[D] Demandasaurus darwini [nG]
Describer
Fernández-Baldor, Canudo, Huerta, Montero, Pereda-Suberbiola, Salgado 2011
Time
Cretaceous Early Barremian Aptian
Classification
Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Sauropoda Diplodocidae Rebbachisauridae Nomen Nudem
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Castrillo la Reina Formation, Burgos Province, Spain
Info
Abstract
A new medium-sized rebbachisaurid sauropod from the Castrillo la Reina Formation (Upper Barremian – Lower Aptian) in Burgos Province, Demandasaurus darwini gen. et sp. nov., is described. It is known from an incomplete but associated skeleton that includes cranial and postcranial remains. Demandasaurus darwini gen. et sp. nov. presents 9 autapomorphies in the teeth and vertebrae. Demandasaurus is the first diplodocoid sauropod described from the Cretaceous of the Iberian Peninsula.
Its inclusion in the Rebbachisauridae is well supported by our phylogenetic hypothesis, which situates it as a sister group of Nigersaurus taqueti from the Aptian of Niger, with which it shares various synapomorphies. The discovery of Demandasaurus provides further evidence of the sporadic use of the Apulian Route by dinosaurs during the Early Cretaceous for moving between the south of Europe (Laurasia) and the north of Africa (Gondwana).
Fernández-Baldor, Canudo, Huerta, Montero, Pereda-Suberbiola, Salgado 2011
Time
Cretaceous Early Barremian Aptian
Classification
Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Sauropoda Diplodocidae Rebbachisauridae Nomen Nudem
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Castrillo la Reina Formation, Burgos Province, Spain
Info
Abstract
A new medium-sized rebbachisaurid sauropod from the Castrillo la Reina Formation (Upper Barremian – Lower Aptian) in Burgos Province, Demandasaurus darwini gen. et sp. nov., is described. It is known from an incomplete but associated skeleton that includes cranial and postcranial remains. Demandasaurus darwini gen. et sp. nov. presents 9 autapomorphies in the teeth and vertebrae. Demandasaurus is the first diplodocoid sauropod described from the Cretaceous of the Iberian Peninsula.
Its inclusion in the Rebbachisauridae is well supported by our phylogenetic hypothesis, which situates it as a sister group of Nigersaurus taqueti from the Aptian of Niger, with which it shares various synapomorphies. The discovery of Demandasaurus provides further evidence of the sporadic use of the Apulian Route by dinosaurs during the Early Cretaceous for moving between the south of Europe (Laurasia) and the north of Africa (Gondwana).