小鴨嘴龍屬
小鴨嘴龍屬(學名:Microhadrosaurus)是一屬鴨嘴龍科恐龍,化石從中國廣東的南雄盆地發現,年代屬於上白堊紀的馬斯垂克階。雖然從牠的名字就可知牠是小型的鴨嘴龍科,但其實發現的只有幼體遺骸,而成體的大小就不得而知了。
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歷史
董枝明認為小鴨嘴龍很像埃德蒙頓龍,但個子較小。但是,鴨嘴龍科專家Michael K. Brett-Surman卻認為小鴨嘴龍並沒有任何獨特的地方顯示牠與其他鴨嘴龍科的不同[3]。傑克·霍納(Jack Horner)等人亦認同這一個觀點,並指小鴨嘴龍是疑名[4]。
古生物學
參考文獻
- ↑ Dong Zhiming. The Cretaceous dinosaur fossils in southern China. (編) Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology and Nanjing Institute of Paleontology (eds.). Mesozoic and Cenozoic Red Beds of South China. Nanxiong, China: Science Press. 1979: 342–350 (中文).
- ↑ Dong Zhiming. Dinosaurs from China. Beijing: China Ocean Press. 1987: 1–114. ISBN 0-565-01073-5.
- ↑ Brett-Surman, Michael K. A revision of the Hadrosauridae (Reptilia:Ornithischia) and their evolution during the Campanian and Maastrichtian. Ph.D. dissertation. Washington, D.C.: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences of The George Washington University. 1989: 1–272.
- ↑ Horner, John R.; Weishampel, David B.; and Forster, Catherine A. Hadrosauridae. (編) Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.). The Dinosauria 2nd. Berkeley: University of California Press. 2004: 438–463. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.