Functional morphology and ontogeny of Keichousaurus hui (Reptilia, Sauropterygia)
Functional morphology of Keichousaurus
Lin, Kebang.
creator
Rieppel, Olivier
contributor
Field Museum of Natural History.
contributor
text
book
Chicago. Ill
Field Museum of Natural History
1998
1998
ENG
"Accepted May 23, 1997. Published March 31, 1998."
Keichousaurus hui Young, 1958, from the Middle Triassic of Guizhou, China, is a small sauropterygian reptile. It has a short snout and elongated temporal openings, resembling the European pachypleurosaurid Dactylosaurus. Unlike all other stem-group eosauropterygians, the parietal foramen is displaced anteriorly. The neck is long and flexible. The body is rigid and the bones pachyostotic. There are two or three sacral vertebrae. There is distinct sexual dimorphism, as in Alpine pachypleurosaurids. The broad ulna is autapomorphic for Keichousaurus. The growth of the humerus is highly positively allometric, reflecting the principal role of the forelimb in locomotion. The overall horizontal orientation of the pectoral girdle indicates that Keichousaurus was not a subaquatic flyer. Instead, a drag-based regime was used in locomotion.
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Development
Keichousaurus hui
Morphology
Paleontology
Sauropterygia
Sauropyerygia
Triassic
QE1 .F4 n.s., no.39
Fieldiana, Geology, new ser., no. 39
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0096-2651
Publication (Field Museum of Natural History), 1491
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5174
38919795
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