Chine

A reconstruction of Aorun, a small coelurosaurian theropod from the Middle Jurassic China.

Holotype of Shenzhousaurus orientalis on display at the Geological Museum of China.

Holotype skull of Wannanosaurus yansiensis on display at the Paleozoological Museum of China.

The hadrosaurid dinosaur Wulagasaurus dongi gen. et sp. nov. from the Upper Cretaceous Yuliangze Formation at the Wulaga quarry, China. A. Holotype GMH W184, right dentary in lateral (A1) and medial (A2) views. B. GMH W217, right dentary in lateral (B1) and medial (B2) views.

Changmiania liaoningensis, an ornithopod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Lujiatun (Liaoning Province, China). (A) Holotype PMOL AD00114 in dorsal view; (B) anterior part of the holotype PMOL AD00114 in caudolateral view; (C) referred specimen PMOL LFV022 in dorsal view. Red arrows indicate the emplacement of the gastrolith clusters.

Partial skeleton of the heterodontosaurid Tianyulong confuciusi from the Lower Cretaceous Jehol Group of China. Partial skeleton mainly in right lateral view (IVPP V17090). Enlargements of subsequent figures are shown in red. Scale bar equals 10 cm.

Youngoolithus xiaguanensis nest on display at the Paleozoological Museum of China.

Youngoolithus xiaguanensis nest on display at the Paleozoological Museum of China.

Figure 1: Reconstruction of the skull of Bellusaurus sui from the Middle-Late Jurassic Shishugou Formation of Xinjiang, China. This reconstruction is a composite based on isolated holotypic and referred material. (A) Right lateral view. (B) Dorsal view. Holotypic elements are indicated in blue and referred elements are in green.

Chuanjiesaurus fossil in China Science and Technology Museum. The other two smaller suites of fossils are Lufengosaurus and Dilophosaurus.

Jiangxititan a titanosaurian sauropod from the Late Cretaceous of China. Typical for a sauropod, it had a long neck and stood on four pillar-like legs to support its massive body. Jiangxititan is a member of the Lognkosauria, which include some of the largest dinosaurs known, and is one of the few from mainland Asia. The discovery of Jiangxititan demonstrates the presence of both early-diverging and late-diverging titanosauriform sauropods in that area during the Late Cretaceous.

Restoration of Dongbeititan dongi from the Early Cretaceous of China

Henan Geological Museum, Zhengzhou, China. Complete indexed photo collection at WorldHistoryPics.com.

Gandititan is a basal titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of what is now China. It was a long-necked herbivore, typical of sauropods, with a relatively short tail, a characteristic of titanosaurs compared to other sauropods. Titanosauria have a wide range of body sizes, and Gandititan falls around the middle, slightly on the smaller side. Discovered with a fairly well articluated spine from neck to tail, Gandititan is estimated at about 14 m in total body length.

Restoration of Zhuchengtitan zangjiazhuangensis from the Late Cretaceous of China

Restoration of Borealosaurus a potentially titanosaur dinosaur from the Cretaceous of China