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Primera cita de un dinosaurio ornitópodo en el Cretácico Inferior (Berriasiense) del SO de la Cuenca Vasco-Cantábrica (Palencia, España)
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Suberbiola, Xabier Pereda |
| Copyright Year | 2006 |
| Abstract | Ornithopod vertebral remains from the Lower Cretaceous of Aguilar de Campoo are the first dinosaur fossils to be found in the province of Palencia (Castilla y Leon). The material consists of fragmentary dorsal and caudal vertebrae that probably belong to a single medium-sized individual (about 4-5 m total length). The fossiliferous beds are red sandstones of fluvial origin from the Arcera Formation, which belongs to the Cabuerniga Group (SW margin of the Basque-Cantabrian Region), of Early Cretaceous age (late Berriasian). The vertebrae can be assigned to the Ornithopoda because the centra are amphiplatyan to slightly amphicoelous (posterior articular surface) and exhibit irregular neurocentral sutures. A morphometrical study suggests that the material belongs to an ornithopod close to Camptosaurus, and so it is provisionally referred to Camptosauridae indet. This interpretation is in agreement with the age of the outcrop. The Palencia discovery is one of the few ornithopod records from the basal Cretaceous of the Iberian Peninsula. |
| Starting Page | 219 |
| Ending Page | 231 |
| Page Count | 13 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 19 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.aragosaurus.com/secciones/publicaciones/artic/Pereda_etal2006_dinoPalencia.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
