Re: Re: Abelisaur & Titanosaur migratory routes

[Thomas_R_HOLTZ@umail.umd.edu (th81)]

>> Titanosaurs are known from the Late Jurassic of Africa (& the Early & Late K
>> of Africa, for that matter).
>
>Refresh my memory:  Late K African titanosaurs?

Some of the North African material is early Late K.  The Madagascan
titanosaurs are late Late K (Campanian?).

>> >2) Abelisaurs originated in Europe and radiated to Africa then to South 
>> >America and India.
>> >
>> The oldest known abelisaurids, Carnotaurus and the unnamed abelisaur
>> recently found by Russell, are mid-K (Albian) age.
>
>A new (old) abelisaur?  How much is known? Argentine?

Morrocan.  I don't know how much he has: He didn't get to SVP to show it
off!!  (That, and the new long-necked Spinosaurus).

Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
Vertebrate Paleontologist
Dept. of Geology
University of Maryland
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