References
Reference
Buffetaut, Eric et. al. (2005) The "sauropod" from the Albian of Mesnil-Saint-Père (Aube, France): a pliosaur, not a dinosaur.; Carnets de Géologie / Notebooks on Geology - Letter, 2005(1), pp.1-5
The "sauropod" from the Albian of Mesnil-Saint-Père (Aube, France): a pliosaur, not a dinosaur.
Principal Author
Eric Buffetaut
Other Authors
Claude Colleté, Bruno Dubus, Jean-Louis Petit
Header
Academic paper
Journal
Carnets de Géologie / Notebooks on Geology - Letter
Volume
2005
Issue
1
Pages
1-5
Abstract
A vertebra from the Albian of Mesnil-Saint-Père (Aube, eastern Paris Basin), previously identified as the first caudal of a sauropod dinosaur, is shown to be a dorsal vertebra of a large pliosaur. The specimen resembles vertebrae from the Albian of England and eastern France that have been referred to the pliosaur Polyptychodon, a taxon in need of revision.
Language
English