agustinia / ɑːɡəˈstɪniə / is a genus of sauropod dinosaurs from the early cretaceous period of south america .

the name agustinia honors the discoverer of the specimen , agustin martinelli .

this dinosaur was originally named in a 1998 abstract written by famous argentine paleontologist jose bonaparte .

the original generic name was " augustia " , which , as it turned out , was already preoccupied by a beetle ( see also : megapnosaurus , protognathosaurus ) .

bonaparte changed the name to agustinia in a full paper published in 1999 .

there is one named species ( a. ligabuei ) , which is named in honor of dr. giancarlo ligabue , a philanthropist who provided financial support to the expedition which recovered the remains .

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14 . it was jose f . bonaparte who renamed agustinia from augustia to agustinia . the renaming took place in 1999 .
1 . agustinia is pronounced as ah - gus - tin - ee - ah .
agustinia was a herbivore . it lived in the cretaceous period and inhabited south america .
agustinia was a herbivorous titanosaur dinosaur that lived in the cretaceous period of south america .
12 . agustinia was actually named as augustia in 1998 . however , when it was found that augustia had already been used for naming another creature , the name was changed to agustinia .
9 . agustinia lived in the woodlands of the area which is currently known as south america .
bone histology sheds light on the nature of the
dermal armor
of the enigmatic sauropod dinosaur agustinia ligabuei bonaparte , 1999 .
time to break away from the theropods temporarily and tackle a sauropod . agustinia was requested by mike keesey , so here it is .
size height and weight about 50 feet long and 10 - 20 tons the name the scientific name is agustinia ligabuei the common name is agustinia pronunciation a - gus - tin - e - ah . the names meaning and from which language the meaning of the name is for agustin ( agustinia  ( named after agustin martinelli ,  the discoverer ) . the language which the name came from is lithuanian ( says google translate ) the name of the dinosaur was named by josé bonaparte  -  1998 . which is named in honor of dr . giancarlo ligabue where , when , and by whom was it discovered the agustinia was founded by agustin martinelli it was discovered in argentina the agustinia was discovered in 1998 the agustinia was a herbivore , and this dinosaur was a prey dinosaur project : agustinia katie ramsdell 11 / 18 / 14 period 6 the agustinias eating habits and was it a predator or prey ? feathers , fur or scales ? the agustinia has scales offspring live birth or egg living which geological period or era the agustinia lived during the aptian to albian of the cretaceous solitary or herd not yet specified not yet specified number of offsprings per litter not yet specified closets living realitives not yet specified cite resources urltoken urltoken urltoken urltoken
15 . agustinia lived from aptian through albian ages of the middle cretaceous period . the fossil was found from argentina’s neuquen province’s lohan cura formation .
apart from their respective features and characteristics description of anabisetia and agustinia is incomplete without they being segregated from each other . what is a better way to differentiate the dinosaurs than classify them on them basis of their character and shape in a scientific way . by comparing anabisetia and agustinia classification , we get information about species of anabisetia and agustinia and also its kingdom , phylum , class in which they are categorized etc . the former dinosaur is a part of a . saldiviai species while the later belongs to agustinia ligabuei species . the former belongs to chordata based on its body structure . it is a member of reptilia class . the clade of the same is dinosauria . it is grouped in ornithischia . it is part in anabisetia . it is classified in saurischia order . the clade of the same is dinosauria . the class of agustinia is reptilia . the genus of the same is agustinia
bone histology sheds light on the nature of the
dermal armor
of the enigmatic sauropod dinosaur agustinia ligabuei bonaparte , 1999 . - pubmed - ncbi
apart from their respective features and characteristics description of alvarezsaurus and agustinia is incomplete without they being segregated from each other . what is a better way to differentiate the dinosaurs than classify them on them basis of their character and shape in a scientific way . by comparing alvarezsaurus and agustinia classification , we get information about species of alvarezsaurus and agustinia and also its kingdom , phylum , class in which they are categorized etc . the former dinosaur is a part of a . calvoi species while the later belongs to agustinia ligabuei species . the former belongs to chordata based on its body structure . the family of the concerned dinosaurus is alvarezsauridae . it is a member of reptilia class . the clade of the same is dinosauria . it is grouped in saurischia . it is part in alvarezsaurus . it is classified in saurischia order . the clade of the same is dinosauria . the class of agustinia is reptilia . the genus of the same is agustinia
scaling the fibula from rebbachisaurus gives a length of 16 meters while scaling from saltasaurus gives a length of 15 meters , so agustinia was about 15 - 16 meters .
2 . most interesting of agustinia facts is that this dinosaur was named after its discoverer agustin martinelli . agustin was a student when he discovered the fossil of this dinosaur .
agustinia is a genus of sauropod dinosaurs from the early cretaceous period of south america . it contains the single species agustinia ligabuei , a single specimen of which was recovered from the lohan cura formation of neuquen province in argentina , thought to date from the late aptian to albian stages of the early cretaceous period , between 116 and 100 million years ago .
13 . another interesting one of agustinia facts is that though the fossil was discovered by agustin martinelli , paleontologist jose f . bonaparte was the person who was actually responsible for identification of the dinosaur .
a hand - painted , highly detailed model of the amazing dinosaur agustinia , an armoured , long - necked dinosaur from the cretaceous period . part of the procon dinosaurs and the collecta dinosaurs ranges .
6 . agustinia was a quadrupedal dinosaur and fed on plants . yes , it was an herbivore and did not pose any threat to other animals at least in terms of hunting them down and devouring them .
agustinia ligabuei is an early cretaceous sauropod dinosaur from the northwest of patagonia that is currently the topic of debate with respect to its phylogenetic position and atypical dermal armor . the presence of four morphotypes of laminar and transversely elongated putative osteoderms was used to consider agustinia as an armored sauropod . regarding the different hypotheses about the identity of the bony structures of agustinia ( e . g . , osteoderms , cervical or dorsal ribs , hypertrophied elements ) , a comparative histological analysis has been carried out . histological evidence is presented herein and reveals that none of the morphotypes of agustinia shows a primary bone tissue formed by structural fiber bundles as in other sauropod dinosaur osteoderms . furthermore , on the basis of their gross morphology and microstructure , the bony structures originally classified as types 1 + 4 and 3 are more comparable respectively with dorsal and cervical ribs than any other kind of dermal or bony element . due to poor preservation , the nature of the type 2 cannot be assessed but is here tentatively assigned to a pelvic girdle element . although a phylogenetic reassessment of agustinia is not the purpose of this paper , our paleohistological analyses have broader implications : by not supporting the dermal armor hypothesis for agustinia , its inclusion in lithostrotia is not justified in the absence of other diagnostic features .
agustinia ligabuei is an early cretaceous sauropod dinosaur from the northwest of patagonia that is currently the topic of debate with respect to its phylogenetic position and atypical dermal armor . the presence of four morphotypes of laminar and transversely elongated putative osteoderms was used to consider agustinia as an armored sauropod . regarding the different hypotheses about the identity of the bony structures of agustinia ( e . g . , osteoderms , cervical or dorsal ribs , hypertrophied elements ) , a comparative histological analysis has been carried out . histological evidence is presented herein and reveals that none of the morphotypes of agustinia shows a primary bone tissue formed by structural fiber bundles as in other sauropod dinosaur osteoderms . furthermore , on the basis of their gross morphology and microstructure , the bony structures originally classified as types 1 + 4 and 3 are more comparable respectively with dorsal and cervical ribs than any other kind of dermal or bony element . due to poor preservation , the nature of the type 2 cannot be assessed but is here tentatively assigned to a pelvic girdle element . although a phylogenetic reassessment of agustinia is not the purpose of this paper , our paleohistological analyses have broader implications : by not supporting the dermal armor hypothesis for agustinia , its inclusion in lithostrotia is not justified in the absence of other diagnostic features .
like with many sauropod dinosaurs ,  agustinia is known from incomplete remains .  some of these remains however revealed a startling revelation in that this sauropod had what appeared to be armour along its back similar in appearance to the plates of stegosaurus ,  a herbivorous but completely different kind of dinosaur .  this is in particular reference to the plates that would have been on the back of the neck of agustinia ,  although these plates were at a right angle to how they would have been arranged in stegosaurus which means that from the side they would have looked thin ,  but from the front you would have seen the full shape .  however , later studies now suggest that this plates are actually fragments of the ribs and hips , and if this is true , then agustinia did not have armoured plates . the phylogenetic position of agustinia has been difficult to establish as the few bones known for the genus display a combination of diplodocid and titanosaurid features .  to make things even more difficult both of these groups of dinosaurs are known to have roamed south america during the cretaceous .  agustinia was first named in 1998 as augustia ,  but this was later found to have already been used for another creature ,  hence the change to agustinia in 1999 .
the bizarre and remarkable agustinia , an armoured , long - necked dinosaur from the age of reptiles . this hand - painted model is ideal for creative play . a super quality model from the procon dinosaurs and collecta dinosaurs ranges .
10 . as far as the armor is concerned , some paleontologists who have studied the fossil remains say that what appeared to be armors were actually fragments of hips and ribs . if those paleontologists are correct then , agustinia didn’t have any armored plates .
agustinia is a sauropod based on - more than three sacral vertebrae ; metatarsals i and v with proximal ends subequal in area to metatarsals ii and iv . it is eusauropod based on - dorsal neural spines broader transversely than anteroposteriorly ; metatarsal iii 25 % or less of tibial length ; minimum shaft width of metatarsal i greater than ii - iv . sauropod systematics are currently unresolved regarding basal forms such as cetiosaurs and euhelopodids , but agustinia shares several characters with diplodocoids and titanosaurids , which would place it in the neosauropoda .
due to the fragmentary nature of its remains , agustinia ' s classification is unclear ; it could be either a diplodocoid or a titanosaurian . however , its back plates have recently been redescribed as likely rib or hip bone fragments instead , and its status as a discernible species has been put into question by some .
in this article titled 15 interesting agustinia facts were are going to learn about an armored titanosaur – a sauropod that has a pretty unusual name . why it was named so ? what kind of armor did this dinosaur have ? when and where did it live ? this article is going to answer all these questions . it will be a quick and short article as usual because not much information is available on this extinct creature .
titanosaurids and diplodocoids both have prespinal and postspinal laminae in the posterior dorsal vertebrae and dorsalized proximal caudal vertebrae ( with laminae ) , but only diplodocoids have posterior dorsal vertebrae with craniocaudally compressed neural spines and only euhelopus and titanosaurids have six sacral vertebrae . diplodocoids and some titanosaurids ( saltasaurus and opisthocoelicaudia , not alamosaurus , malawisaurus or titanosaurus ) have craniocaudally compressed proximal caudal neural spines . only titanosaurids have been discovered with dermal ossifications . bonaparte states the four perpendicular laminae with postspinal laminae longest are more similar to rebbachisaurids than titanosaurids . this makes it apparent that agustinia is either a diplodocoid or advanced titanosaurid , with the evidence about equal for either . both groups were common in early cretaceous south america . a titanosaurid affinity is suggested by six sacral vertebrae and dermal ossifications , while diplodocoid affinity is suggested by craniocaudally compressed posterior dorsal neural spines and the orientation of the laminae . thus , i recommend placing agustinia as neosauropoda incertae sedis , as either a diplodocoid or advanced titanosaurid .
a number of sauropods feature in robert’s south american themed diorama . the picture above shows a close up of an agustinia ( pronounced ah - gus - tin - nee - ah ) , a bizarre , herbivorous dinosaur whose fossils were first discovered around twenty years ago . from the limited number of fossils found , palaeontologists remain uncertain as to the phylogeny of this particular dinosaur . it could be a member of the titanosaurids , or perhaps it was more closely related to diplodocus ( diplodocid dinosaurs ) . until more fossil material is found and studied , the family classification of this particular south american dinosaur remains uncertain .
name : agustinia  ( named after agustin martinelli ,  the discoverer ) . phonetic : a - gus - tin - e - ah . named by : josť bonaparte  -  1999 . classification : chordata ,  reptilia ,  dinosauria ,  saurischia ,  sauropodomorpha ,  diplodocoidea / titanosauridae ? species : a .  ligabuei ( type )  . diet : herbivore . size : estimated 15 meters long . known locations : argentina ,  neuquen province  -  lohan cura formation . time period : aptian to albian of the cretaceous . fossil representation : partial remains including a fibula and tibia ( bones of the lower hind leg )  ,  very fragmentary femur ( upper hind leg bone )  ,  five metatarsals ,  partial vertebrae and the associated back armour of plates and spikes .
we thank j . bonaparte and a . martinelli for providing helpful information , comments , original field - work photos , and field notes , as well in helping us to reconstruct the taphonomy of holotype materials of
; the dirección provincial de patrimonio cultural of neuquén and the museo municipal carmen funes of plaza huincul for their collaboration , as well as legal and logistic support ; j . curruinca , s . adrian , sr . firelli , and the municipalidad of picún leufú for allowing the access at the cerro leon locality and to support part of the field works ; r . a . coria of mcf for the collection access and e . montes for preparing part of the material ; d . codega of usl for making the thin sections ; j . carballido , p . mannion , m . d’emic , and an anonymous reviewer for providing constructive criticism and suggestions that improved the original manuscript . j . blanco kindly provided the
. a . elbakyan , j . bar , and wikipaleo group provided the literature . this project has been partially funded by jurassic foundation ( grant to f . b ) and agencia nacional de promoción científica y técnica ( pict 2015 - 1021 to i . a . c ) .
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further reading - an armoured sauropod from the aptian of northern patagonia , argentina . - j . f . bonaparte . in proceedings of the second gondwanan dinosaur symposium tokyo : national science museum monographs y . tomida , t . h . rich & p . vickers - rich ( eds ) . - 1999 . - osteology of the late jurassic portuguese sauropod dinosaur lusotitan atalaiensis ( macronaria ) and the evolutionary history of basal titanosauriforms . - zoological journal of the linnean society , 168 , 98–206 . - p . d . manion , p . upchurch , r . n . barnes & o . mateus - 2013 .
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3 . this dinosaur lived during the early parts of middle - cretaceous period . in terms of years , that’s about 115 to 100 million years ago from current time .
4 . the dinosaur was a titanosaur which reached the length of 50 feet from snout to tip of the tail .
5 . you can very well guess from its size that the dinosaur was pretty heavy . paleontologists say that it weighed anywhere between 10 and 20 tons .
7 . the incomplete type fossil that was unearthed by agustin revealed that the dinosaur had an armor along its back .
8 . the armor was in form of spines along the vertebrae . paleontologists think that the purpose of the armor was merely display and had nothing to do with defense .
11 . however , it is assumed that the dinosaur did have armored plates on its neck and back and that the plates were arranged in such a way that they appeared to be thin when looked from side but full size appeared only when looked at from the front .
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is named after agustin martinelli , a young argentine student who discovered it . the
( lee - gah - boo - ay - ie ) , honors dr . giancarlo ligabue , a philanthropist who provided financial support to the expedition which recovered the remains . this is the second of three dinosaurs to honor ligabue , sandwiched between
was discovered in the cullín grande member of the lohan cura formation ( sandwiched between the older la amarga formation and the younger candeleros formation ) at cerro de los leones , neuquen province , argentina , in 1997 . the
( mcf - pvph 110 ) originally included an almost complete right shin and calfbone , five metatarsals from the left foot , three partial vertebrae from the back , six from the hip , and ten from the tail , and nine oddly - shaped
armour
plates . however , it was later suggested that the plates were perhaps partial rib bones or hip bones , or both , and the hip vertebrae are too damaged to count with accuracy . a thighbone was also found at the site but it was so fragmented it wasn ' t worth collecting .
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translation : a quadrupedal herbivore which has long thorns from its neck to tail .
along with edmontosaurus , metriacanthosaurus , piatnitzkysaurus , and olorotitan , it is one the latest dinosaurs released in the arcade .
it appeared on the kyoryu king wallpaper before its actual debut , alongside metriacanthosaurus .
it is one of the very few dinosaurs to not appear in the tcg .
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etymology -
honoring agustin and ligabue
, agustin martinelli being discoverer of the specimen and dr . giancarlo ligabue being an active philanthropist who supported the 1997 patagonian expediation .
note : a femur was found with the specimen represented by hundreds of small weathered fragments and was not collected .
diagnosis - fibula wraps anteromedially around cnemial crest of tibia ; dermal ossifiations with thick proximal / ventral processes , starting as rhomboid transversely oriented midline plates , proceeding to rectangular transversely oriented midline plates with dorsolateral spikes , then to dorsolaterally projecting flattened spines .
the last three dorsal neural spines are preserved . they are transversely rectangular in dorsal view and possess four laminae . the supradiapophyseal laminae are shortest , the prespinal lamina is longer and the postspinal lamina is longest .
the six sacral neural spines are fused to one another along their pre - and postspinal laminae and similar to the dorsal spines in morphology , being transversely expanded and rectangular , with four laminae each .
the first three caudal neural spines are represented , along with what probably represents the neural spines of caudals 6 - 13 . these start out transversely expanded in caudals 1 - 3 , then changes to longitudinally elongate . the lateral laminae are prominent until the eighth caudal , then become rugosities . the prespinal laminae are much more prominent than the postspinal laminae in the proximal caudals .
both lower limb elements are crushed lateromedially , while the metatarsals are deformed . the tibia has a pronounced , thin crest on the proximoposterior corner and a poorly developed cnemial crest . the fibula wraps anteromedially around the cnemial crest , which is an autapomorphy , and is placed anterior to the tibia in it ' s distal half .
the metatarsals are very robust and decrease in thickness towards metatarsal v . the first two metatarsals are subequal in length and shorter than iii and iv , which are also subequal . there may be an incipient laterodistal process on metatarsal i , but the deformation makes this uncertain . both ii and iii have distal condyles for a phalanx , while i lacks them . metatarsal iii is transversely wider ( 78 % ) compared to i and ii than all sauropods except vulcanodon and shunosaurus ( should have < 65 % ) according to sereno and wilson ( 1998 , omeisaurus + neosauropoda , character # 73 ) .
the first type is roughly rhomboid and probably had a median position . it resembles a stegosaurus plate that ' s been rotated so that the faces of the plate face anterodorsally and posteroventrally . the anterodorsal face is convex , while the posteroventral face is concave . at the base of the posteroventral face is a thick process with a sagittal ridge and concave posterolateral areas adjacent to the ridge . it was probably positioned on the midline of the dorsal area and is 200 mm on it ' s sagittal axis .
the second type also had a median position , but is rather different otherwise . it is a large rectangular plate , with the faces pointing roughly anteriorly and posteriorly . there are two large spikes projecting dorsolaterally . the spikes are anteroposteriorly flattened and conical . between the spikes and plate body is a ridge , the area between the ridges is concave . there are also two thick processes ventrolaterally that probably contacted the dorsolateral edges of the dorsal or sacral neural spines . this ossification is 640 mm wide , 260 mm between ridges .
the third type is a split version of type 2 , so it was paired . it has a dorsoventrally broad and bifurcated medial section , with a thick ventral process . there are several ridges on the proximal section , between which muscles probably attached . again , there are two spikes ( one on each type 3 ) . the spikes are dorsolaterally projected and most are blunt , with subparellel edges , while one is conical and pointed . these are 460 m long .
the fourth type is very similar to the third type , but with less expanded proximal ends and smaller proximoventral processes . they are also longer than type three , being 760 mm .
bonaparte , j . , 1998 . an armoured sauropod from the aptian of northern patagonia , argentina , in tomida , y . , rich , t . h . & vickers - rich , p . , eds . , 1998 . second symposium gondwana dinosaurs , 12 - 13 july 1998 , abstracts with program , national science museum , tokyo : 10 .
bonaparte , j . f . , 1999 . an armoured sauropod from the aptian of northern patagonia , argentina , in tomida , y . , rich , t . h . & vickers - rich , p . , eds . , 1999 . proceedings of the second gondwanan dinosaur symposium , national science museum monographs # 15 , tokyo : 1 - 12 .
the figures of the neural spines , dermal ossifications , tibia , fibula and metatarsals are available as usual . as for next time , dan bensen wants some dromaeosaurids , as did mike keesey , so i guess i ' ll be writing about some of them . and for those of you who wrote to me previously about species you wanted
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full reference : j . f . bonaparte . 1999 . an armoured sauropod from the aptian of northern patagonia , argentina . y . tomida , t . h . rich , and p . vickers - rich ( eds . ) , proceedings of the second gondwanan dinosaur symposium , national science museum monographs 15 : 1 - 12
see also bonaparte 1999 , calvo and porfiri 2010 , curry rogers 2005 , d ' emic 2012 , d ' emic et al . 2009 , grellet - tinner et al . 2012 , lü et al . 2007 , malkani 2008 , mannion and otero 2012 , salgado 2003 , salgado and coria 2005 , upchurch et al . 2004 and wilson 2002
type specimen : mcf - pvph 110 . its type locality is cerro de los leones , level 3 , which is in an albian floodplain mudstone / sandstone in the lohan cura formation of argentina .
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from the lower cretaceous of argentina is known from fragmentary remains . it was an armored sauropod with spikes and plates on its back not unlike the unrelated
holotype ( mcf - pvph 110 ) : 3 incomplete dorsal , 6 incomplete sacral , and 10 incomplete caudal vertebrae , 9 dermal ossifications , almost complete right tibia and fibula ; and 5 articulated left metatarsals .
j . f . bonaparte . 1999 . an armoured sauropod from the aptian of northern patagonia , argentina . y . tomida , t . h . rich , and p . vickers - rich ( eds . ) , proceedings of the second gondwanan dinosaur symposium , national science museum monographs 15 : 1 - 12 .
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dinosaur model enthusiast and collector robert townsend very kindly sent into everything dinosaur some further pictures of his prehistoric landscape . this time he has focused on dinosaurs that roamed the southern hemisphere during the mesozoic . in his diorama entitled “south american giants” , robert highlights the diversity of sauropods that once roamed the landmass of gondwana , he has also added some large theropod models to highlight the apex predators which once called south america home .
the picture above shows a safari ltd ( wild safari dinos ) amargasaurus in the foreground , in the background , a pair of long - necked dinosaurs ( saltasaurus ) walk by . this is a well composed photograph . the position of the models provides perspective and depth perception , the animals moving in opposite directions provides contrast and draws the eye into the photograph , allowing the clever and careful use of foliage to be appreciated .
a number of super - sized theropods are known from south america . robert depicts different types of meat - eating dinosaur in his diorama . amongst the abelisaurids , robert has included a number of different types of predator , including mapusaurus and giganotosaurus which are greedily feeding on the remains of a sauropod in the photograph above .
“when i was about eleven or twelve years old i saw the film “valley of the gwangi” which was about some cowboys in the old wild west who discover a lost world of living dinosaurs inside a secret and hidden canyon . i was so impressed with the realism of the animation of the creatures that i wanted to make my own lost world of dinosaur models in a prehistoric world . ”
in his childhood , robert constructed a number of dinosaur model kits and he started building landscapes from a young age , but not always with the results he desired . when it came to creating prehistoric scenes , robert admits his early efforts were a case of trial and error .
“what materials did one use ? i didn’t have a clue . my dad suggested that i make the landscape out of a large piece of white card he obtained from somewhere . it was rolled up , and when unrolled and flattened out it was about four feet square . on the dining room table i used a felt tip pen to draw where the rocks and the rivers were meant to go . to make prehistoric type plants i rolled up pieces of white paper , coloured them in with green and brown felt tip pens and then cut one end to spread out the fronds at the top . they were stuck on the card with sellotape . after an afternoon of trying this , the whole thing looked such a mess and so totally unconvincing that i was disappointed with my clumsy efforts . i threw the whole lot away in the bin . i thought it was best to wait until a time when i learnt what materials to use and how to build properly with them . well , now that time has come and you can see some of the results above . ”


characteristics of the genus include massive jaws , blunt builds , and strong canine teeth .

eoconodon 's were about the size of a modern house cat , but were considered giant for mammals at the time .

eoconodon

how can i put and write and define eoconodon in a sentence and how is the word eoconodon used in a sentence and examples ? 用eoconodon造句 , 用eoconodon造句 , 用eoconodon造句 , eoconodon meaning , definition , pronunciation , synonyms and example sentences are provided by ichacha . net .
eoconodon is an extinct genus of triisodontid mesonychid that existed during the early paleocene of north america .
eoconodon (
triisodontidae ,
mammalia ) from the early paleocene ( puercan ) of northeastern montana , u . . .
eoconodon ' s were about the size of a modern house cat , but were considered giant for mammals at the time .
eoconodon (
triisodontidae ,
mammalia ) from the early paleocene ( puercan ) of northeastern montana , u . s . a

' eoconodon
' is an extinct genus of triisodontid mesonychid that existed during the early paleocene of north america .
species of the early paleocene ( puercan north american land mammal age ) triisodontid eoconodon were among the first eutherians in the northern western interior to evolve body masses significantly larger than those of the latest cretaceous mammals of the area . description of additional specimens of eoconodon nidhoggi from the tullock formation , northeastern montana , sets the stage for formal . . . [ show full abstract ]
for example , longrich told gizmag that there was a mammal in wyoming called the eoconodon , which was considered giant at the time , being about the size of a cat . but that same species wasn ' t found in nearby montana .
it ' s almost like you ' re looking at separate islands , but there are no physical barriers between these localities ,
he says .
the uppermost hell creek and tullock formations of garfield and mccone counties , northeastern montana , have yielded large samples of earliest paleocene ( puercan north american land mammal ' age ' ) local faunas . these are allocated to either the earliest puercan ( pu1 ) interval zone or an undifferentiated pu2 / pu3 interval zone of middle and / or late puercan age . eoconodon (
triisodontidae
) is . . . [ show full abstract ]
by now , most people are familiar with the theory that an asteroid that smacked into our planet 66 million years ago caused the extinction of the dinosaurs . but it turns out that dinosaurs might not have been the only casualty of that cataclysmic event . new analysis of the fossil record indicates that a full 93 percent of mammals living at the time also went extinct , a number significantly higher than previously thought .
researchers at the milner centre for evolution at the university of bath looked back over mammalian fossil reports and research that had been published for about the last 100 years , specifically focusing on the time frame on both sides of the meteor strike – about 68 million years ago to 65 . 7 million years ago . they also concentrated on mammals in north america .
not only did they find that more mammals went extinct during this time than the roughly 75 percent previously thought , but also that they rebounded extremely quickly , with the number of species doubling those found before the impact in just 300 , 000 years – a relatively short time in evolutionary terms .
because mammals did so well after the extinction , we have tended to assume that it didn ' t hit them as hard ,
says nick longrich from the milner center .
however our analysis shows that the mammals were hit harder than most groups of animals , such as lizards , turtles , crocodilians , but they proved to be far more adaptable in the aftermath .
longrich is the lead author on a paper regarding the find published in the journal of evolutionary biology .
longrich and his team also discovered a high degree of separation in terms of the way species developed geographically .
you might expect to see the same few survivors all across the continent . but that ' s not what we found ,
he says .
after this extinction event , there was an explosion of diversity , and it was driven by having different evolutionary experiments going on simultaneously in different locations . this may have helped drive the recovery . with so many different species evolving in different directions in different parts of the world , evolution was more likely to stumble across new evolutionary paths .
with 100 years of fossil data lying around , it seemed surprising to us that no other researchers had arrived at the same conclusion as longrich and his team before now . so we asked him about that , and it turns out there ' s been a bit of a mammal - dino - asteroid debate raging in academia .
it may just be a matter of perspective ,
he told us .
historically the asteroid impact hypothesis has been really controversial – and the paleontologists working on fossil mammals have been bitter opponents of the asteroid - impact hypothesis . so they ' ve probably tended to overlook evidence that supports it , and haven ' t really been interested in looking at the issue carefully . we don ' t specialize on mammals , so we ' re able to look at the evidence in a different way – and in fact , the fossil mammal data strongly support the asteroid hypothesis ; it ' s some of the best data out there in support of it , in fact .
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full reference : w . d . matthew and w . granger . 1921 . new genera of paleocene mammals . american museum novitates 13 : 1 - 7
see also archibald 1998 , clemens 2011 , clemens and williamson 2005 , matthew and granger 1921 , mckenna and bell 1997 , st . clair et al . 2010 , thewissen et al . 2001 and zhou et al . 1995
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response to critique by lucas et al . ( 2009 ) of paper by fassett ( 2009 ) documenting paleocene dinosaurs in the san juan basin
purgatorius ( plesiadapiformes , primates ? , mammalia ) , a paleocene immigrant into northeastern montana . . .
the earliest unquestionable records of purgatorius ( plesiadapiformes , primates ? , mammalia ) in northeastern montana and other areas of the western interior of north america are of early paleocene , specifically middle or late puercan ( pu 2–3 interval zones , undifferentiated ) north american land mammal age ( nalma ) . the report of an occurrence of purgatorius in the late cretaceous ( lancian nalma ) . . . [ show full abstract ]
evolution of the mammalian fauna across the cretaceous - tertiary boundary in northeastern montana and . . .
paleontological and geological studies of the hell creek formation and tullock member of the fort union formation in the northern western interior of north america provide a globally unique , detailed record of the evolution of terrestrial vertebrates during the transition from the latest cretaceous into the earliest paleocene . in the area south of the fort peck reservoir , northeastern montana , . . . [ show full abstract ]
early paleocene ( puercan ) peradectid marsupials from northeastern montana , north american western in . . .
analysis of the molar dentitions of early paleocene ( puercan nalma ) peradectid marsupials from the upper part of the hell creek formation and the tullock formation of northeastern montana documents the presence of two species . on the basis of currently published data the genus thylacodon is provisionally regarded as a nomen dubium and these species from montana are designated peradectes cf . p . . . . [ show full abstract ]
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