Re: [dinosaur] Tralkasaurus, new abelisaurid from Upp er Cretaceous of Río Negro Province, Argentina

Ben Creisler
[email protected]

The specific name *cuyi* is fine.

ICZN recommendations on formation of names:

https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.iczn.org_assets_92273ee2d1_Formation-5Fof-5Fnames.pdf&d=DwIFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=Ry_mO4IFaUmGof_Yl9MyZgecRCKHn5g4z1CYJgFW9SI&m=bej6ZlUYc4DZdt-EHEaYOjVVwIR2GOeTKvJDszDGmoI&s=z9-TMHWf5vDF3l4fpszN94pCVTf-Mv_yo1oIc5dV3rs&e= 

Section 22 for species formed from geographical names...

(b) indicates that a noun in the genitive case can be used, such as romae
(of Rome), etc.


In Neo-Latin practice, some names honoring people have ended in -ensis,
-anus, etc., which are more often used for geographical names.

On Sun, Dec 1, 2019 at 4:00 AM Tyler Greenfield <[email protected]>
wrote:

> I think the specific name should be *cuyensis *instead of *cuyi*, since
> it is referring to a location and not a person. In the etymology section it
> says this:
> " *cuyi*, because the only known specimen comes from the El Cuy
> geographical area at Rio Negro province, Argentina"
>
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 30, 2019 at 10:51 PM Ben Creisler <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Ben Creisler
>> [email protected]
>>
>> A new paper:
>>
>> Tralkasaurus cuyi nov. gen. et sp.
>>
>> M. A. Cerroni, M. J. Motta, F. L. Agnolín, A. M. Aranciaga Rolando, F.B.
>> Egli & F. E. Novas (2019)
>> A new abelisaurid from the Huincul Formation (Cenomanian-Turonian; Upper
>> Cretaceous) of Río Negro province, Argentina.
>> Journal of South American Earth Sciences: Article 102445 (advance online
>> publication)
>> doi: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__doi.org_10.1016_j.jsames.2019.102445&d=DwIFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=Ry_mO4IFaUmGof_Yl9MyZgecRCKHn5g4z1CYJgFW9SI&m=bej6ZlUYc4DZdt-EHEaYOjVVwIR2GOeTKvJDszDGmoI&s=5MaE02GbFnnmTssPGTza8qjqWxMEvRB04rH9kSO88Tc&e= 
>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__doi.org_10.1016_j.jsames.2019.102445&d=DwMFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=Ry_mO4IFaUmGof_Yl9MyZgecRCKHn5g4z1CYJgFW9SI&m=TVF_5QKhxlhSHCHUdY3EP7M4PJ2_PX8aVtQojf12N9w&s=GGGIyroIIt0ydqfGuFgiA_6LRWKGRpdRlh74IgbexF8&e=>
>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.sciencedirect.com_science_article_abs_pii_S0895981119304766&d=DwIFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=Ry_mO4IFaUmGof_Yl9MyZgecRCKHn5g4z1CYJgFW9SI&m=bej6ZlUYc4DZdt-EHEaYOjVVwIR2GOeTKvJDszDGmoI&s=lzvQhUq2jobHeTOEmEpUG9x4ozSfL5YPZNfsZzPUMCs&e= 
>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.sciencedirect.com_science_article_abs_pii_S0895981119304766&d=DwMFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=Ry_mO4IFaUmGof_Yl9MyZgecRCKHn5g4z1CYJgFW9SI&m=TVF_5QKhxlhSHCHUdY3EP7M4PJ2_PX8aVtQojf12N9w&s=qZsTuQRz9yPCBXo13aXEIg7RLOgdYXzHraCl59P7o1w&e=>
>>
>>
>> Highlights
>>
>> We describe a new species of Abelisauride from the Huincul Formation
>> (Cenomanian-Turonian), Rio Negro province, Patagonia, Argentina.
>> Tralkasaurus cuyi nov. gen. et sp. constitutes a new form of medium-sized
>> abelisaurid.
>> The phylogenetic analysis resulted in the nesting of Tralkasaurus as a
>> basal abelisaurid.
>> The new abelisaurid affords new evidence regarding small to medium-sized
>> abelisaurids from Patagonia.
>>
>>
>> Abstract
>>
>> The record of abelisaurids in South America, particularly Argentina is
>> relatively abundant. However, abelisaurid diversity is far from being
>> well-known. Huincul Formation has yielded diverse theropod remains,
>> including the abelisaurids Ilokelesia and Skorpiovenator. The aim of the
>> present contribution is to describe a new abelisaurid coming from the Upper
>> Section of the Huincul Formation (Cretaceous; Cenomanian-Turonian) at the
>> Violante Farm fossil site, Río Negro province, northern Patagonia,
>> Argentina. The new taxon described in this contribution is represented by
>> an incomplete specimen including well-preserved maxilla and dorsal
>> vertebrae, and distorted pelvic girdle and caudal and sacral vertebrae. Its
>> size, much smaller than large abelisaurids as Abelisaurus and Carnotaurus
>> indicates that the new taxon probably occupied a different ecological niche
>> within the carnivoran guild.
>>
>> ====
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