The dentition of megalosaurid theropods

• Autorzy: Hendrickx C. , Mateus O. , Araujo R.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Theropod teeth are particularly abundant in the fossil record and frequently reported in the literature. Yet, the dentition of many theropods has not been described comprehensively, omitting details on the denticle shape, crown ornamentations and enamel texture. This paucity of information has been particularly striking in basal clades, thus making identification of isolated teeth difficult, and taxonomic assignments uncertain. We here provide a detailed description of the dentition of Megalosauridae, and a comparison to and distinction from superficially similar teeth of all major theropod clades. Megalosaurid dinosaurs are characterized by a mesial carina facing mesiolabially in mesial teeth, centrally positioned carinae on both mesial and lateral crowns, a mesial carina terminating above the cervix, and short to well-developed in-terdenticular sulci between distal denticles. A discriminant analysis performed on a dataset of numerical data collected on the teeth of 62 theropod taxa reveals that megalosaurid teeth are hardly distinguishable from other theropod clades with ziphodont dentition. This study highlights the importance of detailing anatomical descriptions and providing additional morphometric data on teeth with the purpose of helping to identify isolated theropod teeth in the future.

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
• Rocznik: 2015
• Tom: 60
• Numer: 3
• Opis fizyczny: p.627-642,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Hendrickx C.

• Departamento de Ciencias da Terra, Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, GeoBioTec (formerly CICEGe), Quinta da Torre, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
• Museu da Lourinha, 9 Rua Joao Luis de Moura, 2530-158 Lourinha, Portugal

autor

Mateus O.

• Departamento de Ciencias da Terra, Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, GeoBioTec (formerly CICEGe), Quinta da Torre, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
• Museu da Lourinha, 9 Rua Joao Luis de Moura, 2530-158 Lourinha, Portugal

autor

Araujo R.

• Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Daniel Avenue 75275-0395 Dallas, Texas, USA
• Museu da Lourinha, 9 Rua Joao Luis de Moura, 2530-158 Lourinha, Portugal
• Instituto Superior Tecnico, Universidade de Lisbona, 1049-001, Lisboa, Portugal

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10.4202/app.00056.2013