山西龍屬(屬名:Shanxia)是種甲龍科恐龍,生存於上白堊紀。山西龍的化石發現於中國山西省的河相沖積層,並因此而命名。化石只包含零碎的部份,根據股骨與其他腿骨的長度,估計山西龍的身長約 3.6 公尺。
山西龍最明顯的特徵是頭顱骨後方兩側,從鱗狀骨延伸出來,相距 145 度角的長、平坦、三角形角狀物,與其他甲龍類不同。然而,這些獨特角狀物的形狀因個體而有不同,而少數科學家認為山西龍是個疑名,可能是甲龍科天鎮龍的異名。
參考資料
- Barrett, P. M., You, H., Upchurch, P. & Burton, A. C. A new ankylosaurian dinosaur (Ornithischia: Ankylosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of Shanxi Province, People's Republic of China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 1998, 18 (2): 376–384.
- Sullivan, R. M. Nodocephalosaurus kirtlandensis, gen. et sp. nov., a new ankylosaurid dinosaur (Ornithischia: Ankylosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous Kirtland Formation (Upper Campanian), San Juan Basin, New Mexico.. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 1999, 19 (1): 126–139.
- Upchurch, P. and Barrett, P. M. The taxonomic status of Shanxia tianzhenensis (Ornithiscia, Ankylosauridae); a response to Sullivan (1999). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 2000, 20: 216–217.
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