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Oliver W. M. Rauhut, Achim H. Schwermann, Tom R. HÃbner & Klaus-Peter Lanser (2020)
The oldest record of the genus Torvosaurus (Theropoda: Megalosauridae) from the Callovian Ornatenton Formation of north-western Germany.
Geologie und PalÃontologie in Westfalen 93: 1-13 (advance online publication)
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https://www.lwl.org/wmfn-download/Geologie_und_Palaeontologie_in_Westfalen/GuP_Heft_93_14_Seiten.pdfA fragmentary maxilla from the middle Callovian Ornatenton Formation of the Wiehengebirge, north-western Germany, shows two autapomorphies of the theropod dinosaur genus Torvosaurus, a maxilla fenestra that is developed as a large and shallow but not sharply defined depression and an anteroposteriorly oriented ridge transversing the ventral part of the maxillary fenestra. This specimen represents the first occurrence of this genus from Germany and the oldest record of Torvosaurus, which is otherwise securely known from the Kimmeridgian-Tithonian of Portugal and the western USA. Given that the two closest relatives of Torvosaurus, Megalosaurus and Wiehenvenator, are known from the Bathonian of England and the Callovian of Germany, respectively, an evolutionary origin of derived megalosaurines in north-central Europe is indicated. The records of Torvosaurus in the Kimmeridgian-Tithonian of Portugal and the Morrison Formation of the western USA most probably represent dispersal of the genus from this area in the Late Jurassic. Key words: Middle Jurassic
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The fossil record of spinosaurid theropods from the Lower Cretaceous of the Iberian Peninsula is relatively abundant, but not very informative. This record, as generally occurs in other geographic areas, is mainly represented by isolated teeth, probably due to the distinctive features of the dentition of these theropods. However, cranial and postcranial elements attributed to spinosaurids have been described and reported from different Iberian fossil sites. The currently known record of these theropods spans from the upper Hauterivian to the lower Aptian of the Cameros and Maestrazgo basins in Eastern Spain whereas it is early Barremian in age in the Lusitanian Basin of Western Portugal. Spinosaurid remains from the Iberian fossil record were traditionally attributed to Baryonyx, firstly described in the upper Barremianâlower Aptian of United Kingdom. However, the recent description of a specimen collected in the locality of Santa Ãgueda (Vallibona, CastellÃn), from sediments of the Morella Formation, implies the presence of a new taxon with a combination of derived features more closely related with some Gondwanan spinosaurines than with Baryonyx. Therefore, the currently known Iberian spinosaurid record would be made up of at least three taxa: Baryonyx (or a closely related baryonychine), the spinosaurine Vallibonavenatrix cani, and possibly Camarillasaurus cirugedae, which was recently re-interpreted as belonging to a megalosauroid tentatively related with spinosaurids. This faunal diversity is also compatible with the assortment of spinosaurid tooth morphotypes (distinguished mostly by the presence or absence of serrated mesial carina) that has been described in the Lower Cretaceous of the Iberian Peninsula.