ABELISAURID PEDAL UNGUALS FROM THE LATE CRETACEOUS OF INDIA
The ungual phalanges of theropod dinosaurs discovered in the Lameta Formation (Maastrichtian), central India, exhibit distinctive characters unknown in other theropods. Hence, their taxonomic identification remained obscure since their original description in 1933. Recent discoveries of abelisaurid...
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| author | Fernando E. Novas Saswati Bandyopadhyay |
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| description | The ungual phalanges of theropod dinosaurs discovered in the Lameta Formation (Maastrichtian), central India, exhibit distinctive characters unknown in other theropods. Hence, their taxonomic identification remained obscure since their original description in 1933. Recent discoveries of abelisaurid theropods in Patagonia indicate that the phalanges from India belong to the foot of these dinosaurs. New information on the foot skeleton of this group of Cretaceous Gondwanan predators is included herein.
KEY WORDS. Theropoda. Abelisauridae. Unguals. Cretaceous. Gondwana. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ac6d988ac2df4058b2074abe7570f1c12022-12-22T04:17:47ZengAsociación Paleontológica ArgentinaPublicación Electrónica de la Asociación Paleontológica Argentina2469-02282015-10-0171ABELISAURID PEDAL UNGUALS FROM THE LATE CRETACEOUS OF INDIAFernando E. Novas0Saswati Bandyopadhyay1CONICET. Laboratory of Comparative Anatomy, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Buenos Aires.Geological Studies Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta.The ungual phalanges of theropod dinosaurs discovered in the Lameta Formation (Maastrichtian), central India, exhibit distinctive characters unknown in other theropods. Hence, their taxonomic identification remained obscure since their original description in 1933. Recent discoveries of abelisaurid theropods in Patagonia indicate that the phalanges from India belong to the foot of these dinosaurs. New information on the foot skeleton of this group of Cretaceous Gondwanan predators is included herein. KEY WORDS. Theropoda. Abelisauridae. Unguals. Cretaceous. Gondwana.https://www.peapaleontologica.org.ar/index.php/peapa/article/view/233 |
| spellingShingle | Fernando E. Novas Saswati Bandyopadhyay ABELISAURID PEDAL UNGUALS FROM THE LATE CRETACEOUS OF INDIA Publicación Electrónica de la Asociación Paleontológica Argentina |
| title | ABELISAURID PEDAL UNGUALS FROM THE LATE CRETACEOUS OF INDIA |
| title_full | ABELISAURID PEDAL UNGUALS FROM THE LATE CRETACEOUS OF INDIA |
| title_fullStr | ABELISAURID PEDAL UNGUALS FROM THE LATE CRETACEOUS OF INDIA |
| title_full_unstemmed | ABELISAURID PEDAL UNGUALS FROM THE LATE CRETACEOUS OF INDIA |
| title_short | ABELISAURID PEDAL UNGUALS FROM THE LATE CRETACEOUS OF INDIA |
| title_sort | abelisaurid pedal unguals from the late cretaceous of india |
| url | https://www.peapaleontologica.org.ar/index.php/peapa/article/view/233 |
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