
Johan Lindgren
Universitetslektor

Dental and vertebral morphology of the enigmatic mosasaur Dollosaurus (Reptilia, Mosasauridae) from the lower Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) of southern Sweden
Författare
Summary, in English
Teeth, jawbone fragments and vertebrae of an unusual mosasaurine mosasaur, Dollosaurns, have been collected from marine strata of latest early Campanian age in the Kristianstad Basin, southern Sweden. This material enables a detailed analysis of dental and vertebral characters, which, in turn, are used to tentatively distinguish Dollosaurus from the closely related globidensine Prognathodon. However, the evidence is contradictory, and two evolutionary scenarios are possible: (1) the two genera represent separate offshoots of a single lineage; or (2) Dollosaurns represents the most basal 'Prognathodon-like' taxon known so far.
Avdelning/ar
- Berggrundsgeologi
Publiceringsår
2005
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
17-25
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark
Volym
52
Issue
1
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Geological Society of Denmark
Ämne
- Geology
Nyckelord
- vertebrae
- teeth
- Sweden
- Prognathodon
- Dollosaurus
- Mosasauridae
- Campanian
- Cretaceous
Aktiv
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 0011-6297