Open AccessThe "sauropod" from the Albian of Mesnil-Saint-Père (Aube, France):a pliosaur, not a dinosaur
Author(s) -
Eric Buffetaud,
Claude Colleté,
Bruno Dubus,
Jean-Louis Petit
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
carnets de géologie (notebooks on geology)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.263
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1765-2553
pISSN - 1634-0744
DOI - 10.4267/2042/2380
Subject(s) - paleontology , geology , dorsum , saint , structural basin , anatomy , biology , history , art history
A vertebra from the Albian of Mesnil-Saint-Pere (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.
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