曼特尔龙属
外观
曼特尔龙属![]() 化石时期:下白垩纪,
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界: | 动物界 Animalia |
门: | 脊索动物门 Chordata |
纲: | 蜥形纲 Sauropsida |
总目: | 恐龙总目 Dinosauria |
目: | †鸟臀目 Ornithischia |
亚目: | †鸟脚亚目 Ornithopoda |
演化支: | †禽龙类 Iguanodontia |
演化支: | †橡树龙形态类 Dryomorpha |
演化支: | †直拇指龙类 Ankylopollexia |
演化支: | †硬棘龙类 Styracosterna |
演化支: | †鸭嘴龙形类 Hadrosauriformes |
总科: | †鸭嘴龙超科 Hadrosauroidea |
属: | †曼特尔龙属 Mantellisaurus Paul, 2006 |
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阿瑟菲尔德曼特尔龙 Mantellisaurus atherfieldensis (Hooley, 1925)
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曼特尔龙属(学名:Mantellisaurus)是种最近被重新命名的一属恐龙,原本被命名为阿瑟菲尔德禽龙(I. atherfieldensis)。
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曼特尔龙的化石最初是在1914年由雷金纳德·胡利(Reginald Hooley)发现于英格兰南部,而到1917年有新闻报导。胡利最初将牠们命名为阿瑟菲尔德禽龙,是以化石发现地威特岛西南岸的阿瑟菲尔德村为名。在2007年,格里高利·保罗(Gregory S. Paul)建立曼特尔龙属,是以发现禽龙的古生物学家吉迪恩·曼特尔(Gideon Mantell)为名[1]。
根据保罗的说法,曼特尔龙的体型较禽龙小,与豪勇龙关系更接近。曼特尔龙生存于白垩纪早期的英格兰,化石包含许多完整与几乎完整的化石[1]。
与阿瑟菲尔德禽龙相比,曼特尔龙的体型较小,体重估计值约0.75公吨。曼特尔龙的前肢比例较短,而前肢长度约是后肢的一半;与贝尼萨尔禽龙相比,曼特尔龙的后肢长度约是贝尼萨尔禽龙的约70%长。由于曼特尔龙的前肢较短,身体也较短,保罗推测曼特尔龙主要采取二足方式行走,只有在静止时、缓慢行动时才会采取四足方式移动[2]。
Heterosaurus、楔椎龙、威特岛龙可能是曼特尔龙的异名。在2004年的书籍《The Dinosauria》第二版中,牠们过去曾是阿瑟菲尔德禽龙的异名[3]。但保罗的2007年研究并没有纳入这些说法。其他的可能异名包含:道罗齿龙、前扁臀龙[4]。
异名
[编辑]- 阿瑟菲尔德禽龙 Iguanodon atherfieldensis Hooley, 1925
- ?短尾鲸龙 Cetiosaurus brachyurus Owen, 1842
- ?Heterosaurus neocombiensis Cornuel, 1850
- ?楔椎龙 Sphenospondylus gracilis Lydekker, 1888
- ?威特岛龙 Vectisaurus valdensis Hulke, 1879
参考资料
[编辑]- ^ 1.0 1.1 Paul, G.S. Turning the old into the new: a separate genus for the gracile iguanodont from the Wealden of England. K. Carpenter (ed.) (编). Horns and Beaks: Ceratopsian and Ornithopod Dinosaurs. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. 2007: pp. 69–77.
- ^ Paul, Gregory S. A revised taxonomy of the iguanodont dinosaur genera and species. Cretaceous Research. 2008, 29 (2): 192–216. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2007.04.009.
- ^ Norman, David B. Basal Iguanodontia. Weishampel, D.B., Dodson, P., and Osmólska, H. (eds.) (编). The Dinosauria 2nd. Berkeley: University of California Press. 2004: pp. 413–437. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
- ^ McDonald, Andrew T. The status of Dollodon and other basal iguanodonts (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the upper Wealden beds (Lower Cretaceous) of Europe. Cretaceous Research advance online publication. 2011. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2011.03.002.
- Cornuel, M., 1850, Note sur des ossements fossiles decouvertes dans le calcaire neocomien de Wassy (Haute-Marne): Bulletin de la societie geologiques de France, 2nd series, v. 7, p. 702-704.
- Hooley, W., 1925, On the skeleton of Iguanodon atherfieldensis sp. nov., from the Wealden Shales of Atherfield (Isle of Wight): Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, v. 81, p. 1-61.
- Hulke, J. W., 1879, Vectisaurus valdensis, a new Wealden Dinosaur: Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, v. 35, p. 421-424.
- Owen, R., 1842, Report on British Fossil Reptiles. Part II: Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, v. 11, p. 60-204.
- Lydekker, R., 1888, Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, S.W., Part 1. Containing the Orders Ornithosauria, Crocodilia, Dinosauria, Squamta, Rhynchocephalia, and Proterosauria: British Museum of Natural History, London, 309pp.
- Norman, D.B., 2012. "Iguanodontian Taxa (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Lower Cretaceous of England and Belgium". In: Pascal Godefroit (ed.), Bernissart Dinosaurs and Early Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems. Indiana University Press. 464 pp. http://www.iupress.indiana.edu/product_info.php?products_id=800408 (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆)
- Paul, G.S. 2007. Turning the old into the new: a separate genus for the gracile iguanodont from the Wealden of England; pp. 69–77 in K. Carpenter (ed.), Horns and Beaks: Ceratopsian and Ornithopod Dinosaurs. Indiana University Press, Bloomington.
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