A new polycotylid plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Turonian) of Morocco
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- 作者：Bardet ; Nathalie ; Suberbiola ; Xabier Pereda ; Jalil ; Nour-Eddine
- 关键词：Plesiosauria ; Polycotylidae ; Late Cretaceous ; Turonian ; Morocco ; New taxon ; Plesiosauria ; Polycotylidae ; Cré ; tacé ; supé ; rieur ; Turonien ; Maroc ; Nouveau taxon
- 刊名：Comptes Rendus Palevol
- 出版年：2003
- 出版时间：July, 2003
- 年：2003
- 卷：2
- 期：5
- 页码：307-315
- 全文大小：372 K
文摘
A new Polycotylidae (Plesiosauria) from the Late Cretaceous (Turonian) of southern Morocco is described. Thililua longicollis gen. et sp. nov. is based on a complete cranium and 37 associated vertebrae. It differs from other polycotylids in several cranial and especially vertebral characters, such as the occurrence of 30 cervical vertebrae, whose centra are nearly as long as high and bear laterally longitudinal ridges. Thililua is the first polycotylid hitherto found in Africa and under subtropical palaeolatitudes. To cite this article: N. Bardet et al., C. R. Palevol 2 (2003).