A partial pterosaur ulna from the Candeleros Formation (Neuquén Group), Late Cretaceous of Argentina
The proximal portion of the left ulna of a pterosaur is described. The specimen comes from the Candeleros Formation (Cenomanian), Neuquén Group, at Cabo Alarcón, Neuquén province, Argentina. The analysis of this new specimen allows the re-interpretation of a previously described pterosaur tibia foun...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2013 |
| País: | Argentina |
| Institución: | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas |
| Repositorio: | CONICET Digital (CONICET) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/3932 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/11336/3932 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Pterosauria Cretaceous Neuquen Group Candeleros Formation Argentina https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1 |
| Sumario: | The proximal portion of the left ulna of a pterosaur is described. The specimen comes from the Candeleros Formation (Cenomanian), Neuquén Group, at Cabo Alarcón, Neuquén province, Argentina. The analysis of this new specimen allows the re-interpretation of a previously described pterosaur tibia founded at Los Catutos locality, Neuquén (MOZ 2280 P) as a proximal ulna. The new material belongs to a medium-sized pterosaur, considerably larger than previously recorded pterosaurs from this geological unit. The analysis of correlation between ulnar length-pes length in well-known pterodactyloid pterosaurs shows that the new ulna matches well with the inferred size of the Pteraichnus isp. trackmaker recorded from the same formation. |
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