Upper Jurassic Pliosaurs of North-East Mexico: Taxonomy, palaeobiology, evolution and palaeogeography

墨西哥东北部的晚侏罗世上龙：分类学、古生物学、进化和古地理学

• 批准号: 5413605
• 负责人: Professor Dr. Eberhard Frey
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Facultad de Ciencias de la Tierra
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2002-12-31 至 2007-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/5413605?language=en
• 关键词: Upper; Jurassic; Pliosaurs; North; East

... The material clearly belongs to the individual housed in Linares and is still under preparation. Bone structure and state of co-ossification also confirm that this "Monster of Aramberrfi" was a juvenile. An unhealed bite mark in a skull bone proves that the animal died as a result of the attack of another much larger pliosaur. During the campaign in 2001, the original sediment layer bearing the pliosaur, was identified and was subsequently exposed during the field campaign in 2002... In addition to the head of a femur with a diameter of 300 mm, our exploration yielded further bone fragments from the debris down slope and confirmed the pliosaur's position of embedding. The bonebearing concretion measures approximately 8.5 metres in length, appears to be more that 3 metres in width and forms a layer dipping 40 to 60°. The exposed section shows a dense packing of large bones. The excavation, preparation and scientific investigation of these concretions and all bone fragments from the debris are of crucial importance to reconstruct the "Monster of Aramberri". Revelation of its taxonomic status is one of the objectives of the project... We also will present the results and fucture plans of our research work at Linares and Aramberri to the public... and local authorities.

..。这些材料显然属于利纳雷斯的个人，目前仍在准备中。骨骼结构和共骨化状态也证实了这只“阿拉姆贝尔菲怪兽”是一只幼崽。头盖骨上未愈合的咬痕证明，这只动物死于另一只更大的上龙的攻击。在2001年的活动中，发现了含有上龙的原始沉积层，并随后在2002年的野外活动中暴露了出来。除了直径300毫米的股骨头外，我们的探测还从下坡的碎片中发现了更多的骨头碎片，并确认了上龙的嵌入位置。含骨结核长约8.5米，宽度超过3米，形成一层倾斜40至60°的岩层。裸露的部分显示密集堆积的大骨头。从碎片中挖掘、准备和科学调查这些石块和所有的骨头碎片，对于重塑“阿拉姆贝里怪兽”至关重要。揭示其分类地位是该项目的目标之一。我们还将向公众展示我们在利纳雷斯和阿拉姆贝里的研究工作的结果和功能计划。和地方当局。