In 1859 coal mine administrator Pawlowitsch notified the University of Vienna that some fossils had been found in the Gute Hoffnung mine at Muthmannsdorf in Austria. A team headed by geologists Eduard Suess and Ferdinand Stoliczka subsequently uncovered numerous bones of several species, among them those of an ornithopod dinosaur. Stored at the university museum, the finds remained undescribed until they were studied by Emanuel Bunzel from 1870 onwards.[1] Bunzel in 1871 referred the scapula PIUW 3518 along with a humerus and metapodial (identified by him as a femoral fragment) to Lacerta sp.[2] Seeley (1881) erected Oligosaurus for the scapula and considered the metapodial and humerus to be conspecific, while referring the paralectotype caudal vertebrae of Mochlodon suessi to the taxon.[3] The generic name is derived from Greek oligos, "few", and sauros, "lizard". Norman and Weishampel (1990) and Norman (2004) listed Oligosaurus, along with Ornithomerus and Mochlodon, as a synonym of Rhabdodon.[4][5] However, Sachs and Hornung (2006) assigned one of the specimens of Oligosaurus (the holotype scapula) to Zalmoxes sp. along with the Mochlodon suessi and Ornithomerus holotypes.[6]
^Bunzel, E. (1870). "Notice of a Fragment of a Reptilian Skull from the Upper Cretaceous of Grunbach". Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. 26 (1–2): 394. doi:10.1144/GSL.JGS.1870.026.01-02.35. S2CID 129380715.
^E. Bunzel, 1871, "Die Reptilfauna der Gosauformation in der Neuen Welt bei Wiener-Neustadt", Abhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt5: 1-18
^Seeley, H. G. (1881). "The Reptile Fauna of the Gosau Formation preserved in the Geological Museum of the University of Vienna: with a Note on the Geological Horizon of the Fossils at Neue Welt, west of Wiener Neustadt, by Edw. Suess, Ph.D., F.M.G.S., &c., Professor of Geology in the University of Vienna, &c". Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. 37 (1–4): 620–707. doi:10.1144/GSL.JGS.1881.037.01-04.49. S2CID 219235284.
^D. B. Norman and D. B. Weishampel. 1990. Iguanodontidae and related ornithopods. In D. B. Weishampel, H. Osmolska, and P. Dodson (eds.), The Dinosauria. University of California Press, Berkeley 510-533.
^D. B. Norman. 2004. Basal Iguanodontia. In D. B. Weishampel, H. Osmolska, and P. Dodson (eds.), The Dinosauria (2nd edition). University of California Press, Berkeley 413-437.
^Sachs, S; Hornung, J (2006). Juvenile ornithopod (Dinosauria: Rhabdodontidae) remains from the Upper Cretaceous (Lower Campanian, Gosau Group) of Muthmannsdorf (Lower Austria). Geobios. 39 (3): 415–425. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2005.01.003.
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oligosaurus, genus, iguanodont, dinosaurs, from, late, cretaceous, grünbach, formation, austria, temporal, range, late, cretaceous, preꞒ, late, cretaceousscientific, classificationkingdom, animaliaphylum, chordataclade, dinosauriaorder, ornithischiaclade, orni. Oligosaurus is a genus of iguanodont dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous Grunbach Formation of Austria OligosaurusTemporal range Late Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Late CretaceousScientific classificationKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ChordataClade DinosauriaOrder OrnithischiaClade OrnithopodaClade IguanodontiaGenus OligosaurusSeeley 1881Type speciesOligosaurus adelus Seeley 1881Discovery and species EditIn 1859 coal mine administrator Pawlowitsch notified the University of Vienna that some fossils had been found in the Gute Hoffnung mine at Muthmannsdorf in Austria A team headed by geologists Eduard Suess and Ferdinand Stoliczka subsequently uncovered numerous bones of several species among them those of an ornithopod dinosaur Stored at the university museum the finds remained undescribed until they were studied by Emanuel Bunzel from 1870 onwards 1 Bunzel in 1871 referred the scapula PIUW 3518 along with a humerus and metapodial identified by him as a femoral fragment to Lacerta sp 2 Seeley 1881 erected Oligosaurus for the scapula and considered the metapodial and humerus to be conspecific while referring the paralectotype caudal vertebrae of Mochlodon suessi to the taxon 3 The generic name is derived from Greek oligos few and sauros lizard Norman and Weishampel 1990 and Norman 2004 listed Oligosaurus along with Ornithomerus and Mochlodon as a synonym of Rhabdodon 4 5 However Sachs and Hornung 2006 assigned one of the specimens of Oligosaurus the holotype scapula to Zalmoxes sp along with the Mochlodon suessi and Ornithomerus holotypes 6 The type specimen PIUW 3518 was found in the Grunbach Formation of the Gosau Group dating from the early Campanian about 80 million years old References Edit Bunzel E 1870 Notice of a Fragment of a Reptilian Skull from the Upper Cretaceous of Grunbach Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 26 1 2 394 doi 10 1144 GSL JGS 1870 026 01 02 35 S2CID 129380715 E Bunzel 1871 Die Reptilfauna der Gosauformation in der Neuen Welt bei Wiener Neustadt Abhandlungen der Kaiserlich Koniglichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 5 1 18 Seeley H G 1881 The Reptile Fauna of the Gosau Formation preserved in the Geological Museum of the University of Vienna with a Note on the Geological Horizon of the Fossils at Neue Welt west of Wiener Neustadt by Edw Suess Ph D F M G S amp c Professor of Geology in the University of Vienna amp c Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 37 1 4 620 707 doi 10 1144 GSL JGS 1881 037 01 04 49 S2CID 219235284 D B Norman and D B Weishampel 1990 Iguanodontidae and related ornithopods In D B Weishampel H Osmolska and P Dodson eds The Dinosauria University of California Press Berkeley 510 533 D B Norman 2004 Basal Iguanodontia In D B Weishampel H Osmolska and P Dodson eds The Dinosauria 2nd edition University of California Press Berkeley 413 437 Sachs S Hornung J 2006 Juvenile ornithopod Dinosauria Rhabdodontidae remains from the Upper Cretaceous Lower Campanian Gosau Group of Muthmannsdorf Lower Austria Geobios 39 3 415 425 doi 10 1016 j geobios 2005 01 003 This article related to ornithopod dinosaurs is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Oligosaurus amp oldid 1061016667, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
