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Nov. , 2011
GEOLOGICAL BULLETIN OF CHINA


X-jnl, WANG Ke-ba
2
, LI Dun-jng
3



0/ Vertebrale Paleontology and Paleoanthropoloy, CA S,Beijing 100044, China;
2. Zhucheng Dinosaur Cu1ture Research Center, Zhucheng 262200, Shandong,
3. The Zhucheng Dinosaur Museum 0/ Shandong, Zhucheng 262200, Shandong, China
Zhao, sp. ,



Q915.2+3; Q915.863 1671-2552(2011)11-1671-18
Zhao X J, Wang K B, Li D J. Huaxiaosaurus aigahtens. Geological Bulletin ofChina, 2011,30(11):1671-1688
Abstract ; H Zhao, sp. nov. was a herbivorous dinosaur that lived in Zhucheng of Shandong
Province in Late Mesozoic 100 Ma ago. The specimen ofHuaxiaosaurus aigahtens 11.3m in height and 18.7m in length is a skeleton
assembled by many parts several individuals of the same It was the tallest individual among the omithopods. It
had and tough hind legs, and it is another new the the giant Shandongosaurus and
gosaurus.
Key words;Huaxiaosaurus Wangshi Formation; Late Cretaceous; Shandong









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Linne; 1758
Owen; 1842

Marsh;1881
Cope;1869
Lambe;1918
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Table 1 Statistics of Hadrosaur fossils at Xiezigou of Zhangjiazhuang, Zhucheng City

7 25 40 19 91
28 194 22 23 267
16 148 38 14 216
18 16 30 47 111
27 7 9 28 71
13 2 5 2 22
11 3 14
792
llary
vertebra
scapula
vertebra


phalanx


vertebra

Fig. 2 Mounted skeleton of Huaxia.osaurus aigahtens






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dorsal view)

left side view)

rlght side view)
posterior view)

Fig. 3 Skull of
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o 6cm
external view)

internal view)
o 6cm

Fig.4 Huaxi a.osaurus aigahtens

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o 6cm
internal view)
external view)
o 6cm

Fig. 5 Right of aigahtens
o 8cm
intemal view) extemal view)

Fig. 6 The 5th cervical vertebrae of Huaxiaosaurus aigahtens
o 8cm
internal view) external view)

Fig. 7 The 12th cervical vertebrae of aigahtens
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Measurements of of Huaxiaosaurus Table 2

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7
6
5
6
6
7

3
3
8
6
8
7

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11111 nunu

76m8m
10
8
10
8
16

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Measurements of dorsal vertebrae of Huaxiaosaurus aigahtens

6

5

3

25

24
Table 3

40

17
5
8
5
5
6
5
18
19
18
21
52
56
12
18
8
7
6

12

7
9
9
12
8

6
7
5
65
4
666
45
68567
7
6

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o 8cm
anterior view) posterior view)
anterior view)
view)

Fig. 8 The 4th dorsal vertebrae of Huaxiaosaurus aigahtens Fig. 9 The 10th dorsal vertebrae of Huaxiaosaurus aigahtens

Table 4 Measurements of sacral vertebrae of Huaxiaosaurus aigahtens


126cm 123cm 95cm

Table 5 Measurements of sacrals
Huaxiaosaurus aigahtens
62cm
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
9 5 8 14 11 10 11 5 8 7
23 36 13 14 13 14 24 38 29 19
15 15 11 13 13 15 14 9 9 20
12 13 8 7 10 8 10 6 10 15












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o 10cm

Fig. 10 Sacral vertebrae of in side view aigahtens

Table 6 Measurements of caudal vertebrae
of Huaxiaosaurus aigahtens
5 16 39
10 9 8
24 17 16
26 21 19
20 7
12 8
11 7 8
11 11 11

















Table 7 Measurements of scapula of
Huaxiaosaurus aigahtens


Icm Icm
31
31

/cm
31
28
/cm
23
23

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anterior view) posterior view)

Fig. 11 The 9th caudal vertebrae of
external view)
o 12cm

internal view)

Fig. 12 and coracoid of


Table 8 Measurements of humerus
of Huaxiaosaurus aigahtens


/cm /cm

92 31 21 58 25 13

98 27 23 58 26 15
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internal view) external view)

Fig. 13 Left humerus of

Fig. 14 Right ulna of in side view





Fig. 15 of in side view


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Table 9 Measuremenls of ulna
Huaxiaosaurus aigahtens

/cm /cm /cm
91 18 9
106 10 7

Table 10 Measurements of radius of
Huaxiaosaurus aigahtens

/cm
10.5
12


/cm /cm /cm /cm
78 17 11 11
83 13 7 12

Table 11 Measurements of i1il1m
aigahtens


/cm
180 45 36 78 55
182 47 39 81 58

( trochanter. trochanter

o 8cm
o 8cm

Fig. 16 Metacatpals of aigahtens in side view
trochanter












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Table 12 Measuremenls of pl1bis
of Huaxiaosaurus aigahtens








156 148
97 93
59 55
38 37
21 19
32 31
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Fig. 17 Ri ght ilium of in extemal view
o 8cm

Fig. 18 Ri ght pubis of aigahtens in imemal view
internal view)
external view)

Fig. 19 Right ischium of

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Table 13 Measurements of ischium
of Huaxiaosaurus aigahtens


/cm /cm /cm /cm
148 50 7.5 9
161 54 9.5 9

Table 14 Measurements of femur
of Huaxiaosaurus aigahtens

170 172
50 50
31 35
26.3 28
40

9 13
8 10

6 6.5
7.5 9

Fig. 20 Right femur of Huaxiaosaurus aigantens in side view










Table 15 Measurements of tibia
of aigahtens

147 145
57 53
30 26
41 41
25 21

Table 16 Measurements of fibula
of Huaxiaosaurus aigahtens

135 131
26 27
9 9
18 13.5
8.5 11
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/cm /cm /cm

30
32
20
20
13
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in internal view)

o 12cm
in side view)

Fig. 21 Tibia and fibula of restoratlon

Zhao, sp. nov.














side view)

Fig. 22 Right pes of restoratlOn

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right side view)


Table 18 Statistics of hadrosauridae vertebra


cerv dors sacr caud
Hadrosauridae 15 19 8
Anatosaurus 12 20 9 30-78
Shantungosaurus 12 20 1-10 84
Kritosaurus 13 16 9 17+
Prosaurolophus 13 18 10 14
Saurolophus 7+ 20 8 50
Procheneosaurrus 14 16 10 57
Zhuchengosaurus 15 19 9 85
HuaxiaOsaurus 16 21 10 81






left side view)
(in top (in posterior view)

Fig. 23 Skull of aigantens
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