[D] Delapparentia turolensis [sG] [T]
Describer
Ruíz-Omeñaca, 2011
Time
Cretaceous Early Barremian
Classification
Ornithischia Ornithopoda Iguanodontia Iguanodontidae
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Camarillas Formation, La Maca 3, Galve, Teruel, Spain
Info
An ornithopod dinosaur postcranial skeleton from the Early Cretaceous of Galve (Teruel province, Spain), assigned to Iguanodon bernissartensis by the French paleontologist Albert de Lapparent in 1960, is redescribed. It comes from La Maca 3 locality, early Barremian in age (Camarillas Formation) and it is made of several cervical vertebrae, fragmentary remains of the dorsal and sacral series, several caudal vertebrae, fragments of cervical, dorsal and sternal ribs, fragments of chevrons and ossified tendons, and an incomplete left hip. It has been identified as an «iguanodontid» (i.e., a non-hadrosaurid iguanodontoid) by the presence of a deep prepubic blade and the absence of antitrochanter on ilium.
The skeleton represents a new iguanodontoid taxon, Delapparentia turolensis nov. gen et sp., characterized by the following autapomorphies: 1) posterior dorsal ribs with long, parallel and unfused capitulum and tuberculum, 2) ossified sternal ribs, and 3) straight and lateromedially expanded preacetabular process of ilium (convergent in Zalmoxes). It also presents a combination of anterior dorsal ribs with a pneumatic foramen, and a ischium of big size in relation to ilium.
Etymology
Dedicated to Albert Felix de Lapparent (1905 - 1975), who studied the skeleton of the Maca 3 site and was a pioneer in the study of the Spanish dinosaurs, in 1960 he published the first monograph on the subject in Spain, concretely the work “Both dinosaurs of Galve” in the magazine Teruel (Lapparent, 1960). - Dedicated to the province of Teruel, also the specific name is a recognition to the Teruel magazine, in which the first descriptions of the remains of Delapparentia were published turolensis (Lapparent, 1960; Buscalioni & Sanz, 1984).
Holotype
Partial and semi-articulated postcranial skeleton (MPT/I.G. = “Provincial Museum of Teruel, Iguanodon, Galve”), in 1960 assigned to Iguanodon bernissartensis by the French paleontologist Albert de Lapparent, consicting out of four cervical vertebrae, a center and several fragments, neural arches, dorsal vertebrae, three centers, and several fragments of neural thorns of sacred vertebrae, nine big vertebrae, fragments of cervical and dorsal ribs, five chevrons, numerous fragments of ossified tendons, incomplete left hip.
Diagnosis
Iidentified as an «iguanodontid» (i.e., a non-hadrosaurid iguanodontoid) by the presence of a deep prepubic blade and the absence of antitrochanter on ilium. Characterized by the following autapomorphies: 1) posterior dorsal ribs with long, parallel and unfused capitulum and tuberculum, 2) ossified sternal ribs, and 3) straight and lateromedially expanded preacetabular process of ilium (convergent in Zalmoxes). It also presents a combination of anterior dorsal ribs with a pneumatic foramen, and a ischium of big size in relation to ilium.
Ruíz-Omeñaca, 2011
Time
Cretaceous Early Barremian
Classification
Ornithischia Ornithopoda Iguanodontia Iguanodontidae
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Camarillas Formation, La Maca 3, Galve, Teruel, Spain
Info
An ornithopod dinosaur postcranial skeleton from the Early Cretaceous of Galve (Teruel province, Spain), assigned to Iguanodon bernissartensis by the French paleontologist Albert de Lapparent in 1960, is redescribed. It comes from La Maca 3 locality, early Barremian in age (Camarillas Formation) and it is made of several cervical vertebrae, fragmentary remains of the dorsal and sacral series, several caudal vertebrae, fragments of cervical, dorsal and sternal ribs, fragments of chevrons and ossified tendons, and an incomplete left hip. It has been identified as an «iguanodontid» (i.e., a non-hadrosaurid iguanodontoid) by the presence of a deep prepubic blade and the absence of antitrochanter on ilium.
The skeleton represents a new iguanodontoid taxon, Delapparentia turolensis nov. gen et sp., characterized by the following autapomorphies: 1) posterior dorsal ribs with long, parallel and unfused capitulum and tuberculum, 2) ossified sternal ribs, and 3) straight and lateromedially expanded preacetabular process of ilium (convergent in Zalmoxes). It also presents a combination of anterior dorsal ribs with a pneumatic foramen, and a ischium of big size in relation to ilium.
Etymology
Dedicated to Albert Felix de Lapparent (1905 - 1975), who studied the skeleton of the Maca 3 site and was a pioneer in the study of the Spanish dinosaurs, in 1960 he published the first monograph on the subject in Spain, concretely the work “Both dinosaurs of Galve” in the magazine Teruel (Lapparent, 1960). - Dedicated to the province of Teruel, also the specific name is a recognition to the Teruel magazine, in which the first descriptions of the remains of Delapparentia were published turolensis (Lapparent, 1960; Buscalioni & Sanz, 1984).
Holotype
Partial and semi-articulated postcranial skeleton (MPT/I.G. = “Provincial Museum of Teruel, Iguanodon, Galve”), in 1960 assigned to Iguanodon bernissartensis by the French paleontologist Albert de Lapparent, consicting out of four cervical vertebrae, a center and several fragments, neural arches, dorsal vertebrae, three centers, and several fragments of neural thorns of sacred vertebrae, nine big vertebrae, fragments of cervical and dorsal ribs, five chevrons, numerous fragments of ossified tendons, incomplete left hip.
Diagnosis
Iidentified as an «iguanodontid» (i.e., a non-hadrosaurid iguanodontoid) by the presence of a deep prepubic blade and the absence of antitrochanter on ilium. Characterized by the following autapomorphies: 1) posterior dorsal ribs with long, parallel and unfused capitulum and tuberculum, 2) ossified sternal ribs, and 3) straight and lateromedially expanded preacetabular process of ilium (convergent in Zalmoxes). It also presents a combination of anterior dorsal ribs with a pneumatic foramen, and a ischium of big size in relation to ilium.