The Basal Nodosaurid Ankylosaur Europelta carbonensis n. gen., n. sp from the Lower Cretaceous (Lower Albian) Escucha Formation of Northeastern Spain

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作者：
Kirkland, James I. [1 ]
Alcala, Luis [2 ]
Loewen, Mark A. [3 ,4 ]
Espilez, Eduardo [2 ]
Mampel, Luis [2 ]
Wiersma, Jelle P. [3 ,4 ]
机构：
[1] Utah Geol Survey, Salt Lake City, UT USA
[2] Fdn Conjunto Paleontol Teruel Dinopolis, Museo Aragones Paleontol, Teruel, Spain
[3] Nat Hist Museum Utah, Salt Lake City, UT USA
[4] Univ Utah, Dept Geol & Geophys, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 USA
来源：
PLOS ONE | 2013年 / 8卷 / 12期
关键词：
CEDAR-MOUNTAIN FORMATION; DINOSAUR POLACANTHUS; ARMORED DINOSAUR; SKELETAL RECONSTRUCTION; HUNGAROSAURUS-TORMAI; DERMAL ARMOR; ORNITHISCHIA; SKULL; REDESCRIPTION; BASIN;
D O I：
10.1371/journal.pone.0080405
中图分类号：
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号：
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要：
Nodosaurids are poorly known from the Lower Cretaceous of Europe. Two associated ankylosaur skeletons excavated from the lower Albian carbonaceous member of the Escucha Formation near Arino in northeastern Teruel, Spain reveal nearly all the diagnostic recognized character that define nodosaurid ankylosaurs. These new specimens comprise a new genus and species of nodosaurid ankylosaur and represent the single most complete taxon of ankylosaur from the Cretaceous of Europe. These two specimens were examined and compared to all other known ankylosaurs. Comparisons of these specimens document that Europelta carbonensis n. gen., n. sp. is a nodosaur and is the sister taxon to the Late Cretaceous nodosaurids Anoplosaurus, Hungarosaurus, and Struthiosaurus, defining a monophyletic clade of European nodosaurids- the Struthiosaurinae.
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