Amazonsaurus maranhensis gen. et sp. nov. (Sauropoda, Diplodocoidea) from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian–Albian) of Brazil |
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Authors: | Ismar de Souza Carvalho Leonardo dos Santos Avilla Leonardo Salgado |
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Institution: | a Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de Geologia, CCMN/IGEO, RJ 21.949-900, Cidade Universitária-Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;b Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de Vertebrados, Museu Nacional. Quinta da Boa Vista s/n, RJ 20940-040, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;c Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Museo de Geología y Paleontología, Buenos Aires 1400 (8300), Neuquén, Argentina |
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Abstract: | A new genus and species of an Aptian–Albian sauropod from the Itapecuru Formation, northern Brazil, Amazonsaurus maranhensis, is described. It is known from an incomplete, but diagnostic postcranial skeleton. The new taxon possesses several autapomorphies, such as the anterior caudal vertebrae with lateral laminae formed by the coalescence of the spinoprezygapophyseal and postzygodiapophyseal laminae and, to a lesser extent, of the postzygodiapophyseal laminae. It exhibits many synapomorphies supporting its inclusion in the Diplodocoidea. These include high caudal neural arches and anterior caudal neural arches with spinoprezygapophyseal laminae on the lateral aspect of the neural spine. This record is consistent with previous hypotheses on the existence of a community of Afro-South American dinosaurs. |
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Keywords: | Sauropoda Diplodocoidea Itapecuru Formation Early Cretaceous Brazil |
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