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Geobios

Volume 16, Issue 5, 1983, Pages 615-621
Geobios

Short note
A nodosaurid ankylosaur from the lower Cretaceousof salas de los Infantes (Province of Burgos, Spain)

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Abstract

This note reports the discovery of a new dinosaursoutcrop in Salas de los Infantes (province of Burgos, Spain), belonging to the Lower Cretaceous (Barremian-Albian). The main piece found up to date is a dermal spike from an ankylosaur dinosaur. The ratio between the maximum basal dimension to the height and the outline of the cross-section of the blade seem to indicate it belongs to the Nodosauridae. Several structural (and perhaps textural too) characteristics (as the disposition and morphlogy of the spike's base) seem to indicate that this Spanish nodosaurid could be close to Hylaeosaurus.

Résumé

Cette note rapporte la découverte d'un nouveaugisement à dinosauriens dans le Crétacé Inférieur (Barrémien-Albien) de Salas de los Infantes (province de Burgos, Espagne). La pièce principale trouvée pour le moment est une épine dermique appartenant à un dinosaurien ankylosaurien. Le rapport entre la plus grande dimension de la base et la hauteur, ainsi que le contour de la section de l'épine, semblent indiquer son appartenance aux Nodosauridae. Diverses caractéristiques structurales (et peut être aussi de la texture) comme la disposition et la morphologie de la base de l'épine, semblent indiquer que ce nodosauridé espagnol est probablement proche de Hylaeosaurus.

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