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[PDF RECEIVED] Re: Tyrannotitan (carcharodontosaurid theropod, Cretaceous of Argentina) osteology and phylogeny



Thanks all.

Jason


----- Original Message -----
> From: Ben Creisler <bcreisler@gmail.com>
> To: dinosaur@usc.edu
> Cc: 
> Sent: Wednesday, 8 January 2014 10:55 AM
> Subject: Tyrannotitan (carcharodontosaurid theropod, Cretaceous of Argentina) 
> osteology and phylogeny
> 
> From: Ben Creisler
> bcreisler@gmail.com
> 
> 
> A new online paper:
> 
> 
> Juan Ignacio Canale, Fernando Emilio Novas & Diego Pol  (2014)
> Osteology and phylogenetic relationships of Tyrannotitan chubutensis
> Novas, de Valais, Vickers-Rich and Rich, 2005 (Theropoda:
> Carcharodontosauridae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Patagonia,
> Argentina.
> Historical Biology (advance online publication)
> DOI:10.1080/08912963.2013.861830
> http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08912963.2013.861830#.Us1zbPRDty8
> 
> The theropod clade Carcharodontosauridae is a broadly distributed
> group of large allosauroid theropods. The carcharodontosaurids
> recorded in the Albian–Cenomanian of Gondwana are the youngest and
> most derived members of this clade. Tyrannotitan chubutensis, from the
> Cerro Castaño Member of Cerro Barcino Formation (Albian; Chubut
> Group), Central Patagonia, Argentina, is of prime interest among
> Gondwanan carcharodontosaurids as it represents the oldest record of
> the group. Here we offer a detailed osteological comparative
> description of the holotype and paratype of Tyrannotitan chubutensis
> together with a new diagnosis of the species. The new information
> results in a better understanding of this taxon and
> Carcharodontosauridae. Furthermore, a comparative study of the anatomy
> of the pectoral girdle of Giganotosaurus is reinterpreted as very
> similar to that of Tyrannotitan and Mapusaurus. We also present a
> phylogenetic analysis of Carcharodontosauridae that recovers
> Tyrannotitan as a derived carcharodontosaurid, being the sister group
> of the clade formed by Giganotosaurus and Mapusaurus, all nested in
> the clade Giganotosaurini.
>