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Wednesday, March 20, 2019

[Paleontology • 2017] Albertavenator curriei • A New Species of Troodontid Theropod (Dinosauria: Maniraptora) from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation (Maastrichtian) of Alberta, Canada ---ScRaBBlE



Albertavenator curriei 
Evans, Cullen, Larson & Rego, 2017


ABSTRACT

Troodontid material from the Maastrichtian of North America is extremely rare, beyond isolated teeth from microvertebrate sites. Here we describe troodontid frontals from the early Maastrichtian Horseshoe Canyon Formation (Horsethief Member). The most complete specimen, TMP 1993.105.0001, is notably foreshortened and robust when compared with numerous specimens referred to Troodon from the Dinosaur Park Formation, and exhibits several characteristics that distinguish it from other Late Cretaceous troodontids. Morphometric analyses reinforce shape differences between TMP 1993.105.0001 and other North American troodontids, and show that proportional differences are independent of size. We therefore erect a new taxonAlbertavenator curriei gen. et sp. nov., which is diagnosed by the following autapomorphies: (1) primary supraciliary foramen is truncated anteriorly by the lacrimal contact; (2) superficial (ectocranial) surface of the frontal proportionally shorter than all known troodontids, with a length to width ratio under 1.3; and (3) frontoparietal contact in which an enlarged lappet of the frontal extends medially to extensively overlap the lateral region of the anteromedial process of the parietal. Interestingly, tooth and jaw morphology from the single relatively complete dentary recovered from the Horseshoe Canyon cannot be distinguished from dentaries and teeth from the Dinosaur Park Formation. If the dentary and teeth from the Horsethief Member of the Horseshoe Canyon Formation prove to belong to A. curriei, extensive overlap in tooth morphology between the Dinosaur Park and Horseshoe Canyon formations reinforces the notion that tooth morphotypes do not exhibit strong correspondence to species alpha diversity, and may encompass multiple closely related taxa.

Life recreation of Albertavenator curriei.
 Illustrated by Oliver Demuth 







Comparison of 3D frontal models in dorsal, lateral, ventral, medial, anterior, and posterior, respectively, of Albertavenator curriei (top) and Troodon inequalis.


Abbreviations: fc – frontal midline contact, lc – lacrimal contact with frontal, lcb – lacrimal buttress, lsc – laterosphenoid contact with frontal, nc – nasal contact with frontal, or – orbital rim, pc – parietal contact with frontal, pl – parietal lappet, poc – postorbital contact with frontal, scf – supraciliary foramen. Scale bar – 1 cm. 


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David C. Evans, Thomas M. Cullen, Derek W. Larson and Adam Rego. 2017. A New Species of Troodontid Theropod (Dinosauria: Maniraptora) from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation (Maastrichtian) of Alberta, Canada.
 Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. DOI: 10.1139/cjes-2017-0034

Albertavenator curriei: New Species of Bird-Like Dinosaur Identified in Canada || 
Scientists name new species of dinosaur after Canadian icon http://phy.so/419501502 via @physorg_com


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ملاحظة هامة: كل عمليات تنزيل، رفع، وتعديل المواضيع الجاهزة تتم بطريقة آلية، ونعتذر عن اي موضوع مخالف او مخل بالحياء مرفوع بالمدونات الجاهزة بآلاف المواضيع والمشاركات، ولكم ان تقوموا بحذف هذه المواضيع والمشاركات والطريقة بسيطة وسهلة. ــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــسلامـ.

[Paleontology • 2017] Daliansaurus liaoningensis • A New Troodontid Dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Liaoning Province, China ---ScRaBBlE


Daliansaurus liaoningensis 
Shen, Lü, Liu, Kundrát, Brusatte & Gao, 2017


Abstract
 A new troodontid dinosaur, Daliansaurus liaoningensis gen. et sp. nov., is erected based on a nearly complete specimen from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Beipiao City, Liaoning Province, China. This well preserved skeleton provides important new details of the anatomy for Liaoning troodontids, and gives new insight into their phylogenetic relationships and evolution. Daliansaurus is distinguished from other troodontids by an enlarged ungual on pedal digit IV, which is approximately the same size as the sickle-shaped second ungual, and is differentiated from other Liaoning troodontids by a number of characters of the skull, manus, pelvis, and hindlimb. A phylogenetic analysis recovers Daliansaurus within a subclade of Liaoning troodontids that also includes SinovenatorSinusonasus, and Mei. We erect a name for this group — Sinovenatorinae — and argue that it reflects a localized radiation of small-bodied troodontids in the Early Cretaceous of eastern Asia, similar to previously recognized radiations of Liaoning dromaeosaurids and avialans. As more Liaoning theropods are discovered, it is becoming apparent that small, feathered paravians were particularly diverse during the Early Cretaceous, and future work is needed to clarify how this diversity arose, which species coexisted, and how these numerous species partitioned niches. 

Key words: Troodontids, Daliansaurus liaoningensis, Early Cretaceous, Yixian Formation, Liaoning


Fig. 15. The living scene of Daliansaurus liaoningensis gen. et sp. nov. (DNHM D 2885) (drawn by Zhao Chuang)
Fig. 2. Photograph of the holotype of Daliansaurus liaoningensis gen. et sp. nov. (DNHM D2885).

Theropoda Marsh, 1881
Maniraptora Gauthier, 1986

Troodontidae Gilmore, 1924 
 Sinovenatorinae subfamily nov. 

Definition: The most inclusive clade including Sinovenator changii but not Troodon formosus, Saurornithoides mongoliensis, Anchiornis huxleyi, Archaeopteryx lithographica, Gallus gallus, Unenlagia comahuensis, or Dromaeosaurus albertensis

  Diagnosis: Based on our phylogenetic analysis, this clade can be diagnosed with the following combination of characters (for further discussion, see below): a premaxilla whose anteroposterior length is less than 10% of the length of the maxilla along the ventral margin of the upper jaw; a premaxillary maxillary process that contacts the nasal ventral to the external naris; some maxillary and dentary teeth that lack serrations on the mesial carina; unfused zygapophyses on the sacral vertebrae; an antitrochanter that is posterodorsal to the acetabulum; and a metatarsal IV that is mediolaterally wide and flattened in cross section.

 Included species: Based on our phylogenetic analysis, this clade currently includes Sinovenator changiiSinusonasus magnodensMei long, and Daliansaurus liaoningensis gen. et sp. nov.


 Daliansaurus liaoningensis gen. et sp. nov.

Etymology: The generic name refers to the city of Dalian in the south of Liaoning province. The specific name “liaoningensis” refers to the province in which the specimen was discovered.

Locality and horizon: Lujiatun, Beipiao City, Liaoning Province; Yixian Formation, Lower Cretaceous.


Fig. 15. The living scene of Daliansaurus liaoningensis gen. et sp. nov. (DNHM D 2885) (drawn by Zhao Chuang) 

Conclusions
 It appears that small-bodied, feathered, winged paravian theropods from Liaoning—dromaeosaurids, avialans, and troodontids—were exceptionally diverse. Each group experienced its own local Early Cretaceous diversification, which produced a number of species that either coexisted or, perhaps more likely, replaced each other over time or partitioned niches and geographic ranges so that they did not extensively overlap in space. The discovery of Daliansaurus also demonstrates that Liaoning continues to produce new dinosaur taxa, and remains one of the world’s most productive sites for understanding paravian evolution, more than two decades after the first feathered dinosaurs were reported.


 SHEN Caizhi, LÜ Junchang, LIU Sizhao, Martin KUNDRÁT, Stephen L. BRUSATTE and GAO Hailong. 2017. A New Troodontid Dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Liaoning Province, China.  ACTA GEOLOGICA SINICA.  91(3); 763–780. 


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ملاحظة هامة: كل عمليات تنزيل، رفع، وتعديل المواضيع الجاهزة تتم بطريقة آلية، ونعتذر عن اي موضوع مخالف او مخل بالحياء مرفوع بالمدونات الجاهزة بآلاف المواضيع والمشاركات، ولكم ان تقوموا بحذف هذه المواضيع والمشاركات والطريقة بسيطة وسهلة. ــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــسلامـ.

[Paleontology • 2017] Jianianhualong tengi • Mosaic Evolution in An Asymmetrically Feathered Troodontid Dinosaur with Transitional Features ---ScRaBBlE


Jianianhualong tengi  
Xu, Currie, Pittman, Xing, Meng, Lü, Hu & Yu, 2017 

 Life reconstruction by Julius T. Csotonyi | DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14972


Abstract
Asymmetrical feathers have been associated with flight capability but are also found in species that do not fly, and their appearance was a major event in feather evolution. Among non-avialan theropods, they are only known in microraptorine dromaeosaurids. Here we report a new troodontid, Jianianhualong tengi gen. et sp. nov., from the Lower Cretaceous Jehol Group of China, that has anatomical features that are transitional between long-armed basal troodontids and derived short-armed ones, shedding new light on troodontid character evolution. It indicates that troodontid feathering is similar to Archaeopteryx in having large arm and leg feathers as well as frond-like tail feathering, confirming that these feathering characteristics were widely present among basal paravians. Most significantly, the taxon has the earliest known asymmetrical troodontid feathers, suggesting that feather asymmetry was ancestral to Paraves. This taxon also displays a mosaic distribution of characters like Sinusonasus, another troodontid with transitional anatomical features.

Figure 1: Jianianhualong tengi holotype DLXH 1218.
 (a) Photograph and (b) line drawing of the specimen. Scale bar, 50 cm.

 cav, caudal vertebrae; cv, cervical vertebrae; dv, dorsal vertebrae; fu, furcula; lfe, left femur; lh, left humerus; li, left ilium; lis, left ischium; lm, left manus; lp left pes; lpu, left pubis; lr, left radius; lu, left ulna; md, mandible; rc, right coracoid; rfe, right femur; rfi, right fibula; rh, right humerus; ri, right ilium; rm, right manus; rr, right radius; rs, right scapula; rt, right tibiotarsus; ru, right ulna; sk, skull; ss, synsacrum. 

Figure 7: Life reconstruction of Jianianhualong tengi based on the holotype DLXH 1218.
by Julius T. Csotonyi 

Systematic palaeontology 
Theropoda Marsh, 188121
Coelurosauria Huene, 192022

Maniraptora Gauthier, 198623
Troodontidae Gilmore, 192424

Jianianhualong tengi gen. et sp. nov.

 Etymology.Jianianhua’, the Chinese company that supported this study; ‘long’, the Chinese Pinyin for dragon. The specific name honors Ms Fangfang Teng, who secured the specimen for study.

 Holotype. DLXH 1218, a nearly complete skeleton with associated feathers (Fig. 1) housed at the Dalian Xinghai Museum.


Locality and horizon. Baicai Gou, Yixian County, western Liaoning, China; Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation.

 Diagnosis. A troodontid distinguishable from other taxa in possessing the following apomorphic features (*indicates autapomorphic feature): maxillary rostral ramus triangular in outline and relatively high dorsoventrally*; maxillary ascending process extending posterodorsally at a high angle (an angle of ∼45° to maxillary ventral margin)*; lacrimal with a long descending process sub-equal in length to anterior process; a prominent ridge along anterior edge of the lateral surface of the lacrimal descending process; a distinct fossa on the dorsal surface of the surangular close to its posterior end; axial neural spine with a convex dorsal margin, transversely thickened anterior margin, and posterodorsal portion expanding strongly posteriorly; long manual phalanx II-1 (slightly shorter than metacarpal III) with prominent proximoventral heel, large groove along the medial surface of more than proximal half of manual phalanx II-1*; highly elongated manual III-2 (slightly longer than metacarpal III)*; robust ungual phalanges (medial ungual proximal depth/ungual length ratio >0.5); ilium with slightly concave dorsal margin in lateral view*; small medial lamina along ischial obturator process dorsal margin; metatarsal IV without prominent ventral flange*.

Figure 2: Cranium of Jianianhualong tengi holotype DLXH 1218.
 (a) Photograph and (b) line drawing of the skull and mandible. Scale bar, 2 cm.
ax, axis; fg, groove with foramina; fo, fossa; imf, internal mandibular fenestra; la, left angular; ld, left dentary; lect, left ectopterygoid; lex, left exoccipital; lf; left frontal; lhy, left hyoid bone; lj, left jugal; lla, left lacrimal; lm, left maxilla; lmf, left maxillary fenestra; ln, left nasal; lp, left parietal; lpt?, left pterygoid?; lpa, left prearticular; lpo, left postorbital; lpsaf, left posterior surangular foramen; lsa, left surangular; lsp?, left splenial?; lso, left supraoccipital; lsq, left squamosal; mc, Meckelian canal; ra, right angular; rart, right articular; rd, right dentary; rf, right frontal; rhy, right hyoid bone; rm?, right maxilla?; rn; right nasal; rp, right parietal; rpa, right prearticular; rq?, right quadrate?; rsa; right surangular; rso, right supraoccipital; rsp; right splenial; rsq, right squamosal. 



Xing Xu, Philip Currie, Michael Pittman, Lida Xing, Qingjin Meng, Junchang Lü, Dongyu Hu and Congyu Yu. 2017. Mosaic Evolution in An Asymmetrically Feathered Troodontid Dinosaur with Transitional Features.
  Nature Communications. 8, Article number: 14972.  DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14972

New Birdlike Dinosaur Had Modern Feathers on.natgeo.com/2p20KoN  @NatGeo

  


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شاهد قناة منتدى مدونات بلوجر جاهزة بألاف المواضيع والمشاركات على اليوتيوب لمزيد من الشرح من هنا
رابط مدونة منتدى مدونات بلوجر جاهزة بآلاف المواضيع والمشاركات في أي وقت حــــتى لو تم حذفها من هنا
شاهد صفحة منتدى مدونات بلوجر جاهزة بألاف المواضيع والمشاركات على الفيس بوك لمزيد من الشرح من هنا
تعرف على ترتيب مواضيع منتدى مدونات بلوجر جاهزة بآلاف المواضيع والمشاركات (حتى لا تختلط عليك الامور) من هنا

ملاحظة هامة: كل عمليات تنزيل، رفع، وتعديل المواضيع الجاهزة تتم بطريقة آلية، ونعتذر عن اي موضوع مخالف او مخل بالحياء مرفوع بالمدونات الجاهزة بآلاف المواضيع والمشاركات، ولكم ان تقوموا بحذف هذه المواضيع والمشاركات والطريقة بسيطة وسهلة. ــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــسلامـ.

[Paleontology • 2017] Troodontids (Theropoda) from the Dinosaur Park Formation, Alberta, with A Description of A Unique New Taxon, Latenivenatrix mcmasterae: Implications for Deinonychosaur Diversity in North America ---ScRaBBlE


Latenivenatrix mcmasterae
van der Reest & Currie, 2017 


ABSTRACT

Troodontids are known from Asia and North America, with the most complete specimens from the Jurassic of China and the Cretaceous of Mongolia. North American troodontids are poorly known, and specimens that have been described are isolated elements or partial skeletons with limited material. A new troodontid from the upper Dinosaur Park Formation (upper Campanian) is based on partial skulls, several vertebrae, ribs, gastralia, chevrons, a sacrum, partial pelvis, and partial fore and hind limbs. It is the largest troodontid known, with an estimated height of 180 cm and length of 350 cm. Like other troodontids, it possesses an elongated ambiens process and has a horizontal ventral margin of the postacetabular process. It differs from all other derived troodontids in that the slightly retroverted pubis has a shaft that curves anteroventrally. Some specimens from the Dinosaur Park Formation previously assigned to Troodon are reassigned to the new taxon, including multiple partial crania, an associated dentary and metatarsus, and a partial skeleton. Previously undescribed elements from the lower part of the Dinosaur Park Formation are assigned to the resurrected Stenonychosaurus inequalis. Distinct stratigraphic separation of Stenonychosaurus inequalis and the new taxon indicates a replacement in troodontid fauna, similar to the turnover of large ornithischians in the same formation. The new taxon is phylogenetically more closely related to Mongolian taxa, indicating the replacement of Stenonychosaurus may have been from an earlier Asian form immigrating into North America.


 Latenivenatrix mcmasterae
Life reconstruction by Julius Csotonyi. 

Systematic palaeontology
Theropoda Marsh, 1881
Maniraptora Gauthier, 1986
Troodontidae Gilmore, 1924 sensu Turner et al. 2012
Troodontinae, clade nov.

DEFINITION: The most inclusive clade containing Gobivenator mongoliensis and Zanabazar junior.
DIAGNOSIS: Troodontinae differs from all other more basal troodontids by possessing an elongated ambiens process that is present on the anterior margin of the iliopubic symphysis.


Latenivenatrix gen. nov. 

Latenivenatrix mcmasterae gen. et sp. nov.

ETYMOLOGY: The generic name derives from “latens” (Latin for latent and hiding) and “venatrix” (feminine form in Latin for hunter). “Latent” refers to the taxon having been in multiple collections for nearly 100 years but unrecognized until now. “Hiding” has a similar meaning to latent, but also refers to a predatory animal hiding in cover until a suitable time to attack its prey. “Hunter” refers to it being carnivorous. The specific epithet honours the late mother of the first author, Lynne (McMaster) van der Reest.


 Stenonychosaurus inequalis Sternberg, 1932


Aaron J. van der Reest and Philip J. Currie. 2017. Troodontids (Theropoda) from the Dinosaur Park Formation, Alberta, with A Description of A Unique New Taxon: Implications for Deinonychosaur Diversity in North America. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 54; xx. DOI: 10.1139/cjes-2017-0031

 Introducing Latenivenatrix mcmasterae, new Troodontid from the DPF published in @CanJEarthSci this morning! Sorry Troodon formosus #invalid

Dino hips discovery unravels species riddle  bit.ly/2ulK0w6 via @ualberta @EurekAlert

Résumé: Les troodontidés connus proviennent d’Asie et d’Amérique du Nord, les spécimens les plus complets provenant du Jurassique de la Chine et du Crétacé de la Mongolie. Les troodontidés nord-américains sont peu connus et les spécimens décrits consistent en des éléments isolés ou des squelettes partiels représentés par une quantité limitée de matériau. Un nouveau troodontidé de la partie supérieure de la Formation de Dinosaur Park (Campanien supérieur) est basé sur des crânes partiels, plusieurs vertèbres, des côtes, une gastralia, des chevrons, un sacrum, un pelvis partiel et des membres antérieurs et postérieurs partiels. Il s’agit du plus grand troodontidé connu, dont la hauteur est estimée a` 180 cm et la longueur, a` 350 cm. À l’instar d’autres troodontidés, il présente un processus ambiens allongé et une marge ventrale horizontale du processus post-acétabulaire. Il se distingue de tous les autres troodontidés dérivés par son pubis légèrement rétroversé doté d’une diaphyse courbée antéroventralement. Certains spécimens de la Formation de Dinosaur Park auparavant attribués a` Troodon, incluant plusieurs crânes partiels, un os dentaire et un métatarse associés, ainsi qu’un squelette partiel, sont réaffectés au nouveau taxon. Des éléments non décrits auparavant de la partie inférieure de la Formation de Dinosaur Park sont affectés a` Stenonychosaurus inequalis. La séparation stratigraphique claire de Stenonychosaurus inequalis et du nouveau taxon indique un remplacement de la faune de troodontidés semblable au renouvellement des grands ornithischiens de la même formation. Le nouveau taxon est plus étroitement apparenté sur le plan phylogénétique aux taxons de Mongolie, ce qui indique que le remplacement de Stenonychosaurus pourrait être dû a` l’immigration en Amérique du Nord d’une forme asiatique plus ancienne.


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كيف تحصل على مدونة جاهزة بآلاف المواضيع والمشاركات من هنا
شاهد قناة منتدى مدونات بلوجر جاهزة بألاف المواضيع والمشاركات على اليوتيوب لمزيد من الشرح من هنا
رابط مدونة منتدى مدونات بلوجر جاهزة بآلاف المواضيع والمشاركات في أي وقت حــــتى لو تم حذفها من هنا
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ملاحظة هامة: كل عمليات تنزيل، رفع، وتعديل المواضيع الجاهزة تتم بطريقة آلية، ونعتذر عن اي موضوع مخالف او مخل بالحياء مرفوع بالمدونات الجاهزة بآلاف المواضيع والمشاركات، ولكم ان تقوموا بحذف هذه المواضيع والمشاركات والطريقة بسيطة وسهلة. ــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــسلامـ.

[Paleontology • 2017] Liaoningvenator curriei • A New Troodontid Dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation in Western Liaoning, China ---ScRaBBlE


Liaoningvenator curriei  
Shen, Zhao, Gao, Lü & Kundrát, 2017

reconstruction by Chuang ZHAO || DOI: 10.3975/cagsb.2017.03.06 

Abstract

      A new troodontidLiaoningvenator curriei gen. et sp. nov., is described based on a complete skeleton from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Beipiao City, Liaoning Province. It bears the following characteristics of Troodontidae: numerous and more closely appressed maxillary and dentary teeth; the teeth markedly constricted between the roots and crowns; the nutrient foramina in groove on the external surface of dentary; distal caudal vertebrae having a sulcus on the dorsal midline rather than a neural spine. Unlike other troodontids, Liaoningvenator exhibits a sub-triangular ischial boot in lateral view and slender ischial obturator process; transition point in caudal vertebrae starts from the seventh caudal vertebra. A phylogenetic analysis recovers Liaoningvenator and Eosinopteryx as sister taxa that belong to the same clade. These two taxa share the following three characteristics: (1) anterior maxillary and dentary teeth lack serrations along the anterior carina; (2) shafts of cervical ribs are longer than vertebral centra with which they articulate; and (3) anterior margin of ilium is straight. The histological study indicates that Liaoningvenator was attaining skeletal maturity and at least four years old when it perished. Liaoningvenator represents the fifth troodontid taxon from the Lower Cretaceous equivalent strata of western Liaoning. It provides much new anatomical information on basal troodontid dinosaurs in this region. It also enhances the diversity of the troodontids in Early Cretaceous of China currently known.

Keywords: troodontid, new genus and species, Early Cretaceous, phylogenetic analysis, western Liaoning

Fig. 1 Line drawing (A) and photograph (B) of Liaoningvenator curriei gen. et sp. nov. (DNHM D3012)
Systematic paleontology
Theropoda Marsh, 1881
Maniraptora Gauthier, 1986
Troodontidae Gilmore, 1924

Liaoningvenator curriei gen. et sp. nov.  

Etymology: The genus name refers to Liaoning, and “venator” meaning hunter; the specific name honors Professor Philip J. Currie for his outstanding contribution to the research on small theropod dinosaurs.

Holotype: A nearly complete, naturally articulated skeleton with skull and lower jaws (DNHM D3012), all bones are three dimensionally preserved. The type specimen is housed in the collections of the Dalian Natural History Museum (DNHM), Dalian City, Liaoning Province, China.

 Type locality and horizon: Lujiatun, Shangyuan, Beipiao City, Liaoning Province, China; fluvial and volcaniclastic beds of the basal Yixian Formation, Hauterivian, Lower Cretaceous (Xu et al., 2002).

The reconstruction of Liaoningvenator curriei gen. et sp. nov. (DNHM D3012)
drawn by ZHAO Chuang



Cai-zhi Shen, Bo Zhao, Chun-ling Gao, Jun-chang Lü and Martin Kundrát. 2017. A New Troodontid Dinosaur (Liaoningvenator curriei gen. et sp. nov.) from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation in Western Liaoning Province. Acta Geoscientica Sinica. 38: 359-371.  DOI: 10.3975/cagsb.2017.03.06


Liaoningvenator, a new troodontid from China http://www.wildprehistory.com/abstract/liaoningvenator-a-new-troodontid-from-china/ @wildprehistory

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ملاحظة هامة: كل عمليات تنزيل، رفع، وتعديل المواضيع الجاهزة تتم بطريقة آلية، ونعتذر عن اي موضوع مخالف او مخل بالحياء مرفوع بالمدونات الجاهزة بآلاف المواضيع والمشاركات، ولكم ان تقوموا بحذف هذه المواضيع والمشاركات والطريقة بسيطة وسهلة. ــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــسلامـ.

[Paleontology • 2017] Almas ukhaa • A New Late Cretaceous Troodontid from Ukhaa Tolgod, Ömnögovi Aimag, Mongolia ---ScRaBBlE


Almas ukhaa
Pei, Norell, Barta, Bever, Pittman & Xu, 2017

  DOI: 10.1206/3889.1 

ABSTRACT
A new troodontid dinosaur, Almas ukhaa, from the Late Cretaceous deposits of the Djadokhta Formation at Ukhaa Tolgod, Mongolia, is described here. The holotype specimen (IGM 100/1323) comprises an almost complete and articulated cranium and partial articulated postcranial skeleton. This specimen has a small body size and a short snout as in basal paravians, but it exhibits a number of derived troodontid features that differentiate Almas ukhaa from the Early Cretaceous troodontids reported from China and unite this new taxon with other Late Cretaceous troodontids. Relative to other troodontids, Almas ukhaa is autapomorphic in the presence of a posteriorly curved pterygoid flange, absence of a lateral groove on the anterior part of the dentary, presence of a distinct spikelike process on the ischium, and elongate chevrons. The eggshell associated with IGM 100/1323 can be assigned to Prismatoolithidae indet. based on the smooth surface, eggshell thickness, and microstructural characteristics, and also preserves attributes similar to Protoceratopsidovum minimum. A unique relationship between Byronosaurus and the perinate troodontids IGM 100/972 and IGM 100/974 is no longer supported based on the new observations of Almas ukhaa and Gobivenator.


FIGURE 2. Skull of IGM 100/1323 in right lateral view.

FIGURE 1. Type specimen of Almas ukhaa, IGM 100/1323.

SYSTEMATIC PALEONTOLOGY
THEROPODA MARSH, 1881
COELUROSAURIA HUENE, 1920
MANIRAPTORA GAUTHIER, 1986
TROODONTIDAE GILMORE, 1924

Almas ukhaa, new taxon

Etymology: Almas is in reference to the wild man or snowman of Mongolian mythology (Rincen, 1964). Ukhaa refers to the locality of Ukhaa Tolgod, discovered in 1993, where the specimen was collected. 



Rui Pei, Mark A. Norell, Daniel E. Barta, G.S. Bever, Michael Pittman and Xing Xu. 2017. Osteology of A New Late Cretaceous Troodontid Specimen from Ukhaa Tolgod, Ömnögovi Aimag, Mongolia. American Museum Novitates. 3889; 1-47.  DOI: 10.1206/3889.1
 digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/6818
ResearchGate.net/publication/321834802_Osteology_of_a_New_Late_Cretaceous_Troodontid_Specimen_from_Ukhaa_Tolgod_Omnogovi_Aimag_Mongolia
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كيف تحصل على مدونة جاهزة بآلاف المواضيع والمشاركات من هنا
شاهد قناة منتدى مدونات بلوجر جاهزة بألاف المواضيع والمشاركات على اليوتيوب لمزيد من الشرح من هنا
رابط مدونة منتدى مدونات بلوجر جاهزة بآلاف المواضيع والمشاركات في أي وقت حــــتى لو تم حذفها من هنا
شاهد صفحة منتدى مدونات بلوجر جاهزة بألاف المواضيع والمشاركات على الفيس بوك لمزيد من الشرح من هنا
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ملاحظة هامة: كل عمليات تنزيل، رفع، وتعديل المواضيع الجاهزة تتم بطريقة آلية، ونعتذر عن اي موضوع مخالف او مخل بالحياء مرفوع بالمدونات الجاهزة بآلاف المواضيع والمشاركات، ولكم ان تقوموا بحذف هذه المواضيع والمشاركات والطريقة بسيطة وسهلة. ــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــسلامـ.

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