
Johan Lindgren
Universitetslektor

The first neoceratopsian dinosaur remains from Europe
Författare
Summary, in English
Shallow marine, nearshore strata of earliest Campanian (Gonioteuthis granulataquadrata belemnite Zone) and latest Early Campanian (informal Belemnellocamax mammillatus belemnite zone) age in the Kristianstad Basin, southern Sweden, have yielded isolated leptoceratopsid teeth and vertebrae, representing the first record of horned dinosaurs from Europe. The new leptoceratopsid occurrence may support a European dispersal route for the Leptoceratopsidae, or may represent an entirely endemic population. The presence of leptoceratopsid teeth in shallow marine deposits contradicts previous hypotheses suggesting that basal neoceratopsians mainly preferred and and/or semi-arid habitats far from coastal areas.
Avdelning/ar
- Berggrundsgeologi
Publiceringsår
2007
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
929-937
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Palaeontology
Volym
50
Issue
4
Länkar
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Wiley-Blackwell
Ämne
- Geology
Nyckelord
- teeth
- vertebrae
- Sweden
- neoceratopsia
- leptoceratopsidae
- campanian
- ceratopsia
Aktiv
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1475-4983