中国的昕脚类恐龙化石及其层位

文章对中国的晰脚类恐龙化石及其层位,产地进行了较为系统的总结,划分出５个相关的晰脚类恐龙动物群：（１）早侏罗世资中龙动物群;（２）中侏罗世蜀龙－峨眉龙动物群;（３）晚侏罗世马门溪龙动物群;（４）早白恶亚洲龙动物群;（５）晚白恶世纳摩盖吐龙动物群。文章还对中国的晰脚类恐龙的地理分布特征进行了探讨。     

云南首次发现晚侏罗世马门溪龙化石

侏罗纪在全球范围内属于重要的产煤期,然而此时云南、四川中-南部没有煤系出现,反而发育了一套独特的“红色岩系“.在这样的环境中生活并繁盛着蜥脚亚目等形形色色的恐龙,与中国北部、东部地区的恐龙类群有明显的差异.马门溪龙在中国主要发现于四川,最近在云南侏罗纪“红层“中发现云南马门溪龙(新种)尚属首次,再次证实禄丰一带存在上侏罗统.该化石产于禄丰川街盆地老长箐-大尖峰剖面,在其下部地层中还分别产出代表中侏罗世的川街龙和早侏罗世的禄丰龙化石.能在同一完整地层剖面上见到不同时段早、中、晚侏罗世3套恐龙动物群,这在国内外都是罕见的.     

云南首次发现晚侏罗世马门溪龙化石

侏罗纪在全球范围内属于重要的产煤期，然而此时云南、四川中-南部没有煤系出现，反而发育了一套独特的“红色岩系”。在这样的环境中生活并繁盛着蜥脚亚目等形形色色的恐龙，与中国北部、东部地区的恐龙类群有明显的差异。马门溪龙在中国主要发现于四川，最近在云南侏罗纪“红层”中发现云南马门溪龙(新种)尚属首次，再次证实禄丰一带存在上侏罗统。该化石产于禄丰川街盆地老长箐-大尖峰剖面，在其下部地层中还分别产出代表中侏罗世的川街龙和早侏罗世的禄丰龙化石。能在同一完整地层剖面上见到不同时段早、中、晚侏罗世3套恐龙动物群，这在国内外都是罕见的。     

马门溪龙属（Mamenchisaurus）的分类位置及演化

文章对马门溪龙属的分 类位置进行讨论。认为它应归属于勺齿蜥龙超和产中的马门溪龙科，从而对蜥脚类科一级的分类提出了新的划分方案。文章对马门溪龙属的演化进行了探讨，提出其祚应为中侏罗世的峨眉龙属。     

四川井研马门溪龙动物群地层学对比研究

通过对四川井研的含马门溪龙动物群地层进行描述划分 ,并且将其中的化石与马门溪龙属中其他类型在形态特征、地层层位上逐一对比。综合分析得出了井研马门溪龙动物群出现于晚侏罗世早期、而且在形态组合上是较为原始的类群 ,形态学的鉴定和地层学结果相互吻合 ,同时也进一步清晰了马门溪龙属在晚侏罗世的演化脉络。     

中国南方首次发现的基干禽龙类化石新属种

广西壮族自治区扶绥县那派盆地早白垩世新隆组中产有包含蜥脚类、兽脚类、鸟脚类、疑似鹦鹉嘴龙类的恐龙动物群,但鸟脚类的属种鉴定尚不能进一步确认.最近发现于那派盆地新的鸟脚类肠骨、坐骨化石材料,显示出基干禽龙类的典型形态,其特征又不同于该类群其他已知属种,应代表禽龙类一新属新种,被命名为广西那派龙Napaisaurus gu...     

河南省汝阳巨型蜥脚类恐龙动物群及含化石地层时代讨论

在河南省汝阳盆地原划分的古近系始新统"蟒川组"中新发现了大量的恐龙化石。这个动物群主要以植食性的巨型、大型蜥脚类恐龙为主,兼有鸭嘴龙类及肉食性小型兽脚类、大型肉食龙类为辅的恐龙动物群,经初步研究确认至少有10种以上新属种恐龙,还有大量的恐龙蛋壳、龟鳖类、双壳类、植物类等丰富的动植物化石,被称为"汝阳巨型蜥脚类恐龙动物群"。该动物群代表了我国早白垩世晚期至晚白垩早期的恐龙动物群,其分异程度也比以前想象的高得多。而轮藻、介形虫和孢粉等微体化石组合特征、地层叠合关系和区域对比等综合分析,更多显示了汝阳盆地赋存恐龙化石的地层时代为早白垩世中晚期的特征。无疑,汝阳盆地原划分为始新世的"陈宅沟组"、"蟒川组"应为白垩纪,至于是早白垩世中晚期或是晚白垩世早期,还需要更多的证据才能确定。     

山东诸城早白垩世中期超大规模恐龙足迹群及其古地理与古生态*

山东诸城黄龙沟恐龙足迹产于下白垩统中部莱阳群杨家庄组,其中以兽脚类为主,同时有蜥脚类和疑似鸟脚类足迹;兽脚类足迹又可进一步区分为大型兽脚类、似跷脚龙类(Paragrallator）和东方强壮百合龙类(Corpulentapus lilasia）。足迹共组成至少63条行迹,作者系统实测了其中50条,并据足迹大小指数—复步长和GAE(跷脚龙—安琪龙—实雷龙）图解给出了识别3类兽脚类足迹的经验性数值。足迹点沉积特征显示,浅湖相粉砂质泥岩和粉砂岩逐渐过渡为滨湖相砂岩。足迹层及其邻近层位波痕、泥裂发育,根据波脊线恢复的古岸线方向为东西向,波浪运动方向呈现出北至北西周期性变化,表明可能存在季节性风向变化。泥裂以及恐龙分布特征显示足迹点以S/WS为湖心方向,以N/EN为湖岸方向。似跷脚龙类和东方强壮百合龙类足迹分布区域的差异性表明东方强壮百合龙类生活区域更靠近湖岸。恐龙足迹中存在的明显叠盖现象表明足迹不是同时,而是多次活动遗迹。小型兽脚类行迹中较多近于平行的行迹体现了集群性生活习性。行进行为研究又显示兽脚类的绝大多数为快速奔跑状态,但蜥脚类等为慢行状态。兽脚类与蜥脚类、疑似鸟脚类足迹数量之比远大于正常捕食者和被捕食者之比也表明,早白垩世中期的胶莱盆地生存着以兽脚类为主、蜥脚类和鸟脚类为辅的恐龙动物群。早白垩世晚期,胶莱盆地以及沂沭断裂带内蜥脚类、鸟脚类恐龙以及鸟类逐渐繁盛,这与华北北部恐龙足迹所恢复的造迹恐龙动物群特征较为一致。中国北方、韩国、日本白垩纪恐龙足迹以及骨骼化石发育情况暗示,晚中生代中国北方以及东亚地区发育一个以恐龙等脊椎动物为主的大型陆地动物群。     

河南汝阳盆地早白垩世晚期禽龙类化石的发现 及其地层学意义

记述了产自河南汝阳盆地早白垩世晚期相互关联的禽龙类9个中前部尾椎椎体化石。由于化石只保存不完整的尾椎部分,其属种难以断定。但它的发现说明,汝阳巨型蜥脚类恐龙动物群中,除了植食性的大型蜥脚类恐龙外,也存在大型鸟脚类恐龙——禽龙类。保存的尾椎椎体系列与发现于比利时的早白垩世贝尼萨尔禽龙相比,不论是大小还是形态构造上均极为相似,从而判断这9个连续的尾椎体分别为第7到第15尾椎。进而推断,河南汝阳盆地产出巨型蜥脚类恐龙动物群化石的沉积地层形成于早白垩世晚期。     

长春龙动物群中的兽脚类材料及其多样性

吉林省中部地区白垩系泉头组中保存了一个典型的脊椎动物化石群,该动物群以基干鸟脚类娇小长春龙为代表,还包括禽龙类、角龙类、兽脚类、蜥脚类、鳄类、真兽类,以及恐龙蛋等8类陆生脊椎动物化石,笔者将其定名为长春龙动物群。为了研究该动物群的物种多样性,笔者对该动物群中的兽脚类牙齿材料进行了较为详细系统的研究。我们将测量获取的化石特征数据绘制成二维散点图进行分析,并结合牙齿特征开展标本的骨骼形态学对比与鉴定。研究发现在该动物群中至少存在4种不同类型兽脚类恐龙,分别为跃龙类、驰龙类、暴龙类和未定类。其中,驰龙类材料在松辽盆地中生代地层中是首次发现。长春龙动物群中兽脚类的分异性,从侧面说明了长春龙动物群应为一个物种组成十分丰富的脊椎动物群落。     

A New Sauropod, Gongxianosaurus, from the Lower Jurassic of Sichuan, China

The paper describes an early and primitive sauropod dinosaur, Gongxianosaurus shibeiensis (gen. et sp. nov.), from the Dongyuemiao Member of the Lower Jurassic Ziliujing Formation in Shibei Township, Gongxian County, Sichuan Province, China, which is one of the 5 dinosaur fossils discovered in Gongxian in 1997. Except the skull which is incomplete, the fossils are well preserved. It has some features of both sauropods and prosauropods. It is an intermediate type in the evolution of dinosaurs from prosauropods to sauropods and provides materials for the study of the origin and evolution of the sauropod dinosaur fauna. The discovery of this new sauropod furnishes a way for the stratigraphic correlation between the Early Jurassic Ziliujing Formation in the Sichuan basin and the Lower Jurassic Lufeng Formation in the Central Yunnan basin.     

Discovery of a New Middle Jurassic Dinosaur Site in Sichuan, China

The Sichuan Basin,also known as the‘Red Basin’,is famous for its abundance of Mesozoic dinosaur fossils,especially in the Zigong area during the Jurassic era;the Middle Jurassic Shunosaurus and the Late Jurassic Mamenchisaurus faunal assemblages are the most representative.The Qinglongshan dinosaur fossil site is located in Fuxing,to the northwest of Rong County,Zigong City.This new site is situated within the Middle Jurassic Xiashaximiao Formation,and geologically is roughly equivalent to the well-known Dashanpu dinosaur fossil site.More than 600 dinosaur fossils were found concentrated in the excavation area,including teeth;cervical,dorsal and caudal vertebrae;and various parts of appendicular skeletons.This fossil site is also most significant as it provides new information on non-avian dinosaur life during the poorly understood Middle Jurassic.     

First record of dinosaur trackway from Tibet,China

Three sauropod trackways comprise eight tracks that resemble Brontopodus tracks have been found at the Morong track site in Changdu Prefecture, Tibet, China. These wide- (or sub-wide)-gauge tracks suggest that there was a large sauropod, possibly a member of Titanosauriformes, in Changdu Prefecture during the Early-Middle Jurassic. The sauropod fauna from Changdu Prefecture, Tibet not only has elements in common with the sauropod fauna from the Sichuan Basin, but may include more diverse faunal components.     

New Evidence of Sauropod Dinosaurs from the Early Jurassic Period of Thailand

The oldest dinosaur assemblages of Thailand deposit in continental sedimentary rocks of the Nam Phong Formation. Not only Isanosaurus attavipatchi was discovered but at least two more species of basal sauropods were found. A partial skeleton from Phu Hin Tan locality refers to sauropod taxon A. It is different from Isanosaurus and shares some characteristics with basal sauropods in the Early Jurassic. The sauropod taxon B was found in Non Sra Ard locality. Base on postcranial skeleton, sauropod taxon B shares some characteristics of the family Vulcanodontidae. Moreover, several fragments of the sauropods specimen are also found in Pha Khok Wang Yang and Phu Noi localities. All of the evidences above indicate that there are a highly diversity of sauropods in the Nam Phong Formation. At least three sauropod species (including Isanosaurus) were found in the Nam Phong formation. The issue about the age of the Nam Phong has been debated for a long time between the Triassic and Jurassic age. All of sauropodomorphs, in this study, are more likely the Early Jurassic period dinosaurs than the Triassic period dinosaurs. And they have deposited in the upper part of Nam Phong Formation.     

A new ornithopod (Dinosauria,Ornithischia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Antarctica and its palaeobiogeographical implications

A new ornithopod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Snow Hill Island Formation, at James Ross Island, Antarctica is here described. This new taxon, named as Morrosaurus antarcticus gen. et sp. nov., is represented by a fragmentary right hind limb belonging to a medium-sized individual. Our phylogenetic analysis nests the new taxon in a monophyletic clade of Southern Hemisphere ornithopods that includes most Patagonian and Antarctic ornithopods. Several members of this group share a slender and bunched foot with narrow metatarsal IV, expanded chevrons, and bowed humerus without deltopectoral crest. Several features indicate that these ornithopods exhibit adaptations for a specialized cursorial mode of life. The recognition of Patagonian and Antarctic Ornithopoda belonging to a monophyletic clade reinforces palaeobiogeographical signals indicating that Patagonia, Antarctica and Australia shared a common Late Cretaceous terrestrial fauna.     

四川广元恐龙化石埋藏地上沙溪庙组的双壳动物群

在四川广元河西乡恐龙化石埋藏地的上沙溪庙组地层中,采获的丰富的双壳类化石,属于Cuneopsis-Psilunio-Eolamprotula淡水双壳类动物群。上沙溪庙组中的双壳化石表明,含有恐龙化石的这套地层的时代为中侏罗世,从而为广元河西乡恐龙动物群时代的确定提供了新的资料。     

自贡沙溪庙组地球化学特征及其对物源区和古风化的指示

本文对中侏罗统沙溪庙组泥质岩的主量元素、微量元素和稀土元素特征进行了研究,并讨论了物源区性质以及风化特征。物源区以长英质岩石为主,指示化学风化程度的CIA指数及成分成熟度的ICV指数,表明经历了低-中等的化学风化作用,反映了中侏罗世的半干旱气候环境。     

泰国半岛侏罗纪叶肢介再研究

产于泰国半岛班关坤村附近的叶肢介化石原鉴定为 Pseudograpta cf.yuzhongensis Chen,P.jialingensisDuan,P.siamensis Duan,P.sp.,Paleoleptestheria chinensis Chen和 Palaeolmnadia?sp.等 5个属种或未定种 ,认为其时代为中侏罗世晚期。现经重新研究 ,发现这些叶肢介化石生长带上的网孔状装饰网壁相对较粗 ,网孔较深 ,孔径比 Euestheria ziliujingensis叶肢介群的分子要稍大一些 ,但远比 Pseudograpta或 N estoria叶肢介群的要小 ,基本上可以归入 Paleoleptestheria?chinensis叶肢介群 ,其生物地理区系属于古地中海水系 ,与中国西南湖群中侏罗世晚期的叶肢介动物群关系最为密切 ,其生存时代与北方地理区系的 Pseudograpta叶肢介动物群大致平行