Nuevos dinosaurios terópodos de Auca Mahuevo, provincia del Neuquén (Cretácico tardío, Argentina)
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Resumen. Se describen materiales de Theropoda provenientes de los niveles superiores de las formaciones Anacleto y Bajo de La Carpa. Los ejemplares fueron colectados en afloramientos de la localidad de Auca Mahuevo e inmediaciones, un sitio paleontológico del Neuquén con abundantes restos de huevos y embriones de saurópodos titanosaurios. Algunas piezas dentales fueron encontradas en asociación con huesos de titanosaurios adultos, en niveles coincidentes con aquellos portadores de nidos de saurópodos. Estos dientes poseen caracteres descriptos para el morfotipo dental dromeosaurido y comparten varios caracteres con los dientes maxilares del abelisáurido Aucasaurusgarridoi Coria et al., por ahora la única especie de dinosaurio terópodo descripta e ilustrada de este sitio. Materiales postcraneanos aislados provenientes de los niveles superiores de la Formación Bajo de La Carpa han sido atribuidos a dinosaurios terópodos pero carecen de caracteres derivados de Abelisauridae, siendo en contraste afiliados a formas basales de tetanuros, de tamaños comparables con los carcharodontosáuridos. Abstract. NEW THEROPOD DINOSAURS FROM AUCA MAHUEVO, NEUQUÉN PROVINCE (LATE CRETACEOUS, ARGENTINA).Materials of Theropoda from the upper levels of the Anacleto Formation and the upper levels of the underlaying Bajo de la Carpa Formation are described. The specimens were collected from rocks outcropping at Auca Mahuevo locality and surroundings, a paleontological area from Neuquén Province that yielded abundant remains of titanosaur eggs and embryos. Some of the teeth were collected associated with adult titanosaur bones, at the same levels that bear titanosaur nests. These teeth have features comparable with the dromeosaurid morphotype, and share several characters with the teeth of the abelisaurid Aucasaurusgarridoi Coria et al., the only theropod species described and illustrated from the site. Isolated postcranial material from the underlaying Bajo de la Carpa Formation have been assigned to theropod dinosaurs but lack Abelisauridae derived features, being better linked with basal tetanuran forms, with sizes comparable with those of carcharodontosaurids.Downloads
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