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Hello everyone, I am trying to identify a dinosaur vertebra that comes from the KemKem basins in Morocco. Can you help me ?


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8 hours ago, Self-taught said:


Hello everyone, I am trying to identify a dinosaur vertebra that comes from the KemKem basins in Morocco. Can you help me ?

The vertebra belongs to a spinosaurid.

There's a bit of uncertainty over the spinosaurid diversity on Kem Kem,however,I'll follow Smyth et al. and referr the vertebra to Spinosaurus aegyptiacus. Others might use Sigilmassasaurus brevicollis.

I had my time to look at some details,I'm not sure that the vertebra can be positioned confidently.

The morphology suggest either a posterior cervical or a cervicodorsal vertebra. A C8 is unlikely as it lacks a ventral rugose platform (VrP). I would discard a D2 and D3 as well.

I cannot identify properly the position because it's heavily distorted. The following images are taken from McFeeters et al.(2013)

First,the posterior cervical(~C9) CMN 41856:

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Here's CMN 41857(D1), holotype of "Sigilmassasaurus brevicollis":

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References:

1) Smyth, Robert & Ibrahim, Nizar & Martill, David. (2020). Sigilmassasaurus is Spinosaurus: A reappraisal of African spinosaurines. Cretaceous Research. 114. 104520. 10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104520. 

 

2) McFeeters, Bradley & Ryan, Michael & Hinic-Frlog, Sanja & Schroder-Adams, Claudia. (2013). A reevaluation of Sigilmassasaurus brevicollis (Dinosauria) from the Cretaceous of Morocco. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 50. 636-649. 10.1139/cjes-2012-0129. 

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Thank you very much for helping me, I was thinking more of an Abelisauridae never I would have believed in a Spinosauridae .. Thank you

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I've yet to see a well preserved abelisaurid cervical vertebra from KK,but they have some key differences compared with those of spinosaurids.

Here's a pair of figures with the posterior cervical vertebrae of Carnotaurus sastrei:

C9:

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C10:

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Reference:

Méndez, Ariel. (2012). The Cervical Vertebrae of the Late Cretaceous Abelisaurid Dinosaur Carnotaurus sastrei. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 59. 10.4202/app.2011.0129. 

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It's a pleasure.

I have something in development,but cannot comment what it is,hope it will help people with this type of material.

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20 minutes ago, MBL13 said:

I have something in development,but cannot comment what it is,hope it will help people with this type of material.

 

Please announce here when you are free to do so. :)

 

 

Cheers.

 

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On 4/14/2021 at 11:35 PM, MBL13 said:

I've yet to see a well preserved abelisaurid cervical vertebra from KK,but they have some key differences compared with those of spinosaurids.

Here's a pair of figures with the posterior cervical vertebrae of Carnotaurus sastrei:

C9:

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C10:

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Reference:

Méndez, Ariel. (2012). The Cervical Vertebrae of the Late Cretaceous Abelisaurid Dinosaur Carnotaurus sastrei. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 59. 10.4202/app.2011.0129. 

I spoke to soon,after looking at some recent papers,I've found this vertebra.An abelisaurid axis (C2) described by Smyth et al. (2019):

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Reference:

1) Smyth, Robert & Ibrahim, Nizar & Kao, Alexander & Martill, David. (2019). Abelisauroid cervical vertebrae from the Cretaceous Kem Kem beds of Southern Morocco and a review of Kem Kem abelisauroids. Cretaceous Research. 108. 104330. 10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104330.

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