A stegosaur vertebra (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Callovian (Middle Jurassic) of Sarthe, western France

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作者
Buffetaut, Eric [1 ]
Morel, Nicolas [2 ]
机构
[1] Ecole Normale Super, CNRS, Geol Lab, UMR 8538, F-75231 Paris 05, France
[2] Musee Hist Nat, Musee Vert, F-72100 Le Mans, France
关键词
Dinosauria; Stegosauria; Jurassic; Callovian; Sarthe; France;
D O I
10.1016/j.crpv.2009.05.001
中图分类号
Q91 [古生物学];
学科分类号
0709 ; 070903 ;
摘要
A dinosaur vertebra found in the course of road works in the "Chevain Marls" (marine Callovian) of the Vermont outlier, near the village of Bethon (Sarthe, Pays-de-la-Loire, western France) is described and referred to a stegosaur (cf. Lexovisaurus). It is the first record of a dinosaur in the Middle Jurassic of that area. The specimen was probably derived from the floating carcass of an animal that had lived on the emerged areas of the Armorican Massif, near which the Chevain Marls were deposited. This fossil is an addition to the short list of stegosaur remains reported from France. To cite this article: E. Buffetaut, N. Morel, C. R. Palevol 8 (2009). (C) 2009 Academie des sciences. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
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页码:545 / 549
页数:5
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