New sauropod appendicular remains from the Upper Cretaceous of Romania: Accessing the morphological variability

IF 1.9 3区 地球科学 Q1 GEOLOGY
P. Mocho , A. Pérez-García , V.A. Codrea
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Abstract

The Upper Cretaceous sauropod fossil record from Romania is abundant, mostly originated from the Maastrichtian deposits of the western-southwestern margin of the Transylvanian Basin, and in the Hațeg and Rusca Montană basins. Most specimens were found in isolation or in low degree of association and only few partial skeletons have been reported. The presence of at least four taxa was recently considered, including three defined forms: Magyarosaurus dacus, Paludititan nalatzensis and “Magyarosaurushungaricus. However, the phylogenetic affinities of these taxa within Lithostrotia are still under debate. A large sample of appendicular remains, predominantly composed by unpublished specimens, is described here in detail to provide new data about the diversity of the sauropods of the Hațeg Island during the Maastrichtian. All specimens show affinities or are compatible with lithostrotian sauropods, even if the availability of characters of some of them does not allow its attribution to this clade. Five morphotypes for the femora, three to four for the humeri, three for the fibulae, and two for the radii, ulnae, manus, pubes, ischia, tibiae, and pedes are established, supporting the presence of four or five taxa in this domain. A unique partial manus morphology characterized by its extreme gracile metacarpals is reported, only surpassed by an unpublished manus found in the Spanish Lo Hueco fossil-site (late Campanian-early Maastrichtian), suggesting that a titanosaurian lineage with extremely elongated manus inhabited the European realm, in both Hațeg and Ibero-Armorican islands, at the end of the Mesozoic.

罗马尼亚上白垩世的新蜥脚类附肢残骸:了解形态变异。
罗马尼亚上白垩世的蜥脚类化石记录非常丰富,大部分来自特兰西瓦尼亚盆地西部-西南部边缘的马斯特里赫特沉积层,以及哈埃格盆地和罗斯卡蒙塔纳盆地。大多数标本都是单独发现的,或与其他标本的关联度较低,只有少数部分骨骼被报道过。最近,至少有四个类群被认为存在,其中包括三种确定的形式:马扎尔龙(Magyarosaurus dacus)、纳拉茨帕鲁迪坦龙(Paludititan nalatzensis)和匈牙利马扎尔龙("Magyarosaurus "hungaricus)。然而,这些类群在Lithostrotia中的系统发育亲缘关系仍存在争议。本文详细描述了大量的附肢残骸样本,其中主要是未发表的标本,为我们提供了有关下陆岛马斯特里赫特期蜥脚类多样性的新数据。所有标本都显示出与石期长脚类动物的亲缘关系或相容性,尽管其中一些标本的特征并不允许将其归属于这一支系。股骨有五个形态类型,肱骨有三到四个形态类型,腓骨有三个形态类型,桡骨、尺骨、鬃毛、阴毛、胫骨和脚趾有两个形态类型,支持该领域存在四到五个类群。报告了一种独特的部分芒齿形态,其特点是掌骨极度纤细,只有在西班牙 Lo Hueco 化石遗址(坎帕尼亚晚期-马斯特里赫特早期)发现的一种未发表的芒齿超越了这一形态,这表明在中生代末期,具有极度纤细芒齿的泰坦龙系栖息在欧洲地区,包括哈伊马角和伊比利亚-阿摩利亚群岛。
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Cretaceous Research
Cretaceous Research 地学-地质学
CiteScore
4.10
自引率
19.00%
发文量
235
审稿时长
12 weeks
期刊介绍: Cretaceous Research provides a forum for the rapid publication of research on all aspects of the Cretaceous Period, including its boundaries with the Jurassic and Palaeogene. Authoritative papers reporting detailed investigations of Cretaceous stratigraphy and palaeontology, studies of regional geology, and reviews of recently published books are complemented by short communications of significant new findings. Papers submitted to Cretaceous Research should place the research in a broad context, with emphasis placed towards our better understanding of the Cretaceous, that are therefore of interest to the diverse, international readership of the journal. Full length papers that focus solely on a local theme or area will not be accepted for publication; authors of short communications are encouraged to discuss how their findings are of relevance to the Cretaceous on a broad scale. Research Areas include: • Regional geology • Stratigraphy and palaeontology • Palaeobiology • Palaeobiogeography • Palaeoceanography • Palaeoclimatology • Evolutionary Palaeoecology • Geochronology • Global events.
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