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Description: Qantassaurus intrepidus Rich and Vickers-Rich, 1999, holotypic left dentary (NMV P199075) and schematics from the Flat Rocks Sandstone in the Wonthaggi Formation, southeastern Australia, in lateral (1), medial (2), and dorsal (3) views. alv = alveolus; bur = buccal ridge; cem = cementum; cop = coronoid process; cor = coronoid ridge; cos = coronoid shelf; d# = dentary tooth position (from anterior end) and replacement number; dfo = anterior dentary foramen; ldp = lateral dentary parapet; mdp = medial dentary parapet; mkc = Meckelian canal (fossa); mkg = Meckelian groove; nuf = nutrient foramen; nvf = neurovascular foramen; pdf = predentary facet; pdp = predentary process; spf = splenial facet; sym = symphyseal surface. Scale bar = 10 mm. Images (1, 2) courtesy of Museums Victoria.
Title: Qantassaurus holotype
Credit: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-paleontology/article/new-smallbodied-ornithopods-dinosauria-neornithischia-from-the-early-cretaceous-wonthaggi-formation-strzelecki-group-of-the-australianantarctic-rift-system-with-revision-of-qantassaurus-intrepidus-rich-and-vickersrich-1999/D6FEF2CD3EC1CAAD8F41B6ED73EC356C
Author: Matthew C. Herne, Jay P. Nair, Alistair R. Evans and Alan M. Tait
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0
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