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Citation title: "An overview of the dinosaur fossil record from Chile.".

Study name: "An overview of the dinosaur fossil record from Chile.".

This study is part of submission 13011 (Status: Published).

Citation

Rubilar-rogers D., Otero R.A., Yury-y??ez R.E., Vargas A.O., & Gutstein C.S. 2012. An overview of the dinosaur fossil record from Chile. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, : 1-14.

Authors

• Rubilar-rogers D.
• Otero R.A.
• Yury-y??ez R.E.
• Vargas A.O.
• Gutstein C.S.

Abstract

In Chile, the record of dinosaurs in Jurassic and Cretaceous sediments is often restricted to footprints, with few skeletal remains. Tetanuran theropods are known in the Upper Jurassic, and bones of titanosaur sauropods in the Late Cretaceous, including partial skeletons (e.g. Atacamatitan chilensis Kellner et al.). Also from the late Cretaceous, an ornithopod vertebra, a pair of theropod teeth and one tarsometatarsus of a gaviiform bird (Neogaeornis wetzeli Lambrecht) have been reported. The Cenozoic fossil record comprises abundant and well-preserved marine birds from Eocene and Miocene units, with a specially abundant record of Sphenisciformes and less frequently, Procellariiformes. There is an excellent Miocene ePliocene record of other birds such as Odontopterygiformes, including the most complete skeleton ever found of a pelagornithid, Pelagornis chilensis Mayr and Rubilar-Rogers. Fossil birds are also known from Pliocene and Pleistocene strata. A remarkable collection of birds was discovered in lacustrine sediments of late Pleistocene age associated to human activity. The perspectives in the study of dinosaurs in Chile are promising because plenty of material stored in institutional collections is not described yet. The record of Chilean dinosaurs is relevant for understanding the dynamics and evolution of this group of terrestrial animals in the western edge of Gondwana, while Cenozoic birds from the Region may contribute to the understanding of current biogeography for instance, the effect of the emergence and establishment of the Humboldt Current.

Keywords

Chile; dinosaurs; birds; cenozoic; mesozoic

External links

• DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2012.03.003
• Other URL: http://www.graemetlloyd.com/

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  	 author = {David  Rubilar-Rogers and Rodrigo A. Otero and Roberto E. Yury-Y??ez and Alexander O. Vargas and Carolina S. Gutstein},
  	 title = {An overview of the dinosaur fossil record from Chile.},
  	 year = {2012},
  	 keywords = {Chile; dinosaurs; birds; cenozoic; mesozoic},
  	 doi = {10.1016/j.jsames.2012.03.003},
  	 url = {http://www.graemetlloyd.com/},
  	 pmid = {},
  	 journal = {Journal of South American Earth Sciences},
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  	 pages = {1--14},
  	 abstract = {In Chile, the record of dinosaurs in Jurassic and Cretaceous sediments is often restricted to footprints, with few skeletal remains. Tetanuran theropods are known in the Upper Jurassic, and bones of titanosaur sauropods in the Late Cretaceous, including partial skeletons (e.g. Atacamatitan chilensis Kellner et al.). Also from the late Cretaceous, an ornithopod vertebra, a pair of theropod teeth and one tarsometatarsus of a gaviiform bird (Neogaeornis wetzeli Lambrecht) have been reported. The Cenozoic fossil record comprises abundant and well-preserved marine birds from Eocene and Miocene units, with a specially abundant record of Sphenisciformes and less frequently, Procellariiformes. There is an excellent Miocene ePliocene record of other birds such as Odontopterygiformes, including the most complete skeleton ever found of a pelagornithid, Pelagornis chilensis Mayr and Rubilar-Rogers. Fossil birds are also known from Pliocene and Pleistocene strata. A remarkable collection of birds was discovered in lacustrine sediments of late Pleistocene age associated to human activity. The perspectives in the study of dinosaurs in Chile are promising because plenty of material stored in institutional collections is not described yet. The record of Chilean dinosaurs is relevant for understanding the dynamics and evolution of this group of terrestrial animals in the western edge of Gondwana, while Cenozoic birds from the Region may contribute to the understanding of current biogeography for instance, the effect of the emergence and establishment of the Humboldt Current.}
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