Image: Late Cretaceous European titanosaur size
Description: Body-size disparity in Late Cretaceous European titanosaurs, as illustrated by their appendicular elements (specimens figured at scale). A, E Ampelosaurus atacis (late Campanian–early Maastrichtian, Bellevue, Aude, southern France): A Left humerus (MDE C3-86), anterior view E Right femur (MDE C3-87; reversed), posterior view B, C Magyarosaurus dacus (early Maastrichtian, Ciula Mare, Haţeg Basin, Romania) B Left humerus (LPB (FGGUB) R.1047), anterior view C Left femur (LPB (FGGUB) R.1046), posterior view D Lirainosaurus astibiai (late Campanian–early Maastrichtian, Laño, Basque Country, northern Spain), left femur (MCNA 7468), posterior view. Scale bar equals 10 cm. Photograph D courtesy by Verónica Díez Díaz.
Title: Late Cretaceous European titanosaur size
Credit: Zoltan Csiki-Sava, Eric Buffetaut, Attila Ősi, Xabier Pereda-Suberbiola, Stephen L. Brusatte (2015) "Island life in the Cretaceous - faunal composition, biogeography, evolution, and extinction of land-living vertebrates on the Late Cretaceous European archipelago" Zookeys" 469: 1-161 doi: 10.3897/zookeys.469.8439
Author: Zoltan Csiki-Sava, Eric Buffetaut, Attila Ősi, Xabier Pereda-Suberbiola, Stephen L. Brusatte
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