[D] Genusaurus sisteronis [sG] [T]
Describer
Accarie, Beaudoin, Dejax, Fries, Michard, Taquet, 1995
Time
Cretaceous Early Albian
Classification
Saurischia Theropoda Ceratosauria
Diet
Carnivore
Fossilsite
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence near Sisteron, France
Fall Under
1,5 meter
Info
Genus - Typespecies
Found in 1986.Elements of the pelvis and of the posterior lomb of a new carnivorous dinosaur have been found in the marine Albian of Sisteron, France. This theropod, Genusaurs sisteronis n.g., n.sp., is a ceratosaur whose lineage was known only from Upper Triassic to Upper Jurassic.
The bones were associated with an abundant microflora which indicates the presence on the nearby continent of a wooded country and of a temparate to warm and rather humid palaeoenvironment. Ceratosauria are known from Upper Triassic to Upper Jurassic. Therefore. the discovery in middle Albian outcrops near Sisteron af a partial new ceratosaur skeleton is suprising and very interesting. The bones were lying in a detritic level associated whith oysters and silicified wood fragments.
The abundant microflora (pollen and spores) suggests the proximity of the sea-shore and a humid temparate- to- warm climate in a wooded environment mainly consisting of conifers and ferns. Genusaurs sisteronis n. g., n.sp., is a new ceratosaur known by parts of the left pelvic side and of the left hindlimb (femur, tibia and fibula).
According to some paleontologist Genusaurus is not just a ceratosaurian but a neoceratosaurian that may provisionally be referred to the family Abelisauridae. At least, this possibility cannot be eliminated based on the available material.
Accarie, Beaudoin, Dejax, Fries, Michard, Taquet, 1995
Time
Cretaceous Early Albian
Classification
Saurischia Theropoda Ceratosauria
Diet
Carnivore
Fossilsite
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence near Sisteron, France
Fall Under
1,5 meter
Info
Genus - Typespecies
Found in 1986.Elements of the pelvis and of the posterior lomb of a new carnivorous dinosaur have been found in the marine Albian of Sisteron, France. This theropod, Genusaurs sisteronis n.g., n.sp., is a ceratosaur whose lineage was known only from Upper Triassic to Upper Jurassic.
The bones were associated with an abundant microflora which indicates the presence on the nearby continent of a wooded country and of a temparate to warm and rather humid palaeoenvironment. Ceratosauria are known from Upper Triassic to Upper Jurassic. Therefore. the discovery in middle Albian outcrops near Sisteron af a partial new ceratosaur skeleton is suprising and very interesting. The bones were lying in a detritic level associated whith oysters and silicified wood fragments.
The abundant microflora (pollen and spores) suggests the proximity of the sea-shore and a humid temparate- to- warm climate in a wooded environment mainly consisting of conifers and ferns. Genusaurs sisteronis n. g., n.sp., is a new ceratosaur known by parts of the left pelvic side and of the left hindlimb (femur, tibia and fibula).
According to some paleontologist Genusaurus is not just a ceratosaurian but a neoceratosaurian that may provisionally be referred to the family Abelisauridae. At least, this possibility cannot be eliminated based on the available material.