El primer resto directo de terópodo del Cenomaniense de la Peninsula Ibérica: el diente de Limanes (Oviedo, Asturias)

We describe an isolated tooth of a theropod dinosaur recovered at the Limanes village, in the vicinity of Oviedo (Principality of Asturias, north Spain). It comes from an outcrop of the La Manjoya Formation, possibly Lower-Middle Cenomanian based on their foraminiferal content. The tooth can not be...

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Autores: Ruiz Omeñaca, José Ignacio, Vullo, Romain, Bernárdez Rodríguez, Enrique, Buscaloni, Ángela D.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)
Repositorio:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/7965
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10272/7965
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Dinosauria
Theropoda
Upper Cretaceous
La Manjoya Formation
Carcharodontosauridae
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Sumario:We describe an isolated tooth of a theropod dinosaur recovered at the Limanes village, in the vicinity of Oviedo (Principality of Asturias, north Spain). It comes from an outcrop of the La Manjoya Formation, possibly Lower-Middle Cenomanian based on their foraminiferal content. The tooth can not be identified to generic of familiar level, so it is only assigned to Theropoda indet. By its size and serration density it could pertain to a carcharodontosaurid dinosaur, but it cannot be confirmed due to its fragmentary condition. This is the first mention of a theropod dinosaur in the Cretaceous of Asturias and the only theropod skeletal remain described in the pre-Campanian Late Cretaceous of the Iberian Peninsula