UN DIENTE DE SAURÓPODO DEL JURÁSICO TEMPRANO DE PATAGONIA (FORMACIÓN CAÑADÓN ASFALTO): IMPLICANCIAS PARALA DIVERSIDAD DE SAURÓPODOS
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https://doi.org/10.5710/PEAPA.17.11.2017.249Palabras clave:
Sauropoda, Facetas de desgaste, Coronas angostas, Coronas anchasResumen
Los eusaurópodos fueron un grupo de dinosaurios herbívoros que evolucionaron durante el Jurásico Temprano y que dominaron los ecosistemas terrestres a lo largo de todo el Jurásico y Cretácico. Durante el Jurásico Superior se observa un pico en su diversidad, cuando la mayoría de los linajes de Neosauropoda, un clado derivado, se encuentran bien representados. Los diferentes linajes de Eusauropoda difieren en distintos aspectos morfológicos, incluyendo una gran diversidad de estrategias de alimentación, inferidas por la morfología de sus dientes y las facetas de desgaste. Aquí describimos un nuevo morfotipo de diente que puede ser bien diferenciado de cualquier otro diente recuperado de la Formación Cañadón Asfalto (Jurásico Inferior a Medio). Por lo tanto, este nuevo morfotipo incrementa la evidencia de diversidad de saurópodos durante ese momento, dando cuenta de caracteres derivados en la dentición de algunos saurópodos del Jurásico Inferior (e.g., dientes sub-cilíndricos con coronas angostas y una única faceta de desgaste apical).
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