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A new lithostrotian titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the early cretaceous of Transbaikalia, Russia. / Averianov, Alexander; Skutschas, Pavel.
In: Biological Communications, Vol. 62, No. 1, 01.04.2017, p. 6-18.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - A new lithostrotian titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the early cretaceous of Transbaikalia, Russia
AU - Averianov, Alexander
AU - Skutschas, Pavel
PY - 2017/4/1
Y1 - 2017/4/1
N2 - Tengrisaurus starkovi, gen. et sp. nov., is described based on three caudal vertebrae from the Lower Cretaceous (Barremian?) Murtoi Formation at Mogoito locality, near Gusinoe Lake in Buryatia, Russia. The new taxon is characterized by strongly procoelous anterior and middle caudal vertebrae, with strongly developed pre-epipophyses, highly pneumatic neural spine, and solid bone structure of the centrum. The reweighted phylogenetic analysis places the new taxon as a non-saltasaurid lithostrotian titanosaur (Sauropoda). This is one of the oldest fossil records of Lithostrotia and Titanosauria, which suggests a long and unexplored evolution of titanosaurs in the Early Cretaceous of Asia.
AB - Tengrisaurus starkovi, gen. et sp. nov., is described based on three caudal vertebrae from the Lower Cretaceous (Barremian?) Murtoi Formation at Mogoito locality, near Gusinoe Lake in Buryatia, Russia. The new taxon is characterized by strongly procoelous anterior and middle caudal vertebrae, with strongly developed pre-epipophyses, highly pneumatic neural spine, and solid bone structure of the centrum. The reweighted phylogenetic analysis places the new taxon as a non-saltasaurid lithostrotian titanosaur (Sauropoda). This is one of the oldest fossil records of Lithostrotia and Titanosauria, which suggests a long and unexplored evolution of titanosaurs in the Early Cretaceous of Asia.
KW - Dinosauria
KW - Early cretaceous
KW - Lithostrotia
KW - Russia
KW - Sauropoda
KW - Titanosauria
KW - Transbaikalia
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85042670540&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.21638/11701/spbu03.2017.102
DO - 10.21638/11701/spbu03.2017.102
M3 - Article
VL - 62
SP - 6
EP - 18
JO - Biological Communications
JF - Biological Communications
SN - 2542-2154
IS - 1
ER -
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