Re: Carnotaurus

["Steve Brusatte" <dinoland@lycos.com>]

On Sat, 05 Apr 2003 21:48:26  
 Dino Rampage wrote:
>Is _Carnotaurus sastrei_ from the Aptian or the Campanian? I've always 
>thought it was from the early part of the Upper Cretaceous; now I've read 
>somewhere (I think it's the old Dinosauricon) that while the formation 
>_Carnotaurus_ was found is Aptian-Albian in age, the sediments surrounding 
>the specimen were possibly Campanian-Maastrichtian. Is there any news on 
>this?

I think the consensus is Campanian-Maastrichtian (La Colonia Formation of 
Chubut Province).  There was indeed some confusion in the past, as the holotype 
was previously throught to be from the Albian-Cenomanian Gorro Frigio 
Formation.  Check Lamanna et al.'s 2002 JVP paper for a review of abelisauroid 
biogeography and radiations.

Steve

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Stephen Brusatte
Geophysical Sciences
University of Chicago
Dino Land Paleontology-http://www.geocities.com/stegob
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