Saichania chulsanensis Maryanska 1977 (ankylosaurid)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Ankylosauridae

Synonyms: Shanxia tianzhenensis Barrett et al. 1998, Shanxia tianzhensis Barrett et al. 1998, Tianzhenosaurus youngi Pang and Cheng 1998

Full reference: T. Maryanska. 1977. Ankylosauridae (Dinosauria) from Mongolia. Palaeontologia Polonica 37:85-151

Belongs to Saichania according to V. M. Arbour and P. J. Currie 2016

See also Arbour 2007, Arbour et al. 2014, Arbour and Currie 2013, Arbour et al. 2014, Arbour et al. 2012, Barrett 2001, Barrett et al. 1998, Barsbold 1997, Blows 2014, Carpenter 2001, Carpenter et al. 2011, Czepiński 2020, Ford 2000, Gradzinski et al. 1977, Han et al. 2014, Kineer et al. 2016, Kirkland et al. 2013, Longrich et al. 2010, Lü et al. 2007, Maryanska 1977, Olshevsky 1981, Osmólska 1997, Osmólska 1997, Pang and Cheng 1998, Parsons and Parsons 2009, Penkalski 2014, Penkalski and Tumanova 2017, Sullivan 2000, Sullivan and Fowler 2006, Tumanova 1987, Tumanova 2000, Upchurch and Barrett 2000, Vickaryous et al. 2004, Vickaryous et al. 2001 and Xu et al. 2016

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Saichania chulsanensis: GI SPS 100/151, a partial skeleton (complete skull and both mandibles, seven cervical vertebrae (including fused atlas and axis), 10 dorsal vertebrae, ribs, sternum, both scapulocoracoids, humerus). Its type locality is Khulsan, Northern Cliffs, site 11 [PMPE], which is in a Campanian/Campanian terrestrial sandstone in the Baruungoyot Formation of Mongolia.
  • Shanxia tianzhenensis: IVPP V11276, a partial skeleton (fragmentary skull (skull roof, ?quadratojugal, braincase, occiput), axis, five additional cervicals, three dorsals, four caudals, right humerus, fragment of ?il). Its type locality is Wujiashan Quarry, which is in a Cenomanian/Campanian terrestrial siltstone/sandstone in the Huiquanpu Formation of China.
  • Tianzhenosaurus youngi: HBV-10001, a skull (nearly complete skull). Its type locality is Kangdailiang Quarry, Zhaojiagou, which is in a Cenomanian/Campanian fluvial mudstone in the Huiquanpu Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of China (2 collections), Mongolia (3)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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