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An articulated hindlimb of a basal iguanodont (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) from the Early Cretaceous Las Hoyas Lagerstätte (Spain)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 March 2013

MERCEDES LLANDRES SERRANO ,
ROMAIN VULLO ,
JESÚS MARUGÁN-LOBÓN ,
FRANCISCO ORTEGA  and
ÁNGELA D. BUSCALIONI
MERCEDES LLANDRES SERRANO
Affiliation:
Unidad de Paleontología, Departamento de Biología, Calle Darwin, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
ROMAIN VULLO*
Affiliation:
Université de Rennes 1, UMR CNRS 6118, Campus de Beaulieu, 263 avenue du général Leclerc, 35042 Rennes, France
JESÚS MARUGÁN-LOBÓN
Affiliation:
Unidad de Paleontología, Departamento de Biología, Calle Darwin, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
FRANCISCO ORTEGA
Affiliation:
Grupo de Biología, Faculdad de Ciencias, UNED, Calle Senda del Rey 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain
ÁNGELA D. BUSCALIONI
Affiliation:
Unidad de Paleontología, Departamento de Biología, Calle Darwin, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
*
‡Author for correspondence: romain.vullo@univ-rennes1.fr
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Abstract

An isolated, fully articulated hindlimb of a basal iguanodont from the Spanish Las Hoyas Lagerstätte is described. It probably belonged to a juvenile or subadult individual. Despite some slight differences, anatomical features, as well as the late Barremian age of this specimen, would suggest that it belongs to Mantellisaurus atherfieldensis. The exquisite preservation of this specimen provides information on the foot anatomy of basal iguanodonts. This is the first report of a non-theropod dinosaur from Las Hoyas. From a palaeoecological point of view, this discovery indicates that potential prey of the carcharodontosaurian theropod Concavenator were present at Las Hoyas, thus complementing our knowledge of the trophic structure of this Early Cretaceous palaeocommunity.

Keywords

CretaceousBarremianIguanodontiaLas Hoyas LagerstätteSpain
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Geological Magazine , Volume 150 , Issue 3 , May 2013 , pp. 572 - 576
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013

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