Borealosaurus

Bor-e-al-o-sore-us.
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Emerson Winslow

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Name

Borealosaurus ‭(‬North wind lizard‭)‬.

Phonetic

Bor-e-al-o-sore-us.

Named By

H.‭ ‬You,‭ ‬Q.‭ ‬Ji,‭ ‬M.‭ ‬C.‭ ‬Lamanna,‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Li‭ & ‬Y.‭ ‬Li‭ ‬-‭ ‬2004.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Sauropoda,‭ ‬Titanosauria.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

B.‭ ‬wimani‭

Size

Estimated about‭ ‬12‭ ‬meters long.

Known locations

China,‭ ‬Liaoning Province‭ ‬-‭ ‬Sunjiawan Formation.

Time Period

Late Albian/early Cenomanian of the Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Partial post cranial remains.

In Depth

       Borealosaurus is a genus of titanosaurid dinosaur that lived in China around the boundary of the early/late Cretaceous.‭ ‬Though only known from partial remains,‭ ‬Borealosaurus has been interpreted as being potentially related to the better known Opisthocoelicaudia.‭ ‬In addition to this the Japanese titanosaur Fukuititan has also been interpreted as a close relation to Borealosaurus upon the basis of similarities seen in the caudal vertebrae of these two titanosaur genera.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬A titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur with opsithocoelous caudal vertebrae from the early Late Cretaceous of Liaoning province,‭ ‬China.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Acta Geologica Sinica‭ ‬78‭(‬4‭)‬:907-911.‭ ‬-‭ ‬H.‭ ‬You,‭ ‬Q.‭ ‬Ji,‭ ‬M.‭ ‬C.‭ ‬Lamanna,‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Li‭ & ‬Y.‭ ‬Li‭ ‬-‭ ‬2004.

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