cf. Lirainosaurus sp. (Dinosauria: Titanosauria) en el Cretácico Superior de Sacedón (Guadalajara)

A fragment of a distal caudal vertebra that is assigned to a sauropod titanosaur is described. The fossil comes from an outcrop of the Villalba de la Sierra Formation in Sacedón (Guadalajara), which is considered to the Lower Campanian-Upper Maastrichtian in age. The characters combination available...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Ortega, Francisco, Pérez García, Adán
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:10272/8019
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10272/8019
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Sauropoda
Titanosauria
Upper Cretaceous
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Sumario:A fragment of a distal caudal vertebra that is assigned to a sauropod titanosaur is described. The fossil comes from an outcrop of the Villalba de la Sierra Formation in Sacedón (Guadalajara), which is considered to the Lower Campanian-Upper Maastrichtian in age. The characters combination available on the specimen is discussed, and it is classified as cf. Lirainosaurus sp. due to it shares some of the autapomorphies of this taxon