Re: [dinosaur] New megaraptorid theropod fossils from Lower Cretaceous of Victoria, Australia

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On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 8:34 AM Ben Creisler <[email protected]> wrote:

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> Ben Creisler
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> A new paper:
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> Stephen F. Poropat, Matt A. White, Patricia Vickers-Rich &Thomas H. Rich
> (2019)
> New megaraptorid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) remains from the Lower Cretaceous
> Eumeralla Formation of Cape Otway, Victoria, Australia.
> Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Article: e1666273
> doi: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__doi.org_10.1080_02724634.2019.1666273&d=DwIFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=Ry_mO4IFaUmGof_Yl9MyZgecRCKHn5g4z1CYJgFW9SI&m=dO0KHFobi24VLhrrHuasyaQdOODY6Z7YV3jRybprpxg&s=Hcr1KSuqKPXfnCe-lXOhaV3APUtHQJfiwJEnSgym3Ow&e= 
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.tandfonline.com_doi_full_10.1080_02724634.2019.1666273&d=DwIFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=Ry_mO4IFaUmGof_Yl9MyZgecRCKHn5g4z1CYJgFW9SI&m=dO0KHFobi24VLhrrHuasyaQdOODY6Z7YV3jRybprpxg&s=vWIJm3SciACUmHXw-i6H3gOH91yryI8LNRnEHCDYA4U&e= 
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> Megaraptorid theropods thrived in South America and Australia during the
> mid-Cretaceous. Their Australian record is currently limited to the upper
> Barremian–lower Aptian upper Strzelecki Group and the upper Aptian–lower
> Albian Eumeralla Formation of Victoria, the Cenomanian Griman Creek
> Formation of New South Wales, and the Cenomanian–lowermost Turonian Winton
> Formation of Queensland. The latter has produced Australovenator
> wintonensis, the stratigraphically youngest and most complete Australian
> megaraptorid. The Eric the Red West (ETRW) site on Cape Otway, Victoria
> (Eumeralla Formation; lower Albian), has yielded two teeth, two manual
> unguals, and a right astragalus that are almost identical to the
> corresponding elements in Australovenator. Herein, we classify these as
> Megaraptoridae cf. Australovenator wintonensis. We also reappraise the
> 'spinosaurid' cervical vertebra from ETRW and suggest that it pertains to
> Megaraptoridae. Three other theropod elements from ETRW--a cervical rib
> (preserving a bite mark), a caudal vertebra, and a non-ungual manual
> phalanx--are also described, although it is not possible to determine their
> phylogenetic position more precisely than Tetanurae
> (non-Maniraptoriformes). All elements were found in a fluvial deposit,
> associated with isolated bones of other theropods, ornithopods, and
> turtles, amongst others; consequently, no two can be unequivocally assigned
> to the same theropod individual. The new specimens from ETRW demonstrate
> that a megaraptorid theropod morphologically similar to Australovenator
> lived during the late Early Cretaceous in Victoria, at a higher
> paleolatitude than its northern counterpart. Moreover, they attest to the
> success of megaraptorids in late Barremian-early Turonian faunas throughout
> eastern Australia.
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