Troodon Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Excellent paper that examines the geology and paleontology of what they call the Kem Kem Group that includes the lower Gara Sbaa and upper Douira formations . I will add that the authors view of the dinosaur assemblage in this fauna does not agree with recent publications from other paleontologists. Great images of croc teeth, dinosaur teeth and claws. It even discusses "that some geographic names are simple errors that gain traction in secondary citations. In a prominent compilation of dinosaur localities, for example, the term “Tegana Formation” was cited for the “Kem Kem beds” (Weishampel et al. 1990). This may have arisen as a misspelling of the “Tegama Group”, a name for Cretaceous age beds in Niger. Although the error was noted (Sereno et al. 1996), it has reappeared in subsequent publications (e.g., Bailey 1997, Kellner and Mader 1997, Taverne and Masey 1999, Weishampel et al. 2004)" Article ...PDF in that article is +100mb https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/47517/ 17 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jpc Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 I was just about to post this... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LordTrilobite Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 15 minutes ago, jpc said: I was just about to post this... Same Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Haravex Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 so whats the deal with sigilmassasaurus now then? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ziggycardon Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Thank you for sharing! Will make an interesting read! Gosh, all the photo's! finally a free kemkem paper with some great reference photo's! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LordTrilobite Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Still browsing through it. There's a lot of good reference material in here. Also finally some Deltadromeus photos that aren't paywalled. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
taj Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Excellent paper , thanks ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Troodon Posted April 22, 2020 Author Share Posted April 22, 2020 28 minutes ago, Haravex said: so whats the deal with sigilmassasaurus now then? No change, like I said the authors here have a very different view than most other paleontologists. Hey what else is new when you have so little to go on. With new discoveries everything will become clear 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LordTrilobite Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Seems like both Sigilmassasaurus and Sauroniops are being lumped into Spinosaurus and Carcharodontosaurus respectively. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Abstraktum Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Impressive paper, but for me as a scientific noob I have to ask the one question: For our everyday teeth ID regarding teeth from KemKem, do we have anything new that helps us? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Troodon Posted April 22, 2020 Author Share Posted April 22, 2020 54 minutes ago, Abstraktum said: Impressive paper, but for me as a scientific noob I have to ask the one question: For our everyday teeth ID regarding teeth from KemKem, do we have anything new that helps us? NO nothing has changed regarding teeth. We basically cannot identify any theropod teeth to a genus/species only to a family level. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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