Re: Fusuisaurus zhaoi and Xuanhuaceratops niei

[amcdona9@bigred.unl.edu]

Does anyone have pdfs of the descriptions of these two new taxa in Acta 
Geologica Sinica?
Thank you,
Andrew McDonald
University of Nebraska

Quoting Jay <sappororaptor@yahoo.com>:

> I should mention that in the same volume and number that the
> Xuanhuaeratops paper appears is a
> description of another titanosaur.
> 
> Mo, J., Wang, W., Huang, Z., Huang, X., and Xu, X. 2006. A Basal
> Titanosauriform from the Early
> Cretaceous of Guangxi, China. Acta Geologica Sinica 80(4): 486-489.
> 
> Abstract&#65306;Based on a partial postcranial skeleton collected from
> the Lower Cretaceous Napai
> Formation of Guangxi, China, we erect a new sauropod taxon, Fusuisaurus
> zhaoi gen. et sp. nov. The
> holotype specimen consists of the left ilium, left pubis, anterior
> caudals, most of the dorsal
> ribs and distal end of the left femur. Fusuisaurus zhaoi is diagnosed by
> a unique combination of
> character states among the known sauropods. It displays several
> synapomorphies of
> Titanosauriformes but lacks many derived features seen in other
> titanosauriforms, suggesting that
> the new taxon represents the basalmost known titanosauriform and
> providing new evidence that
> Titanosauriformes originated from Asia. A size comparison suggests that
> Fusuisaurus zhaoi is among
> the largest Early Cretaceous sauropods,providing an important addition
> to the Early Cretaceous
> Chinese sauropod diversity.
> 
> 
> 
> The abstract of the Xuanhuaceratops paper is:
> 
> Zhao, X., Cheng, Z., Xu., X., and Makovicky, P. J. 2006. A New
> Ceratopsian from the Upper Jurassic
> Houcheng Formation of Hebei, China. Acta Geologica Sinica 80 (4):
> 467-473.
> Abstract&#65306;Based on a partial postcranial skeleton collected from
> the Lower Cretaceous Napai
> Formation of Guangxi, China, we erect a new sauropod taxon, Fusuisaurus
> zhaoi gen. et sp. nov. The
> holotype specimen consists of the left ilium, left pubis, anterior
> caudals, most of the dorsal
> ribs and distal end of the left femur. Fusuisaurus zhaoi is diagnosed by
> a unique combination of
> character states among the known sauropods. It displays several
> synapomorphies of
> Titanosauriformes but lacks many derived features seen in other
> titanosauriforms, suggesting that
> the new taxon represents the basalmost known titanosauriform and
> providing new evidence that
> Titanosauriformes originated from Asia. A size comparison suggests that
> Fusuisaurus zhaoi is among
> the largest Early Cretaceous sauropods,providing an important addition
> to the Early Cretaceous
> Chinese sauropod diversity.
> Keywords&#65306;Titanosauriformes, Early Cretaceous, Fusui County,
> Guangxi, China
> 
> 
> happy times for Chinese ceratopsians and titanosaurs of late, it would
> seem.
> 
> 
> 
>  
> 
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