A new species of dinosaur Ruixinia zhangi has been identified. Ruixinia zhangi is a new species of long-necked dinosaur. Researchers have managed to identify this dinosaur through a partial skeleton.
Identifying a new species from this gigantic ancient animal group certainly adds to the diversity. This further proves that they once inhabited planet Earth.
This new sauropod gene and species has a distinctive long neck and is found in the Chinese region.
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Discovery of new dinosaur species Ruixinia Zhangi
Paleontologists have just identified a new genus and species of ancient sauropod dinosaurs.
Sauropods are a group of long-necked dinosaurs. The latest genus and species findings are in an article published last month in the journal Cretaceous research.
Experts were able to identify this new species through a partial skeleton from northeastern China. After spending some time researching, they concluded that the skeleton belonged to one of the long-necked dinosaurs.
Lived in the early Cretaceous period
As in general, researchers have identified the species and estimated the age of these ancient animals. They explained that this long-necked species has an unusual tail because it is shaped like a stick.
The estimated life span of Ruixinia zhangi is in age Barremian since Cretaceous In the beginning, it was about 125 million years ago.
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Researchers estimate the size of the stick-like tail of this ancient creature to be around 12m. The discovery of a new species of dinosaur, Ruixinia zhangi, belongs to the family Titanosauriforms.
This group of sauropod dinosaurs is famous for being amazing and diverse. Titanosauriformes inhabited almost all of the earth during the Cretaceous and contains more than 50 species that have been successfully described.
It has a unique character
Ruixinia zhangi is a unique combination of characters, including its automorphisms, such as distinct neural spine foramina with protrusions, as well as distinct grooves on the lateral surfaces.
Because it belongs to the Titanosarus group, Ruixinia zhangi is the last surviving long-necked sauropod species.
The partial skeleton of Ruixinia zhangi is well preserved having been previously identified from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation at Batuyingzi, Liaoning Province, China.
This new species is part of the Jehol Biota, which is a Cretaceous Cretaceous terrestrial and freshwater ecosystem.
Paleontologists say Ruixinia zhangi was a modestly sized titanosauriform, but the largest sauropod ever identified by the Jehon Biota.
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The researchers said this discovery added a new element to the group of sauropods preserved with the Jehon Biota. But also to the immense diversity of Titanosauriforms in Cretaceous ecosystems.
In particular, the discovery of the new dinosaur species Ruixinia zhangi increases the diversity of early-branching Titanosauriforms in the China region and highlights the diversity of tail morphology within this clade. (R10/HR-Online)
