A new ornithopod (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Antarctica and its palaeobiogeographical implications

A new ornithopod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Snow Hill Island Formation, at James Ross Island, Antarctica is here described. This new taxon, named as Morrosaurus antarcticus gen. et sp. nov., is represented by a fragmentary right hind limb belonging to a medium-sized individua...

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Published in:Cretaceous Research
Main Authors: Rozadilla, Sebastian, Agnolin, Federico, Novas, Fernando Emilio, Aranciaga Rolando, Alexis Mauro, Motta, Matias Javier, Lirio, Juan Manuel, Isasi, Marcelo Pablo
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Academic Press Ltd - Elsevier Science Ltd
Subjects:
Ornithopoda
Euiguanodontia
Palaeobiogeography
Antarctica
Gondwana
Weddelian Province
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
Antarctic
Patagonia
Ross Island
Argentino
Argentina
Hill Island
Snow Hill Island
Motta
Snow Hill
Antarc*
antarcticus
James Ross Island
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/46572

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