- Tytuł:
- First evidence of a mamenchisaurid dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous Phu Kradung Formation of Thailand
- Autorzy:
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Suteethorn, S.
Le Loeuff, J.
Buffetaut, E.
Suteethorn, V.
Wongko, K. - Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/20480.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2013
- Wydawca:
- Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Paleobiologii PAN
- Tematy:
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first evidence
mamenchisaurid dinosaur
dinosaur
Dinosauria
Mamenchisauridae
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Upper Jurassic
Lower Cretaceous
Phu Kradung Formation
Thailand
paleontology - Opis:
- An isolated posterior cervical vertebra of a sauropod discovered at Phu Dan Ma (Kalasin Province, northeastern Thailand) is the first informative postcranial specimen from the Phu Kradung Formation, a Upper Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous continental unit. The vertebra is referred to the family Mamenchisauridae, otherwise mainly known from China. In addition, spatulate teeth from the same formation and a mid−dorsal vertebra from the Upper Jurassic Khlong Min Formation of southern Thailand are reassigned to this family. The occurrence of mamenchisaurids in the earliest Cretaceous of Thailand supports a hypothesis of geographical isolation of Central, Eastern, and Southeast Asia during the Late Jurassic. It also suggests that the main changes in their dinosaur assemblages occurred during the Early Cretaceous, rather than at the Jurassic–Cretaceous boundary.
- Źródło:
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Acta Palaeontologica Polonica; 2013, 58, 3
0567-7920 - Pojawia się w:
- Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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