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1 November 2013 Katepensaurus goicoecheai, Gen. Et Sp. Nov., a Late Cretaceous Rebbachisaurid (Sauropoda, Diplodocoidea) from Central Patagonia, Argentina
Lucio M. Ibiricu, Gabriel A. Casal, Rubén D. Martínez, Matthew C. Lamanna, Marcelo Luna, Leonardo Salgado
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Abstract

We describe Katepensaurus goicoecheai, gen. et sp. nov., a diplodocoid sauropod dinosaur from the Bajo Barreal Formation (Upper Cretaceous: Cenomanian—Turonian) of south-central Chubut Province, central Patagonia, Argentina. The holotypic specimen is a closely associated partial axial skeleton that includes cervical, dorsal, and caudal vertebrae. The dorsal vertebrae of Katepensaurus exhibit the following distinctive characters that we interpret as autapomorphies: (1) internal lamina divides lateral pneumatic fossa of centrum; (2) vertical ridges or crests present on lateral surface of vertebra, overlying neurocentral junction; (3) pair of laminae in parapophyseal centrodiapophyseal fossa; (4) transverse processes perforated by elliptical fenestrae; and (5) well-defined, rounded fossae on lateral aspect of postzygapophyses. Based on the results of previous phylogenetic analyses, we regard the new taxon as a member of Rebbachisauridae; more specifically, it may pertain to Limaysaurinae, a rebbachisaurid subclade that, to date, is definitively known only from southern South America. As currently understood, the rebbachisaurid fossil record suggests that the clade achieved its greatest taxonomic diversity within a few million years of its extinction during the early Late Cretaceous.

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Lucio M. Ibiricu, Gabriel A. Casal, Rubén D. Martínez, Matthew C. Lamanna, Marcelo Luna, and Leonardo Salgado "Katepensaurus goicoecheai, Gen. Et Sp. Nov., a Late Cretaceous Rebbachisaurid (Sauropoda, Diplodocoidea) from Central Patagonia, Argentina," Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(6), 1351-1366, (1 November 2013). https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2013.776562
Received: 5 November 2012; Accepted: 1 February 2013; Published: 1 November 2013
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