New Data on Dinosaurs of the Crimean Peninsula |
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| Authors: | A. V. Lopatin A. O. Averianov V. R. Alifanov |
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| Affiliation: | 1.Borissiak Paleontological Institute,Russian Academy of Sciences,Moscow,Russia;2.Moscow State University,Moscow,Russia;3.Zoological Institute,Russian Academy of Sciences,St. Petersburg,Russia;4.Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University,Kazan,Russia;5.St. Petersburg State University,St. Petersburg,Russia |
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| Abstract: | Reexamination of the holotype of Riabininohadros weberae from the Upper Cretaceous (upper Maastrichtian) of the Crimean Peninsula (Besh-Kosh) allowed determination of previously unknown elements of the femur, astragalus, and calcaneus. This taxon shows a set of primitive characters observed in iguanodontids and basal ornithischians and is referred to as Styracosterna indet. The second dinosaur specimen from Crimea (Aleshino) is a fragmentary skeleton, including cervical and dorsal vertebrae. It possibly belongs to advanced iguanodontids or primitive hadrosauroids. Thus, in the Maastrichtian of the Crimean Peninsula, at least two dinosaur species coexisted. |
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