- Tytuł:
- New elmisaurine specimens from North America and their relationship to the Mongolian Elmisaurus rarus
- Autorzy:
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Funston, G.F.
Currie, P.J.
Burns, M.E. - Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/22633.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2016
- Wydawca:
- Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Paleobiologii PAN
- Tematy:
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new species
Elmisaurinae
Dinosauria
Oviraptorosauria
Caenagnathidae
Campanian
Maastrichtian
North America
relationship
Mongolia
Elmisaurus rarus - Opis:
- New specimens from Canada confirm the presence of elmisaurines in North America and shed light on the relationship of Leptorhynchos elegans to Mongolian forms. These specimens have hindlimb elements previously unknown from elmisaurines in the Dinosaur Park Formation, including tibiae and pedal phalanges. Metatarsal anatomy is sufficiently different to merit a generic distinction from Elmisaurus rarus, and both can be distinguished from Caenagnathus collinsi and Chirostenotes pergracilis. Differences between these taxa include body size, degree of coossification of the tarsometatarsus, and development of cruciate ridges of the metatarsal III. Histological analysis confirms that these differences are not correlated with ontogenetic age of the specimens. The results support the informal separation of caenagnathids based on metatarsal structure, and allow comments on paleobiological differences between caenagnathids and oviraptorids.
- Źródło:
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Acta Palaeontologica Polonica; 2016, 61, 1
0567-7920 - Pojawia się w:
- Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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