Postcranial anatomy of Yinlong downsi (Dinosauria: Ceratopsia) from the Upper Jurassic Shishugou Formation of China and the phylogeny of basal ornithischians

doi:10.1080/14772019.2017.1369185

	Postcranial anatomy of Yinlong downsi (Dinosauria: Ceratopsia) from the Upper Jurassic Shishugou Formation of China and the phylogeny of basal ornithischians
	Han, Fenglu1,2 ; Forster, Catherine A.3; Xu, Xing2 ; Clark, James M.3
刊名	JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY
	2018
卷号	16 期号:14 页码:1159-1187
关键词	Ceratopsia Ornithischia phylogeny Jurassic China
ISSN号	1477-2019
DOI	10.1080/14772019.2017.1369185
通讯作者	Han, Fenglu(hanfl@cug.edu.cn)
英文摘要	Ceratopsia includes some of the best-known ornithischian dinosaurs. Many species are erected based on cranial elements alone, and the postcranial skeletons are either missing or undescribed in many taxa. Here we provide the first detailed postcranial description of Yinlong downsi based on the holotype and eight other well-preserved skeletons. Yinlong downsi from the early Late Jurassic Shishugou Formation of the Wucaiwan area, Xinjiang, China, represents one of the most basal ceratopsians. The detailed study of the postcranial skeleton reveals one feature unique to it among ceratopsians: a blade-like prepubic process of the pubis with an elongate notch near its ventral margin. The postcranial material of Yinlong shares some unique features with that of the ornithischian Stenopelix valdensis from the Early Cretaceous of Germany, and provides further evidence that the latter is a basal ceratopsian. A comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of basal ornithischians was built based on 72 taxa and 380 characters. Most of the characters are illustrated for the first time in order to clarify character states. The new ornithischian phylogeny confirms that Yinlong belongs to Chaoyangsauridae. Chaoyangsaurids and Psittacosaurus form a monophyletic group that is sister to all other ceratopsians. The new phylogeny also supports Stenopelix valdensis as a basal ceratopsian, and Mosaiceratops to be close to Coronosauria. Additionally, the new phylogeny agrees with other recent analyses that place heterodontosaurids as the most basal ornithischians rather than with marginocephalians. Furthermore, Isaberrysaura, which has been hypothesized to be a basal ornithopod, is recovered as one of the most basal stegosaurs for the first time. The former hypsilophodontid' taxa are recovered within Ornithopoda rather than outside Cerapoda, and Jeholosauridae is shown to be valid in this analysis.
资助项目	National Natural Science Foundation of China[41120124002] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41688103] ; National Geographic Society ; US National Science Foundation[EAR 0310217] ; US National Science Foundation[EAR 0922187]
WOS关键词	CRETACEOUS YIXIAN FORMATION ; EARLY EVOLUTION ; SOUTH-AFRICA ; OSTEOLOGY ; POSITION ; ORIGIN ; PARVUS
WOS研究方向	Evolutionary Biology ; Paleontology
语种	英语
出版者	TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
WOS记录号	WOS:000441659700001
资助机构	National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Geographic Society ; US National Science Foundation
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/8871]
专题	中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所
通讯作者	Han, Fenglu
作者单位	1.China Univ Geosci, Sch Earth Sci, Wuhan, Hubei, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Evolutionary Systemat Vertebrates, Beijing, Peoples R China 3.George Washington Univ, Dept Biol Sci, Washington, DC 20052 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Han, Fenglu,Forster, Catherine A.,Xu, Xing,et al. Postcranial anatomy of Yinlong downsi (Dinosauria: Ceratopsia) from the Upper Jurassic Shishugou Formation of China and the phylogeny of basal ornithischians[J]. JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY,2018,16(14):1159-1187.
APA	Han, Fenglu,Forster, Catherine A.,Xu, Xing,&Clark, James M..(2018).Postcranial anatomy of Yinlong downsi (Dinosauria: Ceratopsia) from the Upper Jurassic Shishugou Formation of China and the phylogeny of basal ornithischians.JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY,16(14),1159-1187.
MLA	Han, Fenglu,et al."Postcranial anatomy of Yinlong downsi (Dinosauria: Ceratopsia) from the Upper Jurassic Shishugou Formation of China and the phylogeny of basal ornithischians".JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY 16.14(2018):1159-1187.