First Record of Sauropod Remains from the Maastrichtian Marília Formation (Bauru Group) of Monte Alegre de Minas since Friderich von Huene´s Description in 1931

Authors

  • Carlos Roberto dos Anjos Candeiro Universidade Federal de Goiás, Laboratório de Paleontologia e Evolução, Curso de Geologia, Campus Aparecida de Goiânia, Rua Mucuri, s/n, 74968-755, Área 03, St. Conde dos Arcos, Aparecida de Goiânia, GO, Brazil Universidade Federal de Goiás, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade Animal, Alameda Palmeiras, s/n, 74710-310, Chácaras Califórnia, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
  • Diego Sullivan de Jesus Alves Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Geociências, Departamento de Geografia, Rua Carlos Gomes, 250, 13083-870, Cidade Universitária, Campinas, SP, Brazil
  • Lívia Motta Gil Universidade Federal de Goiás, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade Animal, Alameda Palmeiras, s/n, 74710-310, Chácaras Califórnia, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
  • Silvia Fernanda de Mendonça Figueirôa Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação, Avenida Bertrand Russell, 801, 13083-870, Campinas, SP, Brazil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11137/2019_2_32_39

Keywords:

Sauropod, Triângulo Mineiro region, Late Cretaceous

Abstract

After 86 years since the historical work by von Huene describing dinosaur remains from the Marília Formation (Bauru Group) from the Monte Alegre de Minas municipality, new bone fragments from the same locality are presented here. The materials were identified as a part of a prezygapophysis and the margin of a robust bone. The fragmentary condition of these specimens did not allow a more specific assignment, but it was possible to identify characters that are present both in titanosaurids and sauropods.

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2019-12-01

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Vol. 42 No. 2 (2019)

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