山东青岛地区首次发现恐龙化石

摘要

在山东青岛地区发现了鸟脚类恐龙化石.根据尾椎椎体、肱骨、肠骨和股骨形态特征判断,它属于小型鸟脚类恐龙.虽然目前发现的材料较少,种属归属存在一定困难,但它对于研究鸟脚类恐龙的分布、演化及地层划分都具有重要意义.这些化石为将来在该地区进一步发现更多的恐龙骨骼化石提供了线索和依据.%An ornithopod dinosaur was discovered for the first time in Qingdao area, Shandong Province. Based on the morphologi?cal characteristics of caudal vertebrae, humerus, ilium and femur, it is assigned to a small ornithopod dinosaur. It is difficult to deter?mine the exact genus and species, because of the lack of specimens. This discovery plays an important role in the study of distribution and evolution of ornithopod dinosaurs and stratigraphic correlation. The discovery will provide the clue and evidence for finding more dinosaur skeletons in this area in the future.