Beijing BEIJING, November 2 (Reporter Sun Zifa) Reporters on the 2nd from China Kexue Yuan Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology ( Zhong Keyuan ancient spine as) was informed that the Institute of Geological Survey and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (formerly Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region The Geological Environment Monitoring Institute) and other units cooperated, and the latest research has discovered a small-sized Tetradontosaurus in the Late Cretaceous (about 83-70 million years ago) strata of the Bayanmanduhu Dinosaur Fossil Geological Relics Nature Reserve in Bayannaoer City, Inner Mongolia The fossil of a new genus of dinosaurs, named "Inner Mongolia Butterfly Hunting Dragon"
Academy of Sciences Zhong ASTRI ASTRI By the Zhong Keyuan this dinosaur important research results together to complete the ancient spine Rui Pei, Zhao Qi, Xu and cooperation with scientific research personnel, has been specializing in international academic journals "Cretaceous Research" published online
Zhong ASTRI ASTRI According to the scientific research team, Tranodontosaurus dinosaurs are small and medium-sized theropod dinosaurs.
The discovery of a new genus of dinosaurs of the dinosaur family "Inner Mongolia Butterfly Hunting Dragon" shows that the diversity of the terrestrial biota in Northeast Asia during the Late Cretaceous is higher and more complex than previously thought.
The “Inner Mongolia Butterfly Hunting Dragon” fossil specimen includes a basically complete skull and partially semi-associated posterior bones.
According to the scientific research team, the "Inner Mongolia Butterfly Hunting Dragon" is the seventh species of Tonodontosaurus named from the Campanian in the Gobi Basin, and the second species of Brachytodon named in the Late Cretaceous
Based on the results of phylogenetic analysis, it has been found that all the Late Cretaceous Tetradontodons constitute a more advanced monophyletic group in Tetraodontidae.
The comparative study also found that the head and forelimb morphology of the Camposaurus of the Late Cretaceous in the Gobi Basin were quite different, indicating that the dentatodon in the limited geographical area of this period may have shown a certain degree of feeding strategy.
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