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The first neoceratopsian dinosaur remains from Europe

Lindgren, Johan LU ; Currie, Philip J. ; Siverson, Mikael LU ; Rees, Jan ; Cederstrom, Peter and Lindgren, Filip (2007) In Palaeontology 50(4). p.929-937
Abstract
Shallow marine, nearshore strata of earliest Campanian (Gonioteuthis granulataquadrata belemnite Zone) and latest Early Campanian (informal Belemnellocamax mammillatus belemnite zone) age in the Kristianstad Basin, southern Sweden, have yielded isolated leptoceratopsid teeth and vertebrae, representing the first record of horned dinosaurs from Europe. The new leptoceratopsid occurrence may support a European dispersal route for the Leptoceratopsidae, or may represent an entirely endemic population. The presence of leptoceratopsid teeth in shallow marine deposits contradicts previous hypotheses suggesting that basal neoceratopsians mainly preferred and and/or semi-arid habitats far from coastal areas.
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teeth, vertebrae, Sweden, neoceratopsia, leptoceratopsidae, campanian, ceratopsia
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Palaeontology
volume
50
issue
4
pages
929 - 937
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Wiley-Blackwell
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  • wos:000248687700011
  • scopus:34547475103
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1475-4983
DOI
10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00690.x
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English
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  author       = {{Lindgren, Johan and Currie, Philip J. and Siverson, Mikael and Rees, Jan and Cederstrom, Peter and Lindgren, Filip}},
  issn         = {{1475-4983}},
  keywords     = {{teeth; vertebrae; Sweden; neoceratopsia; leptoceratopsidae; campanian; ceratopsia}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{4}},
  pages        = {{929--937}},
  publisher    = {{Wiley-Blackwell}},
  series       = {{Palaeontology}},
  title        = {{The first neoceratopsian dinosaur remains from Europe}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00690.x}},
  doi          = {{10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00690.x}},
  volume       = {{50}},
  year         = {{2007}},
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