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A New Basal Ankylosaurid (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Liaoning Province, China

“…The wide proximal end tapers abruptly into the ischial shaft, with the narrowest region of the shaft occurring proximally. The ischial shaft widens toward the distal end, prior to tapering again further distally, as in Chuanqilong 33 .

Figure 8Hind limb of Jinyunpelta sinensis . Left ischium of ZMNH M8963 in lateral ( a ), anterior ( b ), medial ( c ) and posterior ( d ) views; the right ischium of ZMNH M8960 in lateral ( e ), anterior ( f ), medial ( g ) and posterior ( h ) views; the left femur of ZMNH M8960 in anterior ( i ), lateral ( j ), posterior ( k ) and medial ( l ) views; the left tibia and fibula of ZMNH M8963 in anterior ( m ), lateral ( n ), posterior ( o ) and medial ( p ) views.

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