For all intermontane wikiarticles Special AllPages Intermontane wiktionary intermontaneIntermontane is a physiographic adjective wiktionary compound Adjective formed from the prefix wiktionary inter inter signifying among, between, amid, during, within, mutual, reciprocal and the adjective wiktionary montane Adjective montane inhabiting, or growing in mountainous region s, especially cool, moist Highland geography upland slopes below the timberline . Usage includes intermontane basin such as New Zealand s Mackenzie Basin and intermontane steppe such as the List of ecoregions WWF Sayan Intermontane Steppe . The corresponding physiographic noun is intermountain , while the noun intermontane is an ecologic noun meaning among, between, amid, or within wiktionary montane Noun flora and fauna of a montane habitat . As an example, an Climate of the Alps alpine region would be an intermontane for a species that migrates between a glacial region and a subalpine region. Specify an actual example needs identified date January 2010 Intermontane may refer to Intermontane Belt , a physical geology physiogeological region in the North America n Pacific Northwest . Intermontane Plateaus , the United States physiographic region of the Intermountain West . In palaeogeography , intermontane may refer to Intermontane Islands , an ancient Pacific Ocean chain of volcanic island s of the Intermontane Plate that were active during the Triassic period. Intermontane Plate , an ancient oceanic tectonic plate on the west coast of North America about 195 million years ago. Intermontane Trench , an ancient oceanic trench of the Triassic period along the west coast of North America in the former Slide Mountain Ocean . Category Geography Topography stub Geology stub nl Intermontaan ru ... more details
File Intermontane arc.png right The Intermontane Islands were a giant chain of active volcanic island s somewhere in the Pacific Ocean during the Triassic time beginning around 245 million years ago. They were 600 to convert 800 mi km long and rode atop a microplate known as the Intermontane Plate . Over early Jurassic time the Intermontane Islands and the Pacific Northwest drew closer together as the continent moved west and the Intermontane Plate subduct ed. About 180 million years ago in the Mid Jurassic time the last of the Intermontane Plate subducted and the Intermontane Islands collided with the Pacific Northwest , forming parts of British Columbia , Canada . The Intermontane Islands were too big to sink beneath the continent, and welded onto the continent. Geologists call the ocean that existed between the Intermontane Islands and North America the Slide Mountain Ocean . See also Island arc Insular Islands Intermontane Plate Intermontane Belt External links http www.washington.edu burkemuseum geo history wa The 20Omineca 20Episode.htm Burke Museum University of Washington Category Former islands Category Volcanic arc islands Category Natural history of British Columbia Category Geology of British Columbia Category Triassic Category Jurassic Canada geology stub palaeo geo stub ... more details
The Intermontane Plate was an ancient oceanic tectonic plate that lay on the west coast of North America about 195 million years ago. The Intermontane Plate had a chain of volcanic island s called the Intermontane Islands . The Intermontane Islands had been accumulating as a volcanic chain in the Pacific Ocean since Triassic time, beginning around 245 million years ago. The volcanism records yet another subduction zone. Beneath the far edge of the Intermontane microplate, another plate called the Insular Plate was sinking. This arrangement with two parallel subduction zones is unusual. The modern Philippine Islands are located on the Philippine Mobile Belt , one of the few places on Earth where twin subduction zones exist today. Geologists call the ocean between the Intermontane islands and North America the Slide Mountain Ocean . The name comes from the Slide Mountain Terrane , a region made of rocks from the floor of the ancient ocean. The Intermontane Islands collide Over early Jurassic time, the Intermontane Islands and the Pacific Northwest drew closer together as the continent moved west and the Intermontane Microplate subducted. On the continent, subduction supported a new volcanic arc that again sent intruding granite type rocks into the ancient continental sediments. Eventually, about 180 million years ago in the middle Jurassic, the last of the microplate subducted, and the Intermontane Islands collided with the Pacific Northwest. The Intermontane Islands were too big to sink beneath the continent. The subduction zone of the Intermontane Plate shut down, ending the volcanic arc. As the Intermontane Belt accreted to the edge of the continent , the subduction zone of the Insular Plate became the active subduction zone along the edge of the continent. External links http www.washington.edu burkemuseum geo history wa The 20Omineca 20Episode.htm Burke Museum University ... geology Category Natural history of North America Regional geology stub palaeo geo stub fr Plaque Intermontane ... more details
The Intermontane Trench was an ancient oceanic trench during the Triassic time. The trench was probably 600 to 800 miles long, parallel to the west coast of North America . The ocean that the trench was located in was called the Slide Mountain Ocean . See also Oceanic trench Intermontane Islands Intermontane Plate External links http www.washington.edu burkemuseum geo history wa The 20Omineca 20Episode.htm Burke Museum University of Washington Category Historical geology Category Oceanic trenches of the Pacific Ocean Category Triassic Category Landforms of North America Regional geology stub palaeo geo stub ... more details
margin called the Intermontane Islands . ref name SI http www.washington.edu burkemuseum ... arc is believed to have formed on a pre existing plate tectonics tectonic plate called the Intermontane ... period. ref name SI This subduction zone records another subduction zone called the Intermontane Trench under an ancient ocean between the Intermontane Islands and the former continental margin of North ... off the eastern coast of Asia is an example of a modern twin subduction zone. ref name SI As the Intermontane ... Mountain Ocean, the Intermontane Islands drew closer to the former continental margin and coastline ... margin of North America. ref name SI As the North American Plate drifted west and the Intermontane Plate ... on the ancient continental margin of western North America and the Intermontane Islands collided, forming the Intermontane Belt. ref name SI This collision crushed and fold geology fold ed sedimentary ... after the formation of the Intermontane Belt, supporting a new continental volcanic arc called the Omineca Arc . ref name SI Magma rising from the Omineca Arc successfully connected the Intermontane ... Range Episode 115 to 57 million years ago ref Like the earlier buildup of the Intermontane Islands, this island arc connected to the Intermontane Belt as magma solidified and rose beneath the arc. ref name AS The compression of the collision created fractures and folds in the Intermontane Belt ... more details
The Slide Mountain Ocean was an ancient ocean that existed between the Intermontane Islands and North America in the Triassic time beginning around 245 million years ago. Its name origin comes from the Slide Mountain Terrane , a region made of rocks from the floor of the ancient ocean. There was a subduction zone on the Slide Mountain Oceans floor called the Intermontane Trench where the Intermontane Plate was being subducted under North America. The floor of the Slide Mountain Ocean was pushed up onto the ancient margin of North America. The namesake of the Slide Mountain Ocean is Slide Mountain British Columbia Slide Mountain in the Canadian province of British Columbia , lying on the north side of the Quesnel River . External links http www.washington.edu burkemuseum geo history wa The 20Omineca 20Episode.htm Burke Museum University of Washington Category Historical oceans Category Triassic Canada geology stub palaeo geo stub triassic stub ... more details
The Spences Bridge Group is a 100 million year old volcanic group of the southern Intermontane Belt in British Columbia , Canada . It consists of two stratigraphy stratigraphic units known as the Pimainus Formation and the Spins Formation . ref name SI http geology.geoscienceworld.org cgi content abstract 17 12 1093 Arc and intraplate volcanism in the Spences Bridge Group Implications for Cretaceous tectonics in the Canadian Cordillera ref The Spins Formation represents a shield volcano and the underlying Pimainus Formation is interpreted to be a set of stratovolcano es. ref name SI See also Portal Volcanism of Canada Volcanism of Canada Volcanism of Western Canada References reflist Category Volcanism of British Columbia Category Cretaceous volcanism Category Volcanic groups Category Stratigraphy of British Columbia Category Thompson Country BritishColumbiaInterior geo stub ... more details
The Slide Mountain Terrane is a late Paleozoic terrane made of a complex of Oceanic crust oceanic rocks in northern and southern British Columbia , Canada . These oceanic rocks were derived from the seafloor of the prehistoric Slide Mountain Ocean , the Intermontane Plate , which was subducted under the North American plate . ref http www.washington.edu burkemuseum geo history wa The 20Omineca 20Episode.htm Burke Museum University of Washington ref References reflist coord missing British Columbia Category Geology of British Columbia Category Paleozoic Category Terranes BritishColumbiaInterior geo stub Canada geology stub ... more details
The Fraser Plateau is an Intermontane Plateaus intermontane plateau . It is one of the main subdivisions of the Interior Plateau located in the British Columbia Interior Central Interior of British Columbia , and includes the Cariboo Plateau Cariboo and Chilcotin Plateau s and the adjoining Marble Range Marble , Clear Range Clear and Camelsfoot Range s on its southwestern edge. It is defined as lying between the Bonaparte River on its southeast, beyond which is the Bonaparte Plateau Bonaparte or Kamloops Plateau , part of the Thompson Plateau , and by a line formed by the Dean River Dean and West Road River s on its northwest the Nechako Plateau lies to the north of the West Road . Also included in the Fraser Plateau are the Itcha Range Itcha and Ilgachuz Range s and the adjoining Rainbow Range Coast Mountains Rainbow Range , which adjoin the Coast Mountains . The Fraser Plateau consists of basalt ic lava of the Chilcotin Group , a group of related volcanic rocks that is nearly parallel with the Fraser Plateau. ref http dsp psd.pwgsc.gc.ca collection 2007 nrcan rncan M44 2007 A5E.pdf Chasm and Dog Creek lithofacies, Chilcotin Group basalt, Bonaparte Lake map area, British Columbia ref Notes reflist References BCGNIS 25863 Fraser Plateau Landforms of British Columbia , S. Holland, BC Govt publication, 1976 Plateaus and Highlands of British Columbia coord 52 00 00 N 123 00 00 W display title Category Plateaus of British Columbia Category Central Interior of British Columbia Category Volcanism of British Columbia Category Volcanic plateaus Category Back arc volcanism BritishColumbiaInterior geo stub ru ... more details
The Mogollon Plateau or Mogollon Mesa IPAc en icon m j o n or IPAc en m o j o n ref OED Mogollon ref is a pine covered southern plateau section of the larger Colorado Plateau in east central Arizona . The southern boundary of the plateau is the Mogollon Rim . The Mogollon Plateau is 2,135 2,440 meters high. The plateau lends its name to the Mogollon tribe, part of the Cochise Mogollan peoples who inhabited this and nearby areas from 5,000 to 2,500 years ago. Their descendants are believed to include the Anasazi . See also Intermontane Plateaus Mogollon culture Sitgreaves National Forest References references Refimprove date August 2010 Arizona Coord 34 29 00 N 110 48 02 W display title Category Colorado Plateau Category Plateaus of the United States Category Landforms of Arizona Category Landforms of Coconino County, Arizona Category Landforms of Navajo County, Arizona Category Regions of Arizona Arizona geo stub es Meseta de Mogoll n ... more details
File Geology belts of western Canada.png thumb The Omineca and other terranes of western Canada The Omineca Arc or Omineca Belt was a Jurassic through Cretaceous volcanic arc terrane in western North America , extending from Alaska through Yukon and British Columbia to Washington U.S. state Washington . The Omeneca is bounded by the Foreland Belt to the east and the Intermontane Belt to the west. It is named after the Omineca Mountains of north central British Columbia. ref http www.washington.edu burkemuseum geo history wa The 20Omineca 20Episode.htm The Omineca Episode 180 115 million years ago ref See also Portal Volcanism of Canada Volcanism of Canada Volcanism of Northern Canada Volcanism of Western Canada References reflist Category Volcanic arcs Category Volcanism of Alaska Category Volcanism of Yukon Category Volcanism of British Columbia Category Volcanism of Washington state Category Natural history of Alaska Category Natural history of Yukon Category Natural history of British Columbia Category Natural history of Washington state Category Terranes Volcanology stub ... more details
cleanup date January 2012 unreferenced date January 2012 The Giurgeu Bra ov Depression in Romanian language Romanian , Depresiunea Giurgeu Bra ovului is a series of intermontane basins in Romania. The basin is considered part of the Inner Eastern Carpathians . Within Romania, however, it s traditional to divide the Eastern Carpathians in Romanian territory into three geographical groups north, center, south , instead in Outer and Inner Eastern Carpathians. The Romanian categorization is indicated below. Volcanic mineral waters and health resorts are abundant in these basins. Components of the Giurgeu Bra ov Depression include Giurgeu Depression Depresiunea Giurgeului , with rock outcroppings formed by the headwaters of the Mure River . In Romania these are considered part of the central Carpathians of Moldavia and Transylvania Mun ii Carpa i Moldo Transilvani , or MMT Ciuc Depression Depresiunea Ciucului , considered part of the MMT Bra ov Depression Depresiunea Bra ovului , in Romania considered part of the Curvature Carpathians Carpathian Mountains coord missing Romania Category Eastern Carpathians Category Mountain ranges of Romania ... more details
These is a list of former Oceans that disappeared due to the tectonic movements and other geographical and climatic changes. Bridge River Ocean , the ocean between the ancient Insular Islands and North America. Iapetus Ocean , the southern hemisphere ocean between Baltica and Avalonia. Panthalassa , the vast world ocean that surrounded the Pangaea supercontinent. Rheic Ocean Slide Mountain Ocean , the ocean between the ancient Intermontane Islands and North America. Tethys Ocean , the ocean between the ancient continents of Gondwana and Laurasia. Khanty Ocean , the ocean between Baltica and Siberia. Mirovia , the ocean that surrounded the Rodinia supercontinent. Paleo Tethys Ocean , the ocean between Gondwana and the Hunic terranes. Poseidon Ocean Proto Tethys Ocean Pan African Ocean , the ocean that surrounded the Pannotia supercontinent. Superocean , the ocean that surrounds a global supercontinent. Ural Ocean , the ocean between Siberia and Baltica. Category Oceans Category Oceanography Oceans ... more details
, Omineca, Intermontane, Coast and Insular Belt. Each has a separate geology, including different ... its length, with the majority of the region being extremely rugged. The Intermontane Belt is a flatter ... of both the terranes of the Insular Belt and the Intermontane Belt. In the southeast there is a series ... more details
For the valley in Utah see San Rafael Swell . The San Rafael Valley is a high intermontane grass valley in eastern Santa Cruz County, Arizona . The valley is bounded to the west by the Patagonia Mountains , to the north and northeast by the Canelo Hills and to the east by the Huachuca Mountains in Cochise County, Arizona Cochise County . The valley forms the headwaters of the Santa Cruz River Arizona Santa Cruz River which flows south into Sonora , Mexico just east of the historic Lochiel, Arizona Lochiel townsite. The Santa Cruz De La Znaja Land Grant lies in the valley center just north of Lochiel. The Nature Conservancy purchased the former land grant ranch in 1998 and Arizona established the San Rafael State Natural Area in the valley in 1999. The protected areas are not open to the public. ref http azstateparks.com Parks SARA index.html San Rafael State Natural Area ref References Reflist http www.azwater.gov azdwr StatewidePlanning WaterAtlas SEArizona documents Volume 3 SRF final.pdf Arizona Water Atlas, Vol. 3, Section 3.12, San Rafael Basin coord 31 23 0 N 110 35 2 W display title Category Landforms of Santa Cruz County, Arizona Category Place names of Spanish origin in the United States Category Valleys of Arizona Arizona geo stub es Valle de San Rafael ... more details
Taxobox name Hyalophora euryalus image Ceanothus Moth.jpg image width 250px image caption regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Saturniidae genus Hyalophora species H. euryalus binomial Hyalophora euryalus binomial authority Boisduval, 1855 synonyms Saturnia euryalus Hyalophora californica Hyalophora ceanothi Samia rubra Hyalophora parvimacula Hyalophora kasloensis Samia euryalus The Ceanothus Silkmoth Hyalophora euryalus is a moth of the Saturniidae family. It is found in the dry intermontane valleys and interior of British Columbia as far north as Prince George along the Fraser River south to Baja California . The wingspan is 89 127 mm. Adults are on wing from January to July depending on the location. There is one generation per year. The larva e feed on Ceanothus , Rhamnus californica , Prunus emarginata , Arctostaphylos , Alnus , Betula , Corylus , Ribes , Pseudotsuga menziesii , Arbutus menziesii and Salix . External links http www.entomology.ualberta.ca searching species details.php?s 266 Species info http www.butterfliesandmoths.org species?l 3283 Butterflies and Moths of North America Saturniidae stub Category Hyalophora nl Hyalophora euryalus vi Hyalophora euryalus ... more details
Image eladenka CZE the river.jpg thumb right 250px eladenka River in the Moravian Silesian Beskids File Prze cz G uchaczki z Jaworzyny.jpg right 250px thumb Mak w Beskids The Western Beskids in the Czech language Czech , Z padn Beskydy in Slovak language Slovak , Z padn Beskydy in Polish language Polish , Beskidy Zachodnie are a set of mountain ranges spanning the Czech Republic , Slovakia , and Poland . Traditionally the Western Beskids are part of the Beskids , a term that differs according to historical and linguistic heritage. Geologically the Western Beskids are part of the Outer Western Carpathians . The Western Beskids consist of the following sets of mountain ranges Host nsko vset nsk hornatina Host n Vset n Mountains CZ Host nsko vset nsk hornatina Moravian Silesian Beskids CZ Moravskoslezsk Beskydy , SK Moravsko sliezske Beskydy Turzovka Highlands SK Turzovsk vrchovina Jablunkov Furrow CZ Jablunkovsk br zda Ro nov Furrow CZ Ro novsk br zda Jablunkov Intermontane SK Jablunkovsk medzihorie , CZ Jablunkovsk meziho Silesian Beskids PL Beskid l ski , CZ Slezsk Beskydy ywiec Basin PL Kotlina ywiecka Little Beskids Beskid Ma y Mak w Beskids Beskid Makowski Island Beskids Beskid Wyspowy Gorce ? Rabka Basin Kotlina Rabcza ska S cz Basin Kotlina S decka Carpathian Mountains coord missing Poland Category Mountain ranges of the Western Carpathians Category Mountain ranges of Slovakia Category Mountain ranges of the Czech Republic Category Mountain ranges of Poland ... more details
Wiktionary caribou Cariboo is a former spelling of the word caribou wild reindeer . The term can refer to Cariboo , an intermontane region of British Columbia along a plateau stretching from the Fraser Canyon to the Cariboo Mountains Cariboo Mountains , the northernmost subrange of the Columbia Mountains, entirely within the province of British Columbia, Canada Cariboo Mountains Provincial Park Cariboo Plateau , a volcanic plateau in south central British Columbia, Canada Cariboo Regional District Regional District Cariboo District , a former federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1871 to 1872 Cariboo electoral district , a former federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1871 to 1892 Cariboo provincial electoral district the former provincial electoral district Cariboo Gold Rush Cariboo River , a river in British Columbia Cariboo River Provincial Park Cariboo Road Cariboo Runaway Cariboo camels , the Bactrian camels which were used on the Douglas Road and the Old Cariboo Road in 1862 and 1863 to haul freight during the Cariboo Gold Rush Cariboo, California , a region in Plumas County, California See also Caribou disambiguation Disambig fr Cariboo homonymie ... more details
File Levo sk vrchy Slovakia .jpg right 250px thumb Levo a Mountains The Podhale Magura Area in Slovak language Slovak , Podh no magursk oblas known in Polish language Polish as the Orava Podhale Depression , Obni enie Orawsko Podhala skie is a grouping of mountain ranges belonging to the Outer Western Carpathians . This area consists of Skoru ina Mountains SK Skoru insk vrchy Spi Guba wka Piedmont PL Pog rze Spisko Guba owskie Sub Tatra Furrow SK Podtatransk br zda , PL R w Podtatrza ski Spi Magura SK Spi sk Magura Spi Guba wka Piedmont PL Pog rze Spisko Guba owskie Levo a Mountains SK Levo sk vrchy , with its highest point, ierna hora Black Mountain , 1,289 metres Bachure SK Spi ari Intermontane SK Spi sko ari sk medzihorie ari Highlands SK ari sk vrchovina Orava Basin SK Oravsk kotlina Orava Nowy Targ Basin PL Kotlina Orawsko Nowotarska The adjacent Pieniny Range is sometimes considered part of the Podhale Magura Area others count it as part of the Beskids . commonscat Carpathian Mountains coord missing Slovakia Category Mountain ranges of Slovakia Category Mountain ranges of the Western Carpathians cs Podh no magursk oblas pl Obni enie Orawsko Podhala skie sk Podh no magursk oblas ru ... more details
Lead too short date September 2009 A timeline of significant geological events in the evolution of western North America . Dates are approximate. Ma millions of years ago class wikitable Date Period Epoch Event 350 Ma Devonian An unnamed terrane collides and accretes to the North American Plate , along a line roughly coinciding with the Nevada Utah border and called the Carlin Unconformity . 250 Ma Permian The Sonomia Terrane collides and accretes to the North American Plate, along a line called the Golconda Thrust also the name of the event which runs through central Nevada. 200 Ma Triassic Sierra Nevada batholith first develops. 180 Ma Jurassic The Intermontane Plate collides with the Pacific Northwest, the remnants of which form the Intermontane Belt today. 165 Ma Jurassic The Smartville Block , an island arc terrane, collides and accretes to the North American Plate, along a line which coincides with the Mother Lode country of California. 140 Ma Jurassic Second wave of pluton s added to Sierra batholith. 115 Ma Cretaceous The Insular Plate collides with the Pacific Northwest. The remnants of that terrane comprise the Insular Belt today, of which Vancouver Island is a part. 90 Ma Cretaceous Third and last wave of plutons added to Sierra batholith. 43 Ma Eocene The Pacific Plate changes its direction of motion from north to northwest. 35 Ma Eocene Rio Grande Rift begins to form. 20 Ma Miocene San Andreas Fault comes into being as the North American Plate begins splitting the Farallon Plate in two. 17 Ma 14 Ma Miocene Columbia River Basalt Group Forms. 8 Ma Miocene Onset of faulting creating the Basin and Range geologic province. 5 Ma Miocene Pliocene Northward propagation of the East Pacific Rise into the North American Plate initiates rifting off of the Baja California peninsula . 4 Ma Pliocene Sierra Nevada United States Sierra Nevada begins to rise. 3.5 Ma Pliocene T ... more details
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Refimprove date December 2009 Tarryall Creek is a tributary of the South Platte River , approximately convert 68.5 mi long, ref name NHD U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high resolution flowline data. http viewer.nationalmap.gov viewer The National Map , accessed March 25, 2011 ref in Park County, Colorado Park County in central Colorado in the United States . It drains a rural portion of north and central South Park Colorado basin South Park , an intermontane grassland in the Rocky Mountains southwest of Denver . It rises in the high Rockies in several forks along the Continental Divide of the Americas Continental Divide in the Pike National Forest southwest of Boreas Pass . It descends to the southwest through a short canyon, emerging into South Park near Como, Colorado . It crosses U.S. Highway 285 east of Red Hill Pass Colorado Red Hill Pass northeast of Fairplay, Colorado Fairplay , then meanders towards the southeast, joining the South Platte from the east in the southeastern corner of South Park. The creek was one of the most active locations for the prospecting of gold during the Colorado Gold Rush in 1859. The Tarryall diggings and other nearby sites on the west side of South Park Colorado basin South Park attracted thousands of prospectors over Ute Pass and Kenosha Pass , and the towns of Tarryall, Colorado ghost town Tarryall and Hamilton, Colorado ghost town Hamilton , both now completely vanished, were soon founded along the creek. There are no towns on the upper creek today. References Reflist See also List of rivers of Colorado Coord 39.0971 105.3398 display title Category Rivers of Colorado Category Colorado Mining Boom Category Geography of Park County, Colorado Category Tributaries of the Platte River Colorado geo stub ... more details
italictitle Taxobox name Shanyangosaurus fossil range Late Cretaceous regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Reptile Reptilia superordo Dinosaur ia ordo Saurischia subordo Theropoda infraordo Coelurosauria genus Shanyangosaurus genus authority Xue et al. , 1996 subdivision ranks Species subdivision S. niupanggouensis small Xue et al. , 1996 type species type small Shanyangosaurus is a genus of theropod dinosaur found in Shaanxi , China , and known only from a few fragmentary leg bones. The bones are reportedly hollow ref name Xueetal Xue, Zhang, Bi, Yue and Chen 1996 . The development and environmental changes of the intermontane basins in the Eastern part of Qinling Mountains. Geological Publishing House, Beijing. ISBN 7 116 02125 6. 179 pages. ref this, along with other features of the femur and known foot bones, suggest it is a member of the coelurosauria , but a specific family cannot be determined without more material. Holtz et al. assigned Shanyangosaurus to Avetheropoda . ref name Holtz T. R. Holtz, R. E. Molnar, and P. J. Currie 2004 . Basal Tetanurae. In D. B. Weishampel, P. Dodson, & H. Osm lska eds. , The Dinosauria second edition . University of California Press, Berkeley 71 110 ref References Reflist External links Portal Dinosaurs http web.me.com dinoruss de 4 5a63fa4.htm Shanyangosaurus in The Dinosaur Encyclopaedia at Dino Russ s Lair http paleodb.org cgi bin bridge.pl?action checkTaxonInfo&taxon no 68140 Shanyangosaurus in the Palaeobiology Database Category Dinosaurs of Asia Category Cretaceous dinosaurs Category Coelurosaurs theropod stub es Shanyangosaurus pl Szanjangozaur zh ... more details
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