Perinates of a new species of Iguanodon (Ornithischia: Ornithopoda) from the lower Barremian of Galve (Teruel,Spain) |
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| Institution: | 1. Centro de Pesquisas Paleontológicas L. I. Price, CCCP/UFTM, 38001-970, BR-262, Km 784, Peirópolis, Uberaba, MG, Brazil;2. Departamento de Paleontologia e Estratigrafia, Instituto de Geociências, Universidade Federal de Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500, Agronomia, 91501-970, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil;3. Instituto de Ciências Exatas, Naturais e Educação (ICENE), UFTM, Av. Randolfo Borges Jr. 1700, Univerdecidade, 38064-200, Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil;4. Museo Municipal Argentino Urquiza, Jujuy y Chaco s/n, (Q8319BFA), Rincón de los Sauces, Neuquén, Argentina;1. Laboratorio de Anatomía Comparada y Evolución de los Vertebrados, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”, Av. Ángel Gallardo 470, C1405DJR Buenos Aires, Argentina;2. Fundación de Historia Natural “Félix de Azara”, Universidad Maimónides, V. Virasoro 732, 1405 Buenos Aires, Argentina;3. CONICET, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina;4. Instituto Antártico Argentino, Cerrito 1248, C1010AAZ Buenos Aires, Argentina;1. Centro Paleontológico Lago Barreales (CePaLB), Ruta Provincial 51, km. 65, Cátedra de Introducción a la Paleontología, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Neuquén, Argentina;2. Laboratorio de Anatomía Comparada y Evolución de los Vertebrados, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”, Av. Ángel Gallardo 470 (C1405DJR), Buenos Aires, Argentina;3. CONICET, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina;4. Fundación de Historia Natural “Félix de Azara”, Universidad Maimónides, Hidalgo 775 (C1405BDB), Buenos Aires, Argentina;5. School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom;6. Instituto de Investigación en Paleobiología y Geología, Universidad Nacional de Río Negro, Museo Carlos Ameghino, Belgrano 1700, Paraje Pichi Ruca (predio Marabunta), Cipolletti 8300, Río Negro, Argentina;1. Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, MRC 121, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA;2. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab. 1, 199034 Saint Petersburg, Russia;3. Department of Sedimentary Geology, Geological Faculty, Saint Petersburg State University, 16 Liniya VO 29, 199178 Saint Petersburg, Russia;1. 3 Bromley Road, Seaford, East Sussex, BN25 3ES, UK;2. Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Penglais, Aberystwyth, SY23 3DB, UK;3. School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK |
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| Abstract: | Although Iguanodon is one of the most abundant and well-known of Europe's dinosaur genera, fossils of young specimens are very rare. Indeed, the fossil record contains very few examples of the young of any non-hadrosaurid iguanodontian. Here we report the discovery of 13 Iguanodon perinates from the Lower Cretaceous of Galve (Teruel, Spain). The characteristics of an adult and juvenile found nearby show these perinates to belong to a new species: Iguanodon galvensis sp. nov. The histological and osteological features of these young animals indicate them to have been in their first year of life. The taphonomic features of their remains, plus the finding of clearly embryonic vertebrae alongside them, suggest the perinates of this species remained in the vicinity of their nests for some time, possibly congregating in nursery areas. |
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| Keywords: | Barremian Spain Ornithopod Perinate |
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