UN NUEVO HADROSÁURIDO (DINOSAURIA, ORNITHOPODA) DE LA FORMACIÓN ALLEN, PROVINCIA DE LA PAMPA, ARGENTINA
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Nuevos estudios de un ejemplar de Hadrosauridae proveniente de la Formación Allen, Campaniano tardío/Maastrichthiano temprano de la provincia de La Pampa (Argentina) permiten el reconocimiento de un nuevo taxón, Lapampasaurus cholinoi gen. et sp. nov., diagnosticado por la asociación de los siguientes caracteres: vertebras cervicales anteriores con forámenes laterales ubicados sobre la cara dorsal de las diapófisis, escapula con cresta deltoidea de borde lateral afilado y superficie dorsal convexa, falange ungueal del pie más larga que ancha con surcos y forámenes superficiales y somera elevación longitudinal ventral. La identificación de Lapampasaurus como Hadrosauridae se confirma por la presencia de varias sinapomorfías tales como arcos neurales cervicales con pedúnculos zigapofisiales elevados sobre el nivel del canal neural y postzigapófisis largas y dorsalmente arqueadas, coracoides relativamente pequeño en relación a la escápula, con el margen anterior claramente cóncavo y un tubérculo bicipital bien desarrollado, y falange ungueal en forma de casco. La presencia de Lapampasaurus en el Cretácico Tardío de Patagonia sugiere la existencia de una fauna de hadrosauridos más diversa que la registrada previamente. Abstract. A NEW HADROSAURID (DINOSAURIA, ORNITHOPODA) FROM ALLEN FORMATION, LA PAMPA PROVINCE, ARGENTINA. New studies of a Hadrosauridae specimen collected in the Allen Formation, Late Campanian/Early Maastrichthian from La Pampa Province, Argentina, allow recognizing a new taxon, Lapampasaurus cholinoi gen. et sp. nov., which is diagnosed by the following combination of characters: anterior cervical vertebrae with lateral foramina on the dorsal side of the diapophyses, scapula with laterally sharp deltoid crest and convex dorsal surface, pedal ungual phalanx longer than wide with superficial grooves and foramina, and shallow, longitudinal ventral ridge. The identification of Lapampasaurus as a member of Hadrosauridae is confirmed by the recognition of several synapomorphies, such as cervical neural arches with zygapophysial peduncles that elevate above the neural canal, long and dorsally arched postzygapophyses, coracoid relatively small when compared with the scapula, with concave anterior margin and well developed bicipital knob, and hoof-shaped pedal ungual phalanx. The record of Lapampasaurus in the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia suggests the presence of a more diverse hadrosaurid fauna than previously recorded.Downloads
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