[D] Quingxiusaurus youjiangensis [sG] [T]
Describer
Mo, Huang, Zhao, Wang & Xu 2008
Time
Cretaceous Late
Classification
Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Sauropoda Titanosauria
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Dashi village, suburb of Nanning City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
Info
A new titanosaurian taxon, Quingxiusaurus youjiangensis gen. et sp. nov. from the Upper Cretaceous red beds of Nanning City, Guanxi, China is reported. It is represented by several postcranial elements including a cranial caudal neural spine, a pair of sternal plates, and a pair of humeri.
The new taxon is diagnosed on the basis ofa combination of following features: simply-built cranial caudal neural spine elongated and paddle-shaped and the length ratio between sternal plate en humerus low ( about 0.65).
The new form, as well as other recently recovered titanosaurian taxa from Asia, indicates a higly modified postcranial morphology and large diversity whitin the sauropod calde in the Cretaceous of Asia.
Etymology
\\\\\\\"Quinxiu\\\\\\\" for \\\\\\\"shanqingshuixiu\\\\\\\" (pinyin), means \\\\\\\"a picteresque scenery of mountains and water in Guangxi; \\\\\\\"saurus\\\\\\\" means lizard (Greek); youjiang, after the name of the river where the specimen is excavated.
Holotype
A partial postcranial skeleton (NHMG 8499) including a cranial caudal neural spine, nearly complete paired sternal plates, and paired humeri.