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Europatitan eastwoodi
Taxonomy
Europatitan eastwoodi was named by Torcida Fernández-Baldor et al. (2017). Its type specimen is MDS-OTII,1 to MDS-OTII-32, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is El Oterillo II, which is in a Barremian/Aptian coarse channel fill sandstone/mudstone in the Castrillo de la Reina Formation of Spain. It is the type species of Europatitan.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2017 | Europatitan eastwoodi Torcida Fernández-Baldor et al. p. 8 fig. 3–17 |
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†Europatitan eastwoodi Torcida Fernández-Baldor et al. 2017
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| F. Torcida Fernández-Baldor et al. 2017 | A large titanosauriform sauropod diagnosed by a combination of autapomorphic and synapomorphic characters. The autapomorphies are as follows: (1) posterior cervical vertebrae with a parapophysis that presents a triradiate laminar structure in its dorsal part dividing the lateral pneumatic fossa; (2) middle and posterior dorsal vertebrae with a horizontal tpol lamina positioned dorsal to the hyposphene; (3) middle and posterior dorsal vertebrae with centroprezygapophyseal lamina joined laterally to two accessory laminae delimiting pneumatic cavities and that partially subdivides the centroprezygapophyseal parapophyseal fossa; (4) in the middle and posterior dorsal vertebrae dorsally the centropostzygapophyseal laminae reach the lateroventral margin of the hyposphene and are forked at their ventral end, (5) middle and posterior dorsal vertebrae with posterior part of the centrodiapophyseal postzygapophyseal fossa broad and divided by various small accessory laminae situated between the posterior centrodiapophyseal and the postzygodiapophyseal laminae, giving rise to small, highly conspicuous pneumatic subfossae; (6) in the middle and posterior dorsal vertebrae there is an accessory lamina present between the anterior and posterior spinodiapophyseal laminae; this lamina divides the fossa situated between the two laminae; (7) on the anterior surface of the capitulum the posterior dorsal ribs present a crest that is sinusoidal in outline running in a proximodistal direction; (8) the dorsal area of the deltoid crest of the scapula presents a sub-elliptical process with a rugose surface, accompanied in its ventral part by a rugose flat area and a pronounced groove; (9) on the dorsal margin of the scapular blade, approximately in its middle part, there is a rugose tubercle with two projections separated by a semicircular depressed area.
The combination of synapomorphic characters is as follows: flat or slightly convex ventral surface of the cervical centra (Ch. 112:0); very reduced pleurocoels in cervical centra (Ch. 114:3) with a well-defined anterior excavation and smooth posterior fossa (Ch. 115:3); dorsal vertebrae with a strongly compressed centrum (Ch. 162:2); procoelous anterior caudal vertebrae (Ch. 193:3); lack of prespinal lamina in the neural arches of the anterior caudal vertebrae (Ch. 207:0); long chevron, hemal canal (Ch. 126:1); rounded expansion on acromial side (Ch. 232:1); well-developed acromion process (Ch. 235:1); ventromedial process of the ventral margin of the scapula well developed (Ch. 237:1); glenoid scapular orientation strongly beveled medially (Ch. 240:1); muscle scar on the proximal end of the ischium (Ch. 291:1); and lack of a ventral bulge on the transverse process of the first caudal (Ch. 358:0). |
Measurements
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| Source: infrao = infraorder | |||||
| Reference: Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 130.00000 to 122.46000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian | Spain (Castilla y Leon) | Sauropoda indet. (type locality: 68471) |