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Sauropod dinosaur genus from Middle Jurassic Madagascar
Archaeodontosaurus descouensi right mandible
Archaeodontosaurus ("ancient-toothed lizard") is a
genus of
sauropod
dinosaur from the
Middle Jurassic . Its fossils were found in the
Isalo III Formation of
Madagascar . The
type species , Archaeodontosaurus descouensi , was described in September 2005. The
specific name honours the collector,
Didier Descouens . It is a probable sauropod, with
prosauropod -like teeth.
[1] It may be a basal member of
Gravisauria .
[2]
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References
^ Éric Buffetaut. 2005. A new sauropod dinosaur with prosauropod-like teeth from the Middle Jurassic of Madagascar. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France , 176(5), 467–473.
^ D. Pol; J. Ramezani; K. Gomez; J. L. Carballido; A. Paulina Carabajal; O. W. M. Rauhut; I. H. Escapa; N. R. Cúneo (2020).
"Extinction of herbivorous dinosaurs linked to Early Jurassic global warming event" . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences . 287 (1939): Article ID 20202310.
doi :
10.1098/rspb.2020.2310 .
PMC
7739499 .
PMID
33203331 .
S2CID
226982302 .
^ Gomez, Kevin; Carballido, Jose; Pol, Diego (2021).
"The axial skeleton of Bagualia alba (Dinosauria: Eusauropoda) from the Early Jurassic of Patagonia" .
Palaeontologia Electronica .
doi :
10.26879/1176 .
hdl :
11336/166827 .
S2CID
245184635 .
^ Rincón, Aldo F.; Raad Pájaro, Daniel A.; Jiménez Velandia, Harold F.; Ezcurra, Martín D.; Wilson Mantilla, Jeffrey A. (2022).
"A sauropod from the Lower Jurassic La Quinta Formation (Dept. Cesar, Colombia) and the initial diversification of eusauropods at low latitudes" . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 42 : e2077112.
doi :
10.1080/02724634.2021.2077112 .
S2CID
251501541 .
External links
Topics in sauropodomorph research