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Discovery of a short-necked sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic period of Patagonia

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  • Oliver W. M. Rauhut

    (Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie
    Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio)

  • Kristian Remes

    (Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie)

  • Regina Fechner

    (Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie)

  • Gerardo Cladera

    (Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio)

  • Pablo Puerta

    (Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio)

Abstract

Call that a sauropod... Sauropods are everybody's archetypal dinosaur: bulky bodies, long necks and long tails. This also reflects the view that they were unspecialized herbivores without significant ecological differences between groups. The new find of a short-necked sauropod from the Late Jurassic of Patagonia, a time of continental break-up and environmental change, shows that not all lineages of sauropods followed the trend towards elongation of the neck. The newly discovered fossils suggest that sauropods were in fact able to adapt rapidly to new environments. By establishing a niche in which a short-necked herbivore could operate, a range of herbivores in a single environment.

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  • Oliver W. M. Rauhut & Kristian Remes & Regina Fechner & Gerardo Cladera & Pablo Puerta, 2005. "Discovery of a short-necked sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic period of Patagonia," Nature, Nature, vol. 435(7042), pages 670-672, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:435:y:2005:i:7042:d:10.1038_nature03623
    DOI: 10.1038/nature03623
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