Extinct genus of dinosaurs
Lingyuanosaurus (meaning "Lingyuan's lizard") is a genus of therizinosaurian dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of China. It contains a single species, L. sihedangensis. It was found within a layer of the Jehol Group.
Discovery.
The first fossil remains of "Lingyuanosaurus" were recovered in seven slabs of different sizes from lacustrine sediments of the Jehol Group at Sihedang, Liaoning Province of China. It is not known for certain whether the sediments in which "Lingyuanosaurus" was found correspond to the Jiufotang or Yixian formations. Given the fact that no other fossils were found in proximity, there were no duplicated elements, all bones had the same color and preservation, the fossils are regarded as belonging to a single individual. These remains are catalogued under the specimen number IVPP V 23589 (Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology), and include one ;dfn id="" ;cervical ;/dfn ; centrum, five partial ;dfn id="" ;dorsal ;/dfn ; and ;dfn id="" ;sacral vertebrae ;/dfn ;, six ;dfn id="" ;caudal vertebrae ;/dfn ;, several ribs, partial left and right humeri, two manual unguals, left ilium, a possible portion of left ischium, right femur, partial left tibia and right ;dfn id="" ;astragalus ;/dfn ;, and other indeterminate elements of a disarticulated but associated juvenile individual. The specimen was formally described by Xi Yao and colleagues in 2019 and made the holotype for the new genus and species "Lingyuanosaurus sihedangensis". The generic name, "Lingyuanosaurus", is in reference to county-level city of Lingyuan and the specific name, "sihedangensis", is in reference to its place of discovery as well, the town of Sihedang.
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