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Attila Åsi, MÃrton SzabÃ, Heinz Kollmann, Michael Wagreich, RÃka KalmÃr, LÃszlà MakÃdi, ZoltÃn Szentesi & Herbert Summesberger (2019)
Vertebrate remains from the Turonian (Upper Cretaceous) Gosau Group of Gams, Austria.
Cretaceous Research (advance online publication)
Highlights
A new Turonian vertebrate fauna from Gams, Austria is described. The assemblage is composed of both marine and land vertebrates. The fossils provide a link between older and younger vertebrate faunas.
Abstract
A new, systematically collected vertebrate assemblage from the upper Turonian SchÃnleiten Formation of Gams bei Hieflau, Austria (Northern Calcareous Alps) is described here. The material consists of teeth and bones of chondrichthyan (Selachimorpha indet., Ptychotrygon gueveli) and osteichthyan fishes (cf. Lepisosteus sp., Vidalamiinae indet., Pycnodontidae indet.), amphibians (cf. Thaumastosaurus sp.), lizards (âLacertiliaâ indet.), mosasauroids (Tethysaurinae indet.), Theriosuchus-like and other, peculiar crocodyliforms and theropod dinosaurs (cf. Paronychodon sp.). The faunal composition is most similar to the Santonian fauna of IharkÃt, western Hungary, a phenomenon that can be explained by the spatial and temporal closeness of the two landmasses. The Gams assemblage is of great importance since continental vertebrates from the Cenomanian to Santonian interval of Europe are extremely scarce, and it provides a small but significant link between older and younger vertebrate faunas in the region.
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Also, in Chinese with a free pdf:
LI Rihui,MENG Yuanku & CHEN Xiaohui (2019)
First report of Early Cretaceous diminutive theropod tracks from Haiyang, Shandong Province.Â
Geology in China 46(1): 211-212
doi: 10.12029/gc20190117
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