On the findings of dinosaurs in the Crimea
https://doi.org/10.32454/0016-7762-2019-1-67-71
Abstract
Ornithopod dinosaur Riabininohadros weberae from the Upper Cretaceous (upper Maastrichtian) of the Crimean Peninsula (Besh-Kosh) shows a set of primitive characters of hind limbs observed in iguanodontids and basal ornithischians and is referred to as Styracosterna indet. The second dinosaur specimen from Crimea (Aleshino) is a fragmentary skeleton, including cervical and dorsal vertebrae. It possibly belongs to advanced iguanodontids or primitive hadrosauroids. Thus, in the Maastrichtian of the Crimean Peninsula, at least two dinosaur species coexisted.
About the Authors
A. V. Lopatin
Borissiak Paleontological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
123, Profsoyuznaya street, Moscow 117647
A. О. Averianov
Borissiak Paleontological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
123, Profsoyuznaya street, Moscow 117647
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Lopatin A.V., Averianov A.О. On the findings of dinosaurs in the Crimea. Proceedings of higher educational establishments. Geology and Exploration. 2019;(1):67-71. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.32454/0016-7762-2019-1-67-71
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