First occurrence of Mosasauridae (Squamata) in the Maastrichtian (latest Cretaceous) of Alicante (Valencia Community, Eastern Spain)
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Title: | First occurrence of Mosasauridae (Squamata) in the Maastrichtian (latest Cretaceous) of Alicante (Valencia Community, Eastern Spain) |
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Other Titles: | Primer hallazgo de Mosasauridae (Squamata) en el Maastrichtiense (Cretacico final) de Alicante (Comunidad de Valencia, Levante Español) |
Authors: | Bardet, Nathalie | Baeza Carratalá, José Francisco | Díez Díaz, Verónica | Carbonell, Ángel | García Ávila, Manuel | Giner, Vicente |
Research Group/s: | Cambios Paleoambientales |
Center, Department or Service: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra y del Medio Ambiente |
Keywords: | Mosasauridae | Prognathodon | Latest Cretaceous | Betic Cordillera | Spain | Cretácico final | Cordillera Bética | España |
Knowledge Area: | Paleontología |
Issue Date: | 16-Jul-2012 |
Publisher: | Instituto de Geociencias (CSIC-UCM) |
Citation: | BARDET, N., et al. “First occurrence of Mosasauridae (Squamata) in the Maastrichtian (latest Cretaceous) of Alicante (Valencia Community, Eastern Spain)”. Estudios Geológicos [en línea], manuscrito aceptado (2012). ISSN 0367-0449 |
Abstract: | Although the mosasaurid genus Prognathodon is known worldwide during the latest Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian), we report here its first occurrence in the Eastern area of the Iberian Peninsula. It was previously known from coeval levels of the Basque Country. The specimen from Castalla (Alicante) corresponds to a pterygoid tooth. Though it cannot be precisely determined at the specific level, the tooth belongs to a Prognathodon species with ‘slender’ teeth such as P. compressidens, P. sectorius and P. mosasauroides, all known in the Campanian-Maastrichtian of Europe, or P. kianda from the Maastrichtian of Angola. | Aunque el género de mosasaurio Prognathodon esta conocido mundialmente durante el Cretácico final (Campaniense-Maastrichtiense), damos a conocer su primera ocurrencia en el Levante Español. Previamente ya se conocía en niveles contemporáneos del País Vasco. El espécimen de Castalla corresponde a un diente del pterigoides. Aunque no se puede identificar a nivel especifico, el diente pertenece a una especie de Prognathodon con dientes ‘delgados’ como P. compressidens, P. sectorius y P. mosasauroi - des, del Campaniense-Maastrichtiense de Europa, ó P. kianda del Maastrichtiense de Angola. |
Sponsor: | The present paper is supported by the Research Group VIGROB-167 of the University of Alicante (J.F.B.C.). |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/29140 |
ISSN: | 0367-0449 | 1988-3250 (Internet) |
DOI: | 10.3989/egeol.40792.169 |
Language: | eng |
Type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Rights: | Licencia Creative Commons Reconocimiento-NoComercial 3.0 |
Peer Review: | si |
Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3989/egeol.40792.169 |
Appears in Collections: | INV - CP - Artículos de Revistas |
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