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Teeth of embryonic or hatchling sauropods from the Berriasian (Early Cretaceous) of Cherves-de-Cognac, France

Paul M. Barrett Joane Pouech Jean-Michel Mazin Fiona M. Jones

Abstrak

The Cherves-de-Cognac site (Charente, France) has yielded a diverse continental microvertebrate fauna of Berriasian (earliest Cretaceous) age. Dinosaur remains are rare, but include three teeth that are referrable to an indeterminate sauropod, which might represent either a titanosauriform, a non-titanosauriform macronarian or a non-neosauropod. The small size of these teeth (with a maximum length of 3 mm, as preserved) and the almost complete absence of emanel wrinkling suggests that they pertained to embryonic or hatchling individuals. The Cherves-de-Cognac sauropod represents a rare occurrence of sauropod embryos/hatchlings, a new sauropod record from the poorly-known terrestrial Berriasian and another possible instance of the persistence of non-diplodocoid, non-titanosauriform sauropods into the Cretaceous.

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Fossil man. Human paleontology Paleontology

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Paul M. Barrett

Joane Pouech

Jean-Michel Mazin

Fiona M. Jones

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Barrett, P.M., Pouech, J., Mazin, J., Jones, F.M. (2016). Teeth of embryonic or hatchling sauropods from the Berriasian (Early Cretaceous) of Cherves-de-Cognac, France. https://doi.org/10.4202/app.00257.2016

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Tahun Terbit: 2016
Sumber Database: DOAJ
DOI: 10.4202/app.00257.2016
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