INIBIOMA 20415
INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN BIODIVERSIDAD Y MEDIOAMBIENTE
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
The first record of a sauropod dinosaur from Antarctica
Autor/es:
IGNACIO A. CERDA & ARIANA PAULINA CARABAJAL & LEONARDO SALGADO & RODOLFO A. CORIA & MARCELO A. REGUERO & CLAUDIA P. TAMBUSSI & JUAN J. MOLY
Revista:
NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN
Editorial:
SPRINGER
Referencias:
Año: 2012 vol. 99 p. 83 - 87
ISSN:
0028-1042
Resumen:
Sauropoda is one of the most diverse and geographically widespread clades of herbivorous dinosaurs, and until now, their remains have nowbeen recovered from all continental landmasses except Antarctica. We report the first record of a sauropod dinosaur from Antarctica, represented by an incomplete caudal vertebra from the Late Cretaceous of James Ross Island. The size and morphology of the specimen allows its identification as a lithostrotian titanosaur. Our finding indicatesthat advanced titanosaurs achieved a global distribution at least by the Late Cretaceous.
