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Archaeocursor (meaning "old runner") is an extinct genus of basal ornithischian dinosaurs from the Early Jurassic Ziliujing Formation of China. The genus contains a single species, A. asiaticus, known from a single femur. Archaeocursor represents the oldest and most basal ornithischian described from Asia.
The exhibit then focuses on dinosaurs, installing mounts of Archaeornithomimus, Probactrosaurus, and the designate museum treasure of the IVPP, a Lufengosaurus skeleton that was the first dinosaur fossil found in China. In display cases, fossils of Mamenchisaurus and Tienshanosaurus are set. Further in the second floor, a section of the exhibit ...
The Ziliujing Formation is a geological formation in China, It is Early Jurassic in age. It is part of the stratigraphy of the Sichuan Basin.The dinosaur Gongxianosaurus and indeterminate theropod material are known from the Dongyuemiao Member of the formation, as well as dinosaur footprints, Zizhongosaurus and indeterminate prosauropods from the Da'anzhai Member. [1]
Dinosaur remains that were discovered in China have been described as one of the "saddest fossils." As Seeker reports, the creature, called Mud Dragon, was found with its neck and wings extended ...
In 1958 a specimen of Lufengosaurus was the first complete dinosaur skeleton mounted in China; a commemorative postage stamp [1] of 8 yuan was issued on 15 April 1958 to celebrate the event, the first time ever a dinosaur was depicted on a stamp. [1] The skeleton is now on display in the Paleozoological Museum of China in Beijing.
Scientists have unearthed in southeastern China the fossil of a quail-sized bird that lived about 150 million years ago during the Jurassic Period and possessed surprisingly modern traits, a ...
Reconstruction of "Acinonyx kurteni""Acinonyx kurteni", or the Linxia cheetah, is a discredited fossil specimen of an extinct cheetah discovered in China.The scientific name was assigned for the skull that was originally described to be that of an extinct species of cheetah, endemic to Asia during the Late Pliocene sub-epoch.
China: The first non-avian dinosaur found with direct evidence of feathers. Analysis of melanosomes suggests it had orange-brown and white countershading with a striped tail and a "bandit mask" around its eyes [133] Sinosaurus: 1940 Lufeng Formation (Early Jurassic, Hettangian to Sinemurian) China: Had a pair of midline crests similar to ...