Reappraisal of an ankylosaurian dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of James Ross Island (Antarctica) Leonardo SALGADO,Zulma GASPARINI
ABSTRACT
The holotype of the upper Campanian ankylosaur Antarctopelta oliveroi n. gen., n. sp., from James Ross Island, Antarctica, is described. Diagnostic characters include short cervicals (centrum length about 70% of the centrum height), distal caudal vertebrae with transverse processes well developed (centrum width including the transverse processes exceeds 30% of the posterior articulation width) and dorsoventrally depressed, and the presence of smooth, sub-circular osteoderms, surrounded by a mosaic of smaller polygonal osteoderms with a rugose surface texture and tiny, button-like ossicles.
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