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Datai

Genus of ankylosaurid dinosaur From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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This article is about the extinct genus of dinosaur. For the resort in Malaysia, see Datai Langkawi.

Datai is an extinct genus of ankylosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Zhoutian Formation of Jiangxi Province, China. The genus contains a single species, D. yingliangis, which is known from the articulated skulls and partial skeletons of two individuals.

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Datai
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous (Turonian to Coniacian), 96–90 Ma
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Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: †Ornithischia
Clade: †Thyreophora
Clade: †Ankylosauria
Family: †Ankylosauridae
Subfamily: †Ankylosaurinae
Genus: †Datai
Species:
†D. yingliangis
Binomial name
†Datai yingliangis
Xing et al., 2024
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Discovery and naming

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The Datai fossil material was discovered in 2016, in sediments of the Zhoutian Formation in Mazhou, Huichang County, Jiangxi Province, China. The fossils were then obtained by the Yingliang Stone Natural History Museum two years later, where they are currently stored. The two known specimens—representing different ages of immaturity—were found articulated and in association.[1]

The holotype specimen, YLSNHM 01002, consists of a skull, four dorsal vertebrae, ribs, four distal caudal vertebrae surrounded by ossified tendons (likely indicative of the presence of a tail club), incomplete pectoral girdles, the left arm (including the humeral head and distal radius and ulna), a fragmentary left ilium, a distal right femur, several osteoderms.[1]

The paratype specimen, YLSNHM 01003, also includes a skull, in addition to all of the cervical vertebrae, five dorsal vertebrae, incomplete pectoral girdles, the left elbow region (distal humerus and proximal radius and ulna), and osteoderms.[1]

In 2024, Xing et al. described Datai yingliangis as a new genus and species of ankylosaurine dinosaur based on these fossil remains. The generic name, 'Datai', is a composite of the last characters of the Chinese words 'tongda' (to understand/to be sensible) and 'antai' (stable). The specific name, 'yingliangis', is in recognition of the Yingliang Group.[1]

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Datai skull material
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Classification

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Xing Lida pointed out that in the past, ankylosaurian phylogenies had little stability with many clades tending to collapse into polytomies. In the study he used the traits of Datai to improve the resolution. For their phylogenetic analysis, Xing et al. (2024) tested two character matrices. The first was based on the findings of Zheng et al. (2018) with fourteen poorly preserved taxa being deleted or "pruned" by Xing, and the second was based on the findings of Raven et al. (2023) with 34-taxon deletion. The first tree recovers Datai as a basal ankylosaurine, while the second recovers it as a sister taxon to the two Pinacosaurus species.[1]

Both trees are reproduced below excluding the outgroups for improved readability:

Topology A: Zheng et al. (2018) dataset[2] + Datai, 14-taxon deletion[1]
Ankylosauridae

Cedarpelta

Chuanqilong

Liaoningosaurus

Shamosaurinae

Ankylosaurinae

Crichtonpelta

Jinyunpelta

Datai

Pinacosaurus spp.

Tsagantegia

Saichania

Tarchia kielanae

Zaraapelta

Dyoplosaurus

Talarurus

Nodocephalosaurus

Ziapelta

Zuul

Anodontosaurus lambei

Scolosaurus

Ankylosaurus

Euoplocephalus

Topology B: Raven et al. (2023) dataset,[3] 34-taxon deletion
Ankylosauridae

Jinyunpelta

Gobisaurus

Chuanqilong

Shamosaurus

Ankylosaurinae

Saichania

Datai

Pinacosaurus spp.

Crichtonpelta

Akainacephalus

Ziapelta

Zaraapelta

Talarurus

Tsagantegia

Minotaurasaurus

Tarchia teresae

Scolosaurus

Dyoplosaurus

Euoplocephalus

Zuul

Anodontosaurus lambei

Ankylosaurus

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