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Tatisaurus, the Glossary

Tatisaurus is a genus of ornithischian dinosaur from the Early Jurassic from the Lower Lufeng Formation in Yunnan Province in China.^[1]

Ankylosauria

Ankylosauria is a group of herbivorous dinosaurs of the clade Ornithischia.

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Apomorphy and synapomorphy

In phylogenetics, an apomorphy (or derived trait) is a novel character or character state that has evolved from its ancestral form (or plesiomorphy).

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Basal (phylogenetics)

In phylogenetics, basal is the direction of the base (or root) of a rooted phylogenetic tree or cladogram.

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Beijing

Beijing, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital of China.

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Bienosaurus (meaning "Bien's lizard") is a dubious genus of thyreophoran dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic (probably Sinemurian) Lower Lufeng Formation in Yunnan Province in China. Tatisaurus and Bienosaurus are early Jurassic dinosaurs of Asia, Jurassic China, ornithischian genera, ornithischian stubs and paleontology in Yunnan.

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Biochron

A biochron (from the Greek bios, life; and khronos, time) is the length of time represented by a biostratigraphic zone.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.

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David B. Norman

David Bruce Norman (born 20 June 1952 in the United Kingdom) is a British paleontologist, currently the main curator of vertebrate paleontology at the Sedgwick Museum, Cambridge University.

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Dinosaur

Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles of the clade Dinosauria.

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Dong Zhiming

Dong Zhiming (Chinese: 董枝明, Pinyin: Dǒng Zhimíng; born January 1937) is a Chinese vertebrate paleontologist formerly employed at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) in Beijing.

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Early Jurassic

The Early Jurassic Epoch (in chronostratigraphy corresponding to the Lower Jurassic Series) is the earliest of three epochs of the Jurassic Period.

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Evolutionary grade

A grade is a taxon united by a level of morphological or physiological complexity.

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Fu Jen Catholic University

Fu Jen Catholic University (FJU, FJCU or Fu Jen; or) is a private Catholic university in Xinzhuang, New Taipei City, Taiwan.

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Genus

Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.

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Holotype

A holotype is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described.

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Huayangosaurus

Huayangosaurus is a genus of stegosaurian dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of China. Tatisaurus and Huayangosaurus are Jurassic China and ornithischian genera.

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Hypsilophodontidae

Hypsilophodontidae (or Hypsilophodontia) is a traditionally used family of ornithopod dinosaurs, generally considered invalid today.

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Jurassic

The Jurassic is a geologic period and stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period, approximately Mya.

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Lufeng Formation

The Lufeng Formation (formerly Lower Lufeng Series) is a Lower Jurassic sedimentary rock formation found in Yunnan, China. Tatisaurus and Lufeng Formation are Jurassic China and paleontology in Yunnan.

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Mandible

In jawed vertebrates, the mandible (from the Latin mandibula, 'for chewing'), lower jaw, or jawbone is a bone that makes up the lowerand typically more mobilecomponent of the mouth (the upper jaw being known as the maxilla).

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Nomen dubium

In binomial nomenclature, a nomen dubium (Latin for "doubtful name", plural nomina dubia) is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application. Tatisaurus and nomen dubium are nomina dubia.

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Ornithischia

Ornithischia is an extinct clade of mainly herbivorous dinosaurs characterized by a pelvic structure superficially similar to that of birds.

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Scelidosaurus

Scelidosaurus (with the intended meaning of "limb lizard", from Greek /σκελίς meaning 'rib of beef' and sauros/σαυρος meaning 'lizard')Liddell & Scott (1980). Tatisaurus and Scelidosaurus are ornithischian genera.

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Sinemurian

In the geologic timescale, the Sinemurian is an age and stage in the Early or Lower Jurassic Epoch or Series.

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Specific name (zoology)

In zoological nomenclature, the specific name (also specific epithet, species epithet, or epitheton) is the second part (the second name) within the scientific name of a species (a binomen).

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Spencer G. Lucas

Spencer George Lucas is an American paleontologist and stratigrapher, and curator of paleontology at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science.

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Stegosauria

Stegosauria is a group of herbivorous ornithischian dinosaurs that lived during the Jurassic and early Cretaceous periods.

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Thyreophora

Thyreophora ("shield bearers", often known simply as "armored dinosaurs") is a group of armored ornithischian dinosaurs that lived from the Early Jurassic until the end of the Cretaceous.

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Type species

In zoological nomenclature, a type species (species typica) is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen (or specimens).

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Yunnan

Yunnan is an inland province in Southwestern China.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatisaurus

Also known as Tatisaurus oehleri.

Tatisaurus, the Glossary

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See also

Dinosaurs of China

Early Jurassic dinosaurs of Asia

Fossil taxa described in 1965

Jurassic thyreophorans

Paleontology in Yunnan

Sinemurian genera

Thyreophorans of Asia

References