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1 September 2012 Evidence of a New Carcharodontosaurid from the Upper Cretaceous of Morocco
Andrea Cau, Fabio Marco Dalla Vecchia, Matteo Fabbri
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Abstract

We report an isolated frontal of a large-bodied theropod from the Cenomanian “Kern Kern beds” of Morocco with an unusual morphology that we refer to a new carcharodontosaurid distinct from the sympatric Carcharodontosaurus. The specimen shows an unique combination of plesiomorphic and potentially autapomorphic features: very thick and broad bone with a complex saddle-shaped dorsal surface, and a narrow vertical lamina between the prefrontal and lacrimal facets. This study supports the hypothesis that a fourth large theropod was present in the Cenomanian of Morocco together with Carcharodontosaurus, Deltadromeus, and Spinosaurus.

Andrea Cau, Fabio Marco Dalla Vecchia, and Matteo Fabbri "Evidence of a New Carcharodontosaurid from the Upper Cretaceous of Morocco," Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 57(3), 661-665, (1 September 2012). https://doi.org/10.4202/app.2011.0043
Received: 23 April 2011; Accepted: 6 July 2011; Published: 1 September 2012
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