[dinosaur] Titanosauriform fossils from Upper Cretaceous Daijiaping Formation of China (2019)

--000000000000bbd89c059a258d3e
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-printable

Ben [email protected]=0A=0AA new paper with free pdf:=0A=0AFen=
glu Han, Xing Xu, Corwin Sullivan, Leqing Huang, Yu Guo & Rui Wu (2019)=0AN=
ew titanosauriform (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) specimens from the Upper=0ACreta=
ceous Daijiaping Formation of southern China=0ANew titanosauriform (Dinosau=
ria: Sauropoda) specimens from the Upper=0ACretaceous Daijiaping Formation =
of southern China.=0APeerJ 7:e8237=0Adoi: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com=
/v2/url?u=3Dhttps-3A__doi.org_10.7717_peerj.8237&d=3DDwIFaQ&c=3DclK7kQUTWtA=
VEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=3DRy_mO4IFaUmGof_Yl9MyZgecRCKHn5g4z1CYJg=
FW9SI&m=3DwcwsLk6sG79Apmd8-6-GU7emf0Gn-IwW01-IHZvXQT8&s=3Dw8eEgZpKLyhoS7sMC=
PsteGvXVZUK11AzJZxzF9Z-_nk&e=3D=20=0Ahttps://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/u=
rl?u=3Dhttps-3A__peerj.com_articles_8237_&d=3DDwIFaQ&c=3DclK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgv=
i0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=3DRy_mO4IFaUmGof_Yl9MyZgecRCKHn5g4z1CYJgFW9SI&m=
=3DwcwsLk6sG79Apmd8-6-GU7emf0Gn-IwW01-IHZvXQT8&s=3DvfOs1ZWpIzx_CbbOLIa2sfsA=
Oe2IxF-vJ9imEl_1F6c&e=3D=20=0A=0AFree pdf:=0Ahttps://urldefense.proofpoint.=
com/v2/url?u=3Dhttps-3A__peerj.com_articles_8237.pdf&d=3DDwIFaQ&c=3DclK7kQU=
TWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=3DRy_mO4IFaUmGof_Yl9MyZgecRCKHn5g4z1=
CYJgFW9SI&m=3DwcwsLk6sG79Apmd8-6-GU7emf0Gn-IwW01-IHZvXQT8&s=3Dyl7b6_v58mPB7=
V9t3gHA12fy3LI-Olfn2hJWxInmsZU&e=3D=20=0A=0A=0ATitanosauriform sauropod din=
osaurs were once considered rare in the Upper=0ACretaceous of Asia, but a n=
umber of titanosauriforms from this=0Astratigraphic interval have been disc=
overed in China in recent years. In=0Afact, all adequately known Cretaceous=
 Asian sauropods are titanosauriforms,=0Abut only a few have been well stud=
ied, lending significance to any new=0Aanatomical information that can be e=
xtracted from Asia=E2=80=99s Cretaceous=0Asauropod record. Here we give a d=
etailed description of some=0Atitanosauriform bones recovered recently from=
 the Upper Cretaceous=0ADaijiaping Formation of Tianyuan County, Zhuzhou Ci=
ty, Hunan Province,=0Asouthern China. The occurrence of this material in Hu=
nan increases the=0Aknown geographic range of titanosauriforms in eastern A=
sia. Although all of=0Athe specimens discussed in this paper can be assigne=
d to Titanosauriformes=0Aat least tentatively, some bones display a limited=
 number of features that=0Aare more typical of basal sauropods and/or deriv=
ed diplodocoids, suggesting=0Acomplex patterns of character evolution withi=
n Neosauropoda.=0A=

--000000000000bbd89c059a258d3e
Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-printable

<div dir=3D"ltr"><div><br></div>Ben Creisler<div><a href=3D"mailto:bcreisle=
[email protected]">[email protected]</a></div><div><br></div><div>A new paper w=
ith free pdf:<br><div><br></div><div>Fenglu Han, Xing Xu, Corwin Sullivan, =
Leqing Huang, Yu Guo &amp; Rui Wu (2019)<br>New titanosauriform (Dinosauria=
: Sauropoda) specimens from the Upper Cretaceous Daijiaping Formation of so=
uthern China<br>New titanosauriform (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) specimens from =
the Upper Cretaceous Daijiaping Formation of southern China. <br>PeerJ 7:e8=
237<br>doi: <a href=3D"https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=3Dhttps-3=
A__doi.org_10.7717_peerj.8237&amp;d=3DDwMFaQ&amp;c=3DclK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU=
5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&amp;r=3DRy_mO4IFaUmGof_Yl9MyZgecRCKHn5g4z1CYJgFW9SI&a=
mp;m=3DwcwsLk6sG79Apmd8-6-GU7emf0Gn-IwW01-IHZvXQT8&amp;s=3Dw8eEgZpKLyhoS7sM=
CPsteGvXVZUK11AzJZxzF9Z-_nk&amp;e=3D">https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8237</a=
><br><a href=3D"https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=3Dhttps-3A__peer=
j.com_articles_8237_&amp;d=3DDwMFaQ&amp;c=3DclK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0=
H8p7CSfnc_gI&amp;r=3DRy_mO4IFaUmGof_Yl9MyZgecRCKHn5g4z1CYJgFW9SI&amp;m=3Dwc=
wsLk6sG79Apmd8-6-GU7emf0Gn-IwW01-IHZvXQT8&amp;s=3DvfOs1ZWpIzx_CbbOLIa2sfsAO=
e2IxF-vJ9imEl_1F6c&amp;e=3D">https://peerj.com/articles/8237/</a><br><br>Fr=
ee pdf:<br><a href=3D"https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=3Dhttps-3A=
__peerj.com_articles_8237.pdf&amp;d=3DDwMFaQ&amp;c=3DclK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU=
5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&amp;r=3DRy_mO4IFaUmGof_Yl9MyZgecRCKHn5g4z1CYJgFW9SI&a=
mp;m=3DwcwsLk6sG79Apmd8-6-GU7emf0Gn-IwW01-IHZvXQT8&amp;s=3Dyl7b6_v58mPB7V9t=
3gHA12fy3LI-Olfn2hJWxInmsZU&amp;e=3D">https://peerj.com/articles/8237.pdf</=
a><br><br>=C2=A0<br>Titanosauriform sauropod dinosaurs were once considered=
 rare in the Upper Cretaceous of Asia, but a number of titanosauriforms fro=
m this stratigraphic interval have been discovered in China in recent years=
. In fact, all adequately known Cretaceous Asian sauropods are titanosaurif=
orms, but only a few have been well studied, lending significance to any ne=
w anatomical information that can be extracted from Asia=E2=80=99s Cretaceo=
us sauropod record. Here we give a detailed description of some titanosauri=
form bones recovered recently from the Upper Cretaceous Daijiaping Formatio=
n of Tianyuan County, Zhuzhou City, Hunan Province, southern China. The occ=
urrence of this material in Hunan increases the known geographic range of t=
itanosauriforms in eastern Asia. Although all of the specimens discussed in=
 this paper can be assigned to Titanosauriformes at least tentatively, some=
 bones display a limited number of features that are more typical of basal =
sauropods and/or derived diplodocoids, suggesting complex patterns of chara=
cter evolution within Neosauropoda.<br><br></div></div></div>=0A=

--000000000000bbd89c059a258d3e--