Re: Biogeographic origin of Diplodocidae

[tlford@ix.netcom.com]

Doing a quick check about the Distribution of Diplodocids, I've come up
with the following Sp indeterminate. They are known from nearly around
the world.

APPENZELLER, 1995

Genus: Nova

Species: Nova

Holotype:

Locality: Argentina.

Horizon: Middle Cretaceous.

Material: Fragmentary skeleton.

Appenzeller, Tim, 1995. Patagonian Dinosaurs Reveal A Cosmopolitan
Cretaceous. Science, Volume 267: 817-818.

ANTUNES & SIGOGNEAU, 1992

TV 17

Locality: Taveiro, Portugal.

Horizon: Maastrichtian, Late Cretaceous.

Material: Fragmentary tooth.

Antunes, M. T. And D. Sigogneau, 1992. La Faune de Petits Dinosaures du
Cretace Terminal Portugais. Comun. Serv. Geol. Portugal, T. 78, fasc. 1:
49-62.

ARAMBOURG & WOLF, 1969

Number:

Locality: Turkana, east of lake Rodolphe which extends to Soudan Egypt,
north of the river Eburian and the Lokitaung ravin, north of mount
Lubur,  Africa.

Horizon: ?

Material: Fragmentary remains.

Arambourg, C. and Wolf, R. G. 1969. Nouvelles donnees paleontologique
sur l'agre des <<gres dy KYbyr>> (Turkana grits) a l'Ouest du lac
Rodolphe. C. R. Somm. soc. Geol. France, Vol. 6: 190-192.


DONG, 1993

Number:

Locality: Ordos region of Inner Mongolia.

Horizon: Ejinhoro Formation, Early Cretaceous.

Material:

Dong, Zhiming, 1993. Early Cretaceous dinosaur faunas in China: an
introduction. In: Results from the Sino-Canadian Dinosaur Project.
Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, Volume 30: 2096-2100.

GABUNIA, MCHEDLIDZE, CHKHIKVADZE, & LUCAS, 1998

Institute of Paleobiology, Georgian Academy of Sciences, IPGAS D-6

Locality: In a canyon of the Aapsta River, Gudautha Region, Abkhaziya,
western Georgia.

Horizon: Middle Oxfordian, Rauracian, Late Jurassic.

Material: A nearly complete caudal vertebra.

Gabunia, Leo K., Guram Mchedlidze, Viacheslav M. Chkhikvadaze, and
Spencer G. Lucas, 1998. Jurassic Sauropod Dinosaur from the Republic of
Georgia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 18, Number 1:
233-236.

MATSUKAWA & OBATA, 1994

Number:

Locality: Iwaka, Central Japan.

Horizon: Tamayama Formation, Futuba Group, Late Cretaceous.

Material: 2 teeth.

Number:

Locality: Tetori, Kuwajima, Japan.

Horizon: Early Cretaceous.

Material: Tooth.

Matsukawa, Masaki and Ikuwo Obata, 1994. Dinosaurs and sedimentary
environments in the Japanese Cretaceous: a contribution to dinosaur
facies in Asia based on molluscan palaeontology and stratigraphy.
Cretaceous Research, Vol. 15: 101-125.

MOLNAR, 1989

Hughenden sauropod

QM L349

Locality: "Silver Hills, near Hughenden, Australia.

Horizon: Albian, Early Cretaceous.

Material: Incomplete humerus.

QM F6142

Locality: Pelican near Hughenden, Australia.

Horizon: Albian, Early Cretaceous.

Material: Incomplete cervical.

RYAN, 1997

Number:

Locality: Karakalpakian Autonomous Republic of Uzbekistan.

Horizon: Khodzhakul Formation, Upper Albian, Early Cretaceous.

Material:

Note: Or Titanosauridae

Number:

Locality: Karakalpakian Autonomous Republic of Uzbekistan.

Horizon: Khodzhakul Formation, Lower Cenomanian, Early Cretaceous.

Material:

Note: Or Titanosauridae.

Number:

Locality: Kyzyl Kum Desert of Uzbekistan.

Horizon: Bissekty Formation, Upper Turonian, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

Note: Or Titanosauridae.

Number:

Locality: Uzbekistan.

Horizon: ?Lower "Balaban" Formation, Late Jurassic.

Material:

Number:

Locality: Uzbekistan.

Horizon: Shurab Formation, Middle Jurassic.

Material:

Ryan, Michael, 1997. Middle Asian Dinosaurs. In: Encyclopedia of
Dinosaurs, edited by Philip J. Currie and Kevin Padian, Academic Press:
442-444.

TAQUET, 1976

Number:

Locality: Agadez, Niger.

Horizon: Elrhaz Formation, Aptian, Early Cretaceous.

Material:

Taquet, Philippe, 1976. Geologie et Paleontologie du gisement de
Gadoufaouna (Aptian du Niger). Cahires Paleont: 191pp.

Also Cetiosauriscus is known from Germany.


Probst, Ernst, and Raymund Windolf, 1993. Dinosaurier in Deutschland. C.
Bertelsmann: 316pp.

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