CAMPYLODONISCUS
A titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Argentina.
Pronunciation: kam-PIE-low-doh-NISS-kus
Meaning: Bent tooth
Author/s: Haubold and Kuhn (
1961)
Synonyms: Campylodon ameghinoi
First Discovery: Chubut, Argentina
Discovery Chart Position: #207
Campylodoniscus ameghinoi
(Ameghino's bent tooth)Etymology
Campylodoniscus is derived from the Greek "kampylos" (bent or curved, like a bow), "odon" (tooth') and -iscus (likeness, similarity, in the style of).
The
species epithet,
ameghinoi, honours Carlos Ameghino who discovered its remains.
Synonyms
Campylodon ameghinoi (von Huene, 1929 [preoccupied]).
Discovery
The remains of
Campylodoniscus were discovered in the Bajo Barreal Formation (Chubut Group) at West slope, Sierra de San Bernardo, Chubut, Argentina, by Carlos Ameghino.
The
holotype (MACN A-IOR63) is a partial maxilla (tooth bearing bone of the upper jaw) with seven tooth sockets, some of which contain teeth.
Estimations
Timeline:
Era: Mesozoic
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Turonian
Age range: 89 mya
Stats:
Est. max. length: ?
Est. max. hip height: ?
Est. max. weight: ?
Diet: Herbivore
Campylodoniscus
ameghinoi
References
• von Huene F (1929) "Los Saurisquios y Ornitisquios del Cretaceo Argentino".
Anales del Museo de La Plata, 3(2): 82-83.
• Hartmut Haubold and Oskar Kuhn (1961) "Lebensbilder und Evolution fossiler Saurier; Amphibien und Reptilien" [life images and evolution of fossil dinosaurs, amphibians and reptiles].
Wittenberg, A.Ziemsen, 1961.
• Sciutto JC and Martínez RD (1994) "
Un nuevo yacimiento fosilifero de la Formación Bajo Barreal (Cretácico Tardio) y su fauna de saurópodos" [A new fossiliferous outcrop from the Bajo Barreal
Formation (Late Cretaceous) and its sauropod fauna].
Naturalia Patagónica, Ciencias de la Tierra, 2: 27-47.
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