THE FIRST NEOCERATOPSIAN DINOSAUR REMAINS FROM EUROPE |
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| Authors: | JOHAN LINDGREN PHILIP J CURRIE† MIKAEL SIVERSON‡ JAN REES§ PETER CEDERSTRÖM FILIP LINDGREN |
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| Institution: | Department of Geology, GeoBiosphere Science Centre, Lund University, Sölvegatan 12, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden, and Department of Integrative Biology and Museum of Paleontology, University of California, 1101 Valley Life Sciences Building, Berkeley, CA 94720-4780, USA;e-mail:; Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Alberta, CW 405 Biological Sciences Building, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;e-mail:; Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Western Australian Museum, Francis Street, Perth 6000, Western Australia;e-mail:; Department of Biology, Karlstad University, SE-651 88 Karlstad, Sweden;e-mail:; Axelvoldsvägen 27, SE-241 35 Eslöv, Sweden;e-mail:; Pyntvägen 3, SE-295 38 Bromölla, Sweden;e-mail: |
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| Abstract: | Abstract: Shallow marine, nearshore strata of earliest Campanian ( Gonioteuthis granulataquadrata belemnite Zone) and latest Early Campanian (informal Belemnellocamax mammillatus belemnite zone) age in the Kristianstad Basin, southern Sweden, have yielded isolated leptoceratopsid teeth and vertebrae, representing the first record of horned dinosaurs from Europe. The new leptoceratopsid occurrence may support a European dispersal route for the Leptoceratopsidae, or may represent an entirely endemic population. The presence of leptoceratopsid teeth in shallow marine deposits contradicts previous hypotheses suggesting that basal neoceratopsians mainly preferred arid and/or semi-arid habitats far from coastal areas. |
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| Keywords: | Campanian Ceratopsia Leptoceratopsidae Neoceratopsia Sweden teeth vertebrae |
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