to tooth root at about 3 to 1; the cervical vertebrae are long with forked spines; the spines in dorsal vertebrae are relatively high, unbifiarcated; the caudal vertebrae are amphicoelous, with anterior neural spines and unbifurcated spines and chevrons; the femur is straight and long, narrow and flat and the tibia and fibula are long and flat. These characters show that the described genus should represent a new family, Huabeisauridae fam. nov. The discovery enriches the sauropod dinosaur record in China, and is quite significant to the study of the taxonomy, evolution, migration, extinction and palaeobiogeographic provincialism of the