#yandusaurus

[obscurefossils]

Yandusaurus hongheensis

Yandusaurus was a genus of ornithischian dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic. Its type species is Y. hongheensis. The only specimen was found in Jinzidang near the Honghe dam during construction in 1973. The fossil had been accidentally processed partially through the composter but was still intact enough to work with, and it was formally described in 1979.

A second species, Y. multidens, was named in 1983, but this was later reassigned to Agilisaurus in 1992 and then Othnielia (Nanosaurus) in 1996. Eventually, in 2005, it was described as its own genus as Hexinlusaurus multidens.

The fossil consists of the skull, vertebral column, shoulder girdle, frontlimbs and hindlimb, all of which are heavily damaged. The end of the tail, lower jaws, and pelvis were most likely destroyed in the composter. Y. honheensis was bipedal and likely a fast runner with four toes on its hind legs and five on its front legs. It had large eyes and its teeth showed unique patterns of parallel ridges along them.

Original paper: He, X. "A newly discovered ornithopod dinosaur-Yandusaurus from Zigong, China." Contributions to International Exchange of Geology, Part 2 (1979): 116-123.

Wikipedia article: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yandusaurus

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[1dinodaily]

10/23/22 Yandusaurus & Booger

#inktober #inktober 2022 #this one actually came out a lot prettier than i thought lol #daily dino #paleoart #dinosaur #dinosaurs #dinosaur art #species: yandusaurus #my art

[goldenchocobo]

Dinovemver Day 4: Tujiangosaurus A lone Tuojiangosaurus retreating into the woods after sensing oncoming rain, accompanied by two Yandusaurus

I chose Tujiangosaurus because it’s one of the first skeletal mounts you see at London’s NHM when entering the dinosaur walkway. When I was younger- I always thought it was a stegosaurus. I love the NHM in London and crave to go there again some day- I’ve been there so many times in my life that I could practically give tours!

#Dinovember #Dinosaur #Stegosauria #Tujiangosaurus #Yandusaurus #Goldenchocobo's Art

[jef-jaxon]

Yandosaurus, *winks knowingly at camera. (Yes there really is a yandusaurus, sorry Internet) #yandu #yandusaurus #drawdinovember #gaurdiansofthegalaxy #immarypoppinsyall #marypoppins #ishoukdgotobed #marvel #art #fanart

#immarypoppinsyall #drawdinovember #ishoukdgotobed #gaurdiansofthegalaxy #yandu #art #marypoppins #yandusaurus

[jurassicsunsets]

There’s a joke to be made with Yandusaurus and Yondu from Guardians of the Galaxy but I’m not the one to make it.

[paleonativeart]

Fuzz A fuzzy Leaellynasaura was cold adapted polar dinosaur, with these fuzzy coat that will keep it warm throughout the months of total darkness during the long winter nights. By the way, here’s a catch. Leaellynasaura is used to be basal Ornithopod, but due more closely related to Yandusaurus and other smaller kins than previously thought, it was now placed basal Neornithischia along side with Hypsilophodon.

#leaellynasaura #neornithischia #ornithischia #dinosaur #dinosauria #dinovember #drawdinovember #feathereddinosaur #fuzzy #my art #paleoart

[scorpiraw]

#yandusaurus guarding his namesake (Yan "salt" and du "capital", the ancient name for a centre of Chinese salt mining. Ty #Wikipedia). #dinovember2017 #drawdinovember #illustration #adobe #illustrator #adobeillustrator #salt #practice http://ift.tt/2jkiXNJ

#salt #capital #yandusaurus guarding his namesake (Yan and du #the ancient name for a centre of Ch

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

Yandusaurus hongheensis

By Jack Wood on @thewoodparable

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Name: Yandusaurus hongheensis

Name Meaning: Salt Capital Reptile

First Described: 1979

Described By: He

Classification: Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Genasauria, Neornithischia

Yandusaurus is a Neornithischian known only from a fragmentary skeleton from the Shaximiao Formation in Sichuan, china. It dates back to around 169 to 163 million years ago, in the Bathonian age of the Middle Jurassic. Originally thought to be an Ornithopod, it has since been found to be a Neornithischian in further studies. It had relatively large eyes, and asymmetrical teeth that were worn down on the inner side, indicating heavy use. It was somewhere between 3.2 and 3.8 meters long. 

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yandusaurus

Boyd, C. A. 2015. The systematic relationships and biogeographic history of ornithischian dinosaurs. PeerJ 3:e1523 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1523.

Shout out goes to @whoodith!

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