A new Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystem from Gondwana with the description of a new sauropod dinosaur

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Main Author: Calvo,Jorge O.
Publication Date: 2007
Other Authors: Porfiri,Juan D., González-Riga,Bernardo J., Kellner,Alexander W.A.
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Language: eng
Source: Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências (Online)
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Summary: A unique site at the northern area of Patagonia (Neuquén, Argentina) reveals a terrestrial ecosystem preserved in a detail never reported before in a Late Cretaceous deposit. An extraordinary diversity and abundance of fossils was found concentrated in a 0.5 m horizon in the same quarry, including a new titanosaur sauropod, Futalognkosaurus dukei n.gen., n.sp, which is the most complete giant dinosaur known so far. Several plant leaves, showing a predominance of angiosperms over gymnosperms that likely constituted the diet of F. dukei were found too. Other dinosaurs (sauropods, theropods, ornithopods), crocodylomorphs, pterosaurs, and fishes were also discovered, allowing a partial reconstruction of this Gondwanan continental ecosystem.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv A new Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystem from Gondwana with the description of a new sauropod dinosaur
title A new Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystem from Gondwana with the description of a new sauropod dinosaur
spellingShingle A new Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystem from Gondwana with the description of a new sauropod dinosaur
Calvo,Jorge O.
Dinosauria
Titanosauria
ecosystem
taphonomy
Upper Cretaceous
Gondwana
Patagonia
Argentina
title_short A new Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystem from Gondwana with the description of a new sauropod dinosaur
title_full A new Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystem from Gondwana with the description of a new sauropod dinosaur
title_fullStr A new Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystem from Gondwana with the description of a new sauropod dinosaur
title_full_unstemmed A new Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystem from Gondwana with the description of a new sauropod dinosaur
title_sort A new Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystem from Gondwana with the description of a new sauropod dinosaur
author Calvo,Jorge O.
author_facet Calvo,Jorge O.
Porfiri,Juan D.
González-Riga,Bernardo J.
Kellner,Alexander W.A.
author_role author
author2 Porfiri,Juan D.
González-Riga,Bernardo J.
Kellner,Alexander W.A.
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Calvo,Jorge O.
Porfiri,Juan D.
González-Riga,Bernardo J.
Kellner,Alexander W.A.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Dinosauria
Titanosauria
ecosystem
taphonomy
Upper Cretaceous
Gondwana
Patagonia
Argentina
topic Dinosauria
Titanosauria
ecosystem
taphonomy
Upper Cretaceous
Gondwana
Patagonia
Argentina
description A unique site at the northern area of Patagonia (Neuquén, Argentina) reveals a terrestrial ecosystem preserved in a detail never reported before in a Late Cretaceous deposit. An extraordinary diversity and abundance of fossils was found concentrated in a 0.5 m horizon in the same quarry, including a new titanosaur sauropod, Futalognkosaurus dukei n.gen., n.sp, which is the most complete giant dinosaur known so far. Several plant leaves, showing a predominance of angiosperms over gymnosperms that likely constituted the diet of F. dukei were found too. Other dinosaurs (sauropods, theropods, ornithopods), crocodylomorphs, pterosaurs, and fishes were also discovered, allowing a partial reconstruction of this Gondwanan continental ecosystem.
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