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Niebla antiqua
Taxonomy
Niebla antiqua was named by Aranciaga Rolando et al. (2021). Its type specimen is MPCN-PV-796, a partial skeleton (Braincase, dentary, teeth, dorsal vertebrae, scapulocoracoid), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Niebla type locality, Arriagada Farm, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian fluvial sandstone/mudstone in the Allen Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Niebla.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2021 | Niebla antiqua Aranciaga Rolando et al. p. 3 |
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†Niebla antiqua Aranciaga Rolando et al. 2021
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M. Aranciaga Rolando et al. 2021 | Abelisaurid theropod diagnosable on the basis of the following combination of characters (autapomorphies marked by an asterisk): 1) strongly thickened and heavily sculptured frontals, 2) frontals with deep longitudinal groove surrounding the supraorbital swelling*, 3) frontals with short bony platform for the contact with the nasal, 4) anteroposteriorly elongate supratemporal fenestra *, 5) parietal with posterolaterally oriented parietal alae*, 6) nuchal wedge of supraoccipital bone subequal in dorsoventral depth to the dorsoventral height of the occipital condyle*, 5) associated groove of the postemporal foramen completely enclosed by parietal and exoccipital-opisthotic bones*, 6) bony plate below the occipital condyle subrectangular in contour and dorsoventrally taller than transversely wide*, 7) forebrain with large olfactory tract and bulbs, and 8) paired laminae over the mesethmoid. |
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| Reference: Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.50000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Argentina (Río Negro) | Niebla antiqua (type locality: 222575) |