[D] Tianchiasaurus nedegoapeferkima [sG] [T]
Describer
Dong, 1993
Time
Jurassic Middle Bajocian Bathonian
Classification
Ornithischia Thyreophora Eurypoda Ankylosauria ?Ankylosauridae Nomina Dubia
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Toutunhe Formation, Sangonghe Valley, Fukang County, Xinjang, Junggar Basin, China
Length
3 meter
Info
Genus - Typespecies
Tianchiasaurus nedegoapeferkima (Dong, 1993) >> \\\"Jurassosaurus\\\" nedegoapeferkimorum (Dong vide Holden, 1992)
The specimen was informally referred to as \\\"Jurassosaurus\\\" in honor of the motion picture \\\"Jurassic Park,\\\" and the type species name nedegoapeferima (ne-DEG-oh-a-PEF-e-REE-ma) is formed from the family names of the film\\\'s main stars (Neil, Dern, Goldblum, Attenborough, Peck, Ferraro, Richards, Mazello). Steven Spielberg, director of \\\"Jurassic Park,\\\" donated money for Chinese dinosaur research, and was allowed to propose a name. (Dong later emended the spelling to Tianchisaurus, but changes such as correcting connecting vowels are not authorized by the ICZN.)
Holotype
IVPP V. 10614. Named \\\"Jurassosaurus\\\" in the popular press. By far the oldest member of the Ankylosauridae (it does have a small, flat, bony tail club).
The locality is near the famous Tianchi (Heavenly Lake) of the Tianshan Mountains. The first ankylosaur discoverd in the Middle Jurassic of Central Asia. Collected in 1974 by students doing fieldwork with the Geolocial Department of Xinjiang University. It was send tot the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) for identification in 1976.
Fragments of the skull, give servical, six dorsal, seven associated sacral (including two dorsosacrals and one caudosacral) and three caudal vertebrae, fragmentary limbs and many scutes were collected with some unidentified ankylosaur elements. Two teeth, servical limb bones and two claws of a theropod were recoverd from the same quarry. All bones of the holotype belong to one individual.
The generic name is derived from \\\"Tianchi\\\"which is Pinyin Chinese meaning the Heavenly pool. The specific name is for the stars of the 1993 film \\\"Jurassic Park\\\", Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Bon Peck, MArtin Ferraro, Ariana Richards and Joey MAzello. It was constructed from the first one ore two letters of the family names.
Dong, 1993
Time
Jurassic Middle Bajocian Bathonian
Classification
Ornithischia Thyreophora Eurypoda Ankylosauria ?Ankylosauridae Nomina Dubia
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Toutunhe Formation, Sangonghe Valley, Fukang County, Xinjang, Junggar Basin, China
Length
3 meter
Info
Genus - Typespecies
Tianchiasaurus nedegoapeferkima (Dong, 1993) >> \\\"Jurassosaurus\\\" nedegoapeferkimorum (Dong vide Holden, 1992)
The specimen was informally referred to as \\\"Jurassosaurus\\\" in honor of the motion picture \\\"Jurassic Park,\\\" and the type species name nedegoapeferima (ne-DEG-oh-a-PEF-e-REE-ma) is formed from the family names of the film\\\'s main stars (Neil, Dern, Goldblum, Attenborough, Peck, Ferraro, Richards, Mazello). Steven Spielberg, director of \\\"Jurassic Park,\\\" donated money for Chinese dinosaur research, and was allowed to propose a name. (Dong later emended the spelling to Tianchisaurus, but changes such as correcting connecting vowels are not authorized by the ICZN.)
Holotype
IVPP V. 10614. Named \\\"Jurassosaurus\\\" in the popular press. By far the oldest member of the Ankylosauridae (it does have a small, flat, bony tail club).
The locality is near the famous Tianchi (Heavenly Lake) of the Tianshan Mountains. The first ankylosaur discoverd in the Middle Jurassic of Central Asia. Collected in 1974 by students doing fieldwork with the Geolocial Department of Xinjiang University. It was send tot the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) for identification in 1976.
Fragments of the skull, give servical, six dorsal, seven associated sacral (including two dorsosacrals and one caudosacral) and three caudal vertebrae, fragmentary limbs and many scutes were collected with some unidentified ankylosaur elements. Two teeth, servical limb bones and two claws of a theropod were recoverd from the same quarry. All bones of the holotype belong to one individual.
The generic name is derived from \\\"Tianchi\\\"which is Pinyin Chinese meaning the Heavenly pool. The specific name is for the stars of the 1993 film \\\"Jurassic Park\\\", Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Bon Peck, MArtin Ferraro, Ariana Richards and Joey MAzello. It was constructed from the first one ore two letters of the family names.