• DOI:10.1007/s00114-004-0560-6
Corpus ID: 33590452

Bonitasaura salgadoi gen. et sp. nov.: a beaked sauropod from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia

@article{Apestegua2004BonitasauraSG,
  title={Bonitasaura salgadoi gen. et sp. nov.: a beaked sauropod from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia},
  author={S. Apestegu{\'i}a},
  journal={Naturwissenschaften},
  year={2004},
  volume={91},
  pages={493-497}
}

S. Apesteguía

Published 2004

Biology, Medicine

Naturwissenschaften

Ornithischian and theropod dinosaurs were morphologically diverse during the Cretaceous. In contrast, sauropods were relatively more conservative. The anatomy of Bonitasaura salgadoi, a new 9-m titanosaurian sauropod from Upper Cretaceous beds of Patagonia, suggests that sauropod anatomical diversity would have included unexpected items. Its unusual, rectangular lower jaw possesses narrow, anteriorly restricted teeth and shows evidence of a sharp keratinous sheath over the non-dentigerous… CONTINUE READING

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