[dinosaur] Large ornithopod diversity in Lower Cretaceous of Teruel, Spain (free pdf)
Ben Creisler <[email protected]> Sat, 21 Dec 2019 15:42:35 -0800
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--00000000000034edbf059a3f5a1d Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-printable Ben [email protected]=0A=0AA new paper in open access:=0A=0AF.= J. Verd=C3=BA, A. Cobos, R. Royo-Torres & L. Alcal=C3=A1 (2019)=0ADiversit= y of large ornithopod dinosaurs in the upper Hauterivian-lower=0ABarremian = (Lower Cretaceous) of Teruel (Spain): a morphometric approach.=0A[Diversida= d de grandes dinosaurios ornit=C3=B3podos en el Hauteriviense=0Asuperior-Ba= rremiense inferior (Cret=C3=A1cico Inferior) de Teruel (Espa=C3=B1a): una= =0Aaproximaci=C3=B3n morfom=C3=A9trica].=0ASpanish Journal of Palaeontology= 34(2): 269-288=0Adoi: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=3Dhttps-3= A__doi.org_10.7203_sjp.34.2.16116&d=3DDwIFaQ&c=3DclK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOU= HhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=3DRy_mO4IFaUmGof_Yl9MyZgecRCKHn5g4z1CYJgFW9SI&m=3D_u5Tm= gy_S4KETKFJ6SwP2I9rJVHR665eVvEv3JydwxU&s=3DWYt742tJ57otExyxHmKHZY5t0j6wrri2= Wfk6cMIXbqg&e=3D=20=0A=0AFree pdf:=0Ahttps://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/u= rl?u=3Dhttp-3A__sepaleontologia.es_revista_anteriores_SJP-2520-282019-29-25= 20vol.-252034_vol2_7-5Fverdu.pdf&d=3DDwIFaQ&c=3DclK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUH= hpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=3DRy_mO4IFaUmGof_Yl9MyZgecRCKHn5g4z1CYJgFW9SI&m=3D_u5Tmg= y_S4KETKFJ6SwP2I9rJVHR665eVvEv3JydwxU&s=3Dno0uR-qab27V7QSVs4XSCq_drUKyOqgSu= 5djszeL3kY&e=3D=20=0A=0AWe report some large ornithopod vertebrae from two = upper Hauterivian-lower=0ABarremian (Lower Cretaceous) localities in El Cas= tellar (Maestrazgo Basin,=0ATeruel, Spain). These fossils have been studied= systematically as well as=0Amorphometrically using a multivariate analysis= in order to analyse the=0Adiversity of the sample. In fact, principal comp= onent analysis has been=0Ademonstrated as an useful tool for establishing a= ffinities in isolated=0Aiguanodontian vertebrae, at least when size effect = is not removed from the=0Aanalysed dataset. As result of this study, two la= rge indeterminate=0Astyracosternans are distinguished in the sample: a larg= e one with=0Aplatycoelus anterior caudal vertebrae related to the genera Ma= gnamanus and=0AIguanodon, and a middle-sized one with longer-than-high dors= al vertebrae=0Aand amphicoelus anterior caudal vertebrae related to Morella= don. Such=0Adiversity of large ornithopods observed in the upper Hauterivia= n-lower=0ABarremian of the Maestrazgo Basin is similar to that previously o= bserved in=0Awestern Cameros Basin and it demonstrates the presence of at l= east two=0Adifferent forms of styracosternan in this stratigraphic range of= the=0AIberian Peninsula.=0A= --00000000000034edbf059a3f5a1d Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div><br></div><div>Ben Creisler</div><div><a href=3D"mail= to:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></div><div><br></div><div>A = new paper in open access:</div><div><br></div>F.J.=C2=A0 Verd=C3=BA, A. Cob= os, R. Royo-Torres & L. Alcal=C3=A1 (2019) <br>Diversity of large ornit= hopod dinosaurs in the upper Hauterivian-lower Barremian (Lower Cretaceous)= of Teruel (Spain): a morphometric approach. <br>[Diversidad de grandes din= osaurios ornit=C3=B3podos en el Hauteriviense superior-Barremiense inferior= (Cret=C3=A1cico Inferior) de Teruel (Espa=C3=B1a): una aproximaci=C3=B3n m= orfom=C3=A9trica].<br>Spanish Journal of Palaeontology 34(2): 269-288<br>do= i: <a href=3D"https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=3Dhttps-3A__doi.or= g_10.7203_sjp.34.2.16116&d=3DDwMFaQ&c=3DclK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUH= hpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=3DRy_mO4IFaUmGof_Yl9MyZgecRCKHn5g4z1CYJgFW9SI&m= =3D_u5Tmgy_S4KETKFJ6SwP2I9rJVHR665eVvEv3JydwxU&s=3DWYt742tJ57otExyxHmKH= ZY5t0j6wrri2Wfk6cMIXbqg&e=3D">https://doi.org/10.7203/sjp.34.2.16116</a= ><div><br>Free pdf:<br><a href=3D"https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?= u=3Dhttp-3A__sepaleontologia.es_revista_anteriores_SJP-2520-282019-29-2520v= ol.-252034_vol2_7-5Fverdu.pdf&d=3DDwMFaQ&c=3DclK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU= 5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=3DRy_mO4IFaUmGof_Yl9MyZgecRCKHn5g4z1CYJgFW9SI&a= mp;m=3D_u5Tmgy_S4KETKFJ6SwP2I9rJVHR665eVvEv3JydwxU&s=3Dno0uR-qab27V7QSV= s4XSCq_drUKyOqgSu5djszeL3kY&e=3D">http://sepaleontologia.es/revista/ant= eriores/SJP%20(2019)%20vol.%2034/vol2/7_verdu.pdf</a><br><br>We report some= large ornithopod vertebrae from two upper Hauterivian-lower Barremian (Low= er Cretaceous) localities in El Castellar (Maestrazgo Basin, Teruel, Spain)= . These fossils have been studied systematically as well as morphometricall= y using a multivariate analysis in order to analyse the diversity of the sa= mple. In fact, principal component analysis has been demonstrated as an use= ful tool for establishing affinities in isolated iguanodontian vertebrae, a= t least when size effect is not removed from the analysed dataset. As resul= t of this study, two large indeterminate styracosternans are distinguished = in the sample: a large one with platycoelus anterior caudal vertebrae relat= ed to the genera Magnamanus and Iguanodon, and a middle-sized one with long= er-than-high dorsal vertebrae and amphicoelus anterior caudal vertebrae rel= ated to Morelladon. Such diversity of large ornithopods observed in the upp= er Hauterivian-lower Barremian of the Maestrazgo Basin is similar to that p= reviously observed in western Cameros Basin and it demonstrates the presenc= e of at least two different forms of styracosternan in this stratigraphic r= ange of the Iberian Peninsula.=C2=A0 =C2=A0<br></div></div>=0A= --00000000000034edbf059a3f5a1d--