Lanzhousaurus

Lanzhousaurus; Temporal range: Lower Cretaceous, 130 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	Skeletal mount of Lanzhousaurus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Clade:	†Ornithischia
Clade:	†Neornithischia
Clade:	†Ornithopoda
Clade:	†Styracosterna
Genus:	†Lanzhousaurus; You, Ji & Li, 2005
Type species
	†Lanzhousaurus magnidens; You, Ji & Li, 2005

Lanzhousaurus (meaning "Lanzhou lizard") is a genus of ornithopod dinosaur. Lanzhousaurus lived in the Gansu region of what is now China during the Early Cretaceous (Barremian). A partial skeleton has been recovered from the Hekou Group. It was described by You, Ji and Li in 2005 and the type and only species is Lanzhousaurus magnidens.^[1] It's been estimated to be about 10 meters (33 feet) in length and 6 tonnes (6.6 short tons) in weight.^[2]

Dentition

The genus has been described as having "astonishingly huge teeth", among the largest for any herbivorous creature ever, which indicate it was a styracosternan iguanodont. The mandible, longer than one meter, suggests a very large size for the animal. Tooth enamel of this dinosaur was growing very rapidly.^[3]

Classification

Life restoration

In their 2020 reassessment of the hadrosauromorph Orthomerus, Madzia, Jagt & Mulder ran phylogenetic analyses of Iguanodontia. In their analyses, Lanzhousaurus was recovered as a non-hadrosauriform styracosternan member of the Ankylopollexia, similar to the 2005 description by You, Ji & Li. The results of their phylogenetic analyses are shown in the cladogram below:^[4]^[1]

Uteodon

	Cedrorestes

	Iguanacolossus

Lanzhousaurus

Yunganglong

Fukuisaurus

Hadrosauriformes

	Siamodon

	Hypselosaurus

	Barilium

	Lurdusaurus

	Iguanodontidae

	Hadrosauroidea

References

^ ^a ^b You, Hailu; Ji, Qiang; Li, Daqing (2005). "Lanzhousaurus magnidens gen. et sp. nov. from Gansu Province, China: the largest-toothed herbivorous dinosaur in the world" [中国甘肃发现世界上最大牙齿的植食性恐龙：巨齿兰州龙(新属、新种)]. Geological Bulletin of China. 24 (9): 785–794. ISSN 1671-2552.
^ Paul, Gregory S. (2016). The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs (2nd ed.). New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 319.
^ Celina A. Suarez, Hai-Lu You, Marina B. Suarez, Da-Qing Li & J. B. Trieschmann (2017). Stable Isotopes Reveal Rapid Enamel Elongation (Amelogenesis) Rates for the Early Cretaceous Iguanodontian Dinosaur Lanzhousaurus magnidens. Scientific Reports 7, Article number: 15319 (2017). doi:10.1038/s41598-017-15653-6
^ Madzia, Daniel; Jagt, John W. M.; Mulder, Eric W. A. (2020-04-01). "Osteology, phylogenetic affinities and taxonomic status of the enigmatic late Maastrichtian ornithopod taxon Orthomerus dolloi (Dinosauria, Ornithischia)". Cretaceous Research. 108: 104334. Bibcode:2020CrRes.10804334M. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104334. ISSN 0195-6671.

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[Lanzhousaurus-1] You, Hailu; Ji, Qiang; Li, Daqing (2005). "Lanzhousaurus magnidens gen. et sp. nov. from Gansu Province, China: the largest-toothed herbivorous dinosaur in the world" [中国甘肃发现世界上最大牙齿的植食性恐龙：巨齿兰州龙(新属、新种)]. Geological Bulletin of China. 24 (9): 785–794. ISSN 1671-2552.

[2] Paul, Gregory S. (2016). The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs (2nd ed.). New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 319.

[3] Celina A. Suarez, Hai-Lu You, Marina B. Suarez, Da-Qing Li & J. B. Trieschmann (2017). Stable Isotopes Reveal Rapid Enamel Elongation (Amelogenesis) Rates for the Early Cretaceous Iguanodontian Dinosaur Lanzhousaurus magnidens. Scientific Reports 7, Article number: 15319 (2017). doi:10.1038/s41598-017-15653-6

[Orthomerus-4] Madzia, Daniel; Jagt, John W. M.; Mulder, Eric W. A. (2020-04-01). "Osteology, phylogenetic affinities and taxonomic status of the enigmatic late Maastrichtian ornithopod taxon Orthomerus dolloi (Dinosauria, Ornithischia)". Cretaceous Research. 108: 104334. Bibcode:2020CrRes.10804334M. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104334. ISSN 0195-6671.

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