MONOLOPHOSAURUS JIANGI - INFO
TIME
Middle Jurassic, Callovian
LOCATION
Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, China
Wucaiwan member, Shishugou Formation
Measurements for this taxa (cm)
Skull
Maximum skull length: ~70 cm
Maximum skull height (MAX -> top of crest): ~25 cm
Body
Maximum length (along centra): ~564 cm (5.64 m)
Maximum length (along the curves of silhouette) ~570 cm (5.7 m)
ABOUT MONOLOPHOSAURUS:
Monolophosaurus was a large predator from the Middle Jurassic of China. Its phylogenetic position is disputed, but it is a likely tetanuran, and potential carnosaur/allosaur.
References
Skull
Brusatte, S.L., Benson, R.B., Currie, P.J. and Xijin, Z., 2010. The skull of Monolophosaurus jiangi (Dinosauria: Theropoda) and its implications for early theropod phylogeny and evolution. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 158(3), pp.573-607.
Postcrania
Allain, R., 2005. The postcranial anatomy of the megalosaur Dubreuillosaurus valesdunensis (Dinosauria Theropoda) from the Middle Jurassic of Normandy, France. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 25(4), pp.850-858.
Marsh, A.D. and Rowe, T.B., 2020. A comprehensive anatomical and phylogenetic evaluation of Dilophosaurus wetherilli (Dinosauria, Theropoda) with descriptions of new specimens from the Kayenta Formation of northern Arizona. Journal of Paleontology, 94(S78), pp.1-103.
Rauhut, O.W. and Pol, D., 2019. Probable basal allosauroid from the early Middle Jurassic Cañadón Asfalto Formation of Argentina highlights phylogenetic uncertainty in tetanuran theropod dinosaurs. Scientific reports, 9(1), p.18826.
Xi-Jin, Z., Benson, R.B., Brusatte, S.L. and Currie, P.J., 2010. The postcranial skeleton of Monolophosaurus jiangi (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Middle Jurassic of Xinjiang, China, and a review of Middle Jurassic Chinese theropods. Geological Magazine, 147(1), pp.13-27.
