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- Abrosaurus abstract "Abrosaurus (/ˌæbrɵˈsɔrəs/; 'delicate lizard' from the Greek αβρος meaning 'delicate' or 'dainty' and σαυρος meaning 'lizard') is a genus of macronarian sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic Period of what is now Asia, one of many dinosaurs found at the Dashanpu Quarry in the Sichuan Province of China. Like most sauropods, Abrosaurus was a quadrupedal herbivore but it was rather small for a sauropod, not much more than 30 feet (9 m) long. Its head was boxy and topped with a tall bony arch containing the nostrils.The generic name meaning 'delicate lizard', refers to the nature of the skull, with large openings separated by thin bony struts. The only named species is now known as A. dongpoi, and is named after eleventh-century Chinese poet Su Shi, also known as Su Dongpo, who was born in Sichuan. The naming of Abrosaurus has been a long and convuluted process. Abrosaurus was discovered in 1984 and was first described in the 1986 Ph.D. thesis of Chinese paleontologist Ouyang Hui, with the specific name "A. gigantorhinus". However, this does not meet ICZN standards of publication, so the species "Abrosaurus gigantorhinus" counts only as a nomen nudum, although it has been used incorrectly in at least one paper (Zhang & Chen, 1996). Ouyang formally described this species in 1989 under the specific epithet A. dongpoensis, but in biological nomenclature, the Latin suffix -ensis is correctly used only to honor localities and the name has since been revised to include the more correct -i suffix, which is used to honor male individuals (Peng & Shu, 1999). Abrosaurus dongpoi is now the accepted name for this taxon.Abrosaurus was originally described as a camarasaurid sauropod, and while it may not turn out to be a member of that particular family, further research has indicated that it is a basal member of Macronaria, much like Camarasaurus itself. However, the remains of Abrosaurus have not been fully described, making its exact placement in the sauropod family tree difficult to determine (Upchurch et al., 2004).The holotype, or original specimen, of Abrosaurus is a fossil skull which is nearly complete and very well preserved. A fragmentary skull and a skeleton have also been referred to this taxon but published description is lacking (Zhang & Chen, 1996). All of the material comes from the famous Dashanpu Quarry near Zigong in China, and is housed in the dinosaur museum there. Abrosaurus and at least 4 other species of sauropod are known from the Lower Shaximiao Formation (also called Xiashaximiao) at Dashanpu. These sediments are dated from the Bathonian to Callovian stages of the Middle Jurassic Period, or about 168 to 161 million years ago.".
- Abrosaurus class Sauropsida.
- Abrosaurus family Macronaria.
- Abrosaurus kingdom Animal.
- Abrosaurus order Dinosaur.
- Abrosaurus order Saurischia.
- Abrosaurus order Sauropoda.
- Abrosaurus order Sauropodomorpha.
- Abrosaurus phylum Chordate.
- Abrosaurus thumbnail Abrosaurus2.jpg?width=300.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageExternalLink Ouyang_89.pdf.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageID "3068767".
- Abrosaurus wikiPageLength "4807".
- Abrosaurus wikiPageOutDegree "50".
- Abrosaurus wikiPageRevisionID "661943558".
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink Ancient_Greek.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink Animal.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink Asia.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink Basal_(phylogenetics).
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink Bathonian.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink Binomial_nomenclature.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink Callovian.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink Camarasaurid.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink Camarasauridae.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink Camarasaurus.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink Category:Dinosaurs_of_Asia.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink Category:Fossil_taxa_described_in_1989.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink Category:Jurassic_dinosaurs.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink Category:Sauropods.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink China.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink Chordata.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink Chordate.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink Dashanpu_Formation.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink Dinosaur.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink Dinosauria.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink Doctor_of_Philosophy.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink Fossil.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink Genus.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink Herbivore.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink Holotype.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink Jurassic.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink Latin.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink Lower_Shaximiao_Formation.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink Macronaria.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink Middle_Jurassic.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink Million_years_ago.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink Myr.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink Nomen_nudum.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink Ouyang_Hui.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink Paleontologist.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink Paleontology.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink Period_(geology).
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink Ph.D..
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink Poet.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink Quadruped.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink Quadrupedalism.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink Saurischia.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink Sauropod.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink Sauropoda.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink Sauropodomorpha.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink Sauropsida.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink Sichuan.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink Sichuan_Province.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink Skull.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink Species.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink Su_Shi.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink Zigong.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLink File:Abrosaurus_head.jpg.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageWikiLinkText "Abrosaurus".
- Abrosaurus classis Sauropsida.
- Abrosaurus fossilRange Middle_Jurassic.
- Abrosaurus genus "Abrosaurus".
- Abrosaurus genusAuthority "Ouyang, 1989".
- Abrosaurus hasPhotoCollection Abrosaurus.
- Abrosaurus imageWidth "200".
- Abrosaurus infraordo Sauropoda.
- Abrosaurus name "Abrosaurus".
- Abrosaurus ordo Saurischia.
- Abrosaurus phylum Chordata.
- Abrosaurus phylum Chordate.
- Abrosaurus regnum "Animalia".
- Abrosaurus subdivision "*A. dongpoi (Ouyang, 1989)".
- Abrosaurus subdivisionRanks "Species".
- Abrosaurus subordo Sauropodomorpha.
- Abrosaurus superordo Dinosaur.
- Abrosaurus superordo Dinosauria.
- Abrosaurus unrankedFamilia Macronaria.
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- Abrosaurus wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Portal.
- Abrosaurus wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Taxobox.
- Abrosaurus subject Category:Dinosaurs_of_Asia.
- Abrosaurus subject Category:Fossil_taxa_described_in_1989.
- Abrosaurus subject Category:Jurassic_dinosaurs.
- Abrosaurus subject Category:Sauropods.
- Abrosaurus hypernym Dinosaur.
- Abrosaurus type Animal.
- Abrosaurus type Article.
- Abrosaurus type Eukaryote.