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Ano 23 - Edição especial VI Simpósio Brasileiro de Paleontologia de Vertebrados Ribeirão Preto - Maio/2008 Paleontologia em Destaque. Edição Especial VI Simpósio Brasileiro de Paleontologia de Vertebrados Editores para esta edição especial: Max C. Langer, Jonathas S. Bittencourt e Mariela C. Castro Tiragem: 200 exemplares. Distribuídos em 27 de maio de 2008. Impressão: Gráfica Martingraf Endereço: Laboratório de Paleontologia, FFCLRP-USP. Av. Bandeirantes 3.900. 14040-901, Ribeirão Preto-SP E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.sbpbrasil.org/ Paleontologia em Destaque: boletim informativo da Sociedade Brasileira de Paleontologia. -- Vol. 1, no 1 (1984) - ISSN: 1516-1811 1. Geociências. 2. Paleontologia. 3. Sociedade Brasileira de Paleontologia SOCIEDADE BRASILEIRA DE PALEONTOLOGIA (GESTÃO 2007-2009) Presidente: João Carlos Coimbra (UFRGS) Vice-Presidente: Ana Maria Ribeiro (FZB/RS) 1° Secretário: Marina Bento Soares (UFRGS) 2ª Secretária: Soraia Girardi Bauermann (ULBRA) 1ª Tesoureira: Patrícia Hadler Rodrigues (FZB/RS) 2ª Tesoureira: Karin Elise Bohns Meyer (UFMG) Diretora de Publicações: Carla B. Kotzian (UFSM) 2 VI Simpósio Brasileiro de Paleontologia de Vertebrados Boletim de Resumos Editores Max C. Langer Jonathas S. Bittencourt Mariela C. Castro FFCLRP-USP, Ribeirão Preto-SP 2008 3 Logotipo: A concepção tripartida do logotipo do VI Simpósio Brasileiro de Paleontologia de Vertebrados reflete as três eras do Fanerozóico e suas denominações populares: Paleozóico ou “Era dos Peixes” (representado pelo tubarão Tribodus limae, apesar deste ser do Mesozóico), Mesozóico ou “Era dos Répteis” (representado pelo dinossauro Staurikosaurus pricei) e Cenozóico ou “Era dos Mamíferos” (representado pelo tigre dentes-de-sabre Smilodon populator). Ainda, os três táxons escolhidos são representativos dos, talvez, três mais importantes, ou ao menos mais famosos, depósitos fossilíferos contendo vertebrados no Brasil: a Formação Santana, Cretáceo inferior do sul do Ceará (representada por T. limae); o Grupo Rosário do Sul, Triássico médio-superior da região central do Rio Grande do Sul (representado por S. pricei); e as grutas calcárias do centro-norte de Minas Gerais (representadas por S. populator). Apoio: Petrobrás (Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.) Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) Sociedade Brasileira de Paleontologia (SBP) Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) Local: Espaço Cultural Universidade de São Paulo, campus de Ribeirão Preto Instituição sede: Departamento de Biologia (Laboratório de Paleontologia) Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP) Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto-SP 4 Comissão Organizadora: Presidência Dr. Max Cardoso Langer Assessoria de comunicação Comitê de Apoio Jonathas de Souza Bittencourt Carolina Rettontini Laurini Tesouraria Estevan Eltink Nogueira Marco Aurélio Gallo de França Felipe Chinaglia Montefeltro Secretaria Gabriela Barbosa Sobral Mariela Cordeiro de Castro Maíra Clasen Massarani Comissão Científica: Dr. Alexander Wilhelm Armin Kellner - Museu Nacional, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro-RJ Dra. Ana Maria Ribeiro - Museu de Ciências Naturais, FZB-RS, Porto Alegre-RS Dr. Átila Augusto Stock da Rosa - Departamento de Geociências, UFSM, Santa Maria-RS Dr. Carlos Eduardo Vieira Toledo - Universidade Mogi das Cruzes, Mogi das Cruzes-SP Dr. Cesar Leandro Schultz – Instituto de Geociências, UFRGS, Porto Alegre-RS Dra. Cristina Vega - Departamento de Geologia, UFPR, Curitiba-PR Dr. Herculano Alverenga - Museu de Historia Natural de Taubaté, Taubaté-SP Dr. Francisco Ricardo Negri – Universidade Federal do Pará, Altamira-PA Dr. Juan Carlos Cisneros - Instituto de Geociências, UFRGS, Porto Alegre-RS Dra. Lílian Paglarelli Bergqvist - Instituto de Geociências, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro-RJ Dra. Maria Cláudia Malabarba - Museu de Ciências e Tecnologia, PUCRS, Porto Alegre-RS Dr. Mario Alberto Cozzuol - Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, UFMG, Belo Horizonte-MG Dra. Renata Guimarães Netto – Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, São Leopoldo-RS Dr. Rodrigo Miloni Santucci - Departamento Nacional de Produção Mineral, Brasília- DF Dra. Valéria Gallo da Silva - Instituto de Biologia, UERJ, Rio de Janeiro-RJ 5 Palestras: The geographical and chronological distribution of fossil neotropical fishes John Lundberg (Academy of Natural Sciences, Filadélfia, EUA) La filogenia de Eutheriodontia y los cambios de diversidad en la transición a Mamaliformes basales Fernando Abdala (Witwatersrand University, Joanesburgo, África do Sul) Extinção da megafauna pleistocênica: o caso dos pampas Richard Fariña (Universidad de la Republica, Montevidéu, Uruguai) Mesas-redondas: Diversidade recente e o estudo dos fósseis: peixes neotropicais Maria Cláudia Malabarba (PUCRS, Porto Alegre-RS) Valéria Gallo (UERJ, Rio de Janeiro-RJ) Alexandre Cunha Ribeiro (USP, Ribeirão Preto-SP) Irradiações 'reptilianas' no Triássico Superior José Fernando Bonaparte (Museo Municipal de Ciencias Naturales, B. Aires, Argentina) Fernando Novas (Museo Argentino de Ciências Naturales, B. Aires, Argentina) César Leandro Schultz (UFGRS, Porto Alegre-RS) Extinção da megafauna pleistocênica Leopoldo Soibelzon (Museo de la Plata, La Plata, Argentina) Mário de Vivo (USP, São Paulo-SP) Mario Alberto Cozzuol (UFMG, Belo Horizonte-MG) Minicursos: Osteologia comparada de tetrápodos fósseis César Leandro Schultz (UFRGS, Porto Alegre-RS) Princípios de sistemática cladística Adolfo Calor e Charles Morphy dos Santos (USP, Ribeirão Preto-SP) Paleobiologia de vertebrados Richard Fariña e Ada Czerwonogora (Universidad de la Republica, Uruguai) Princípios de Tafonomia Marcello Guimarães Simões e Sabrina Coelho Rodrigues (UNESP, Botucatu-SP) Técnicas de preparação de vertebrados fósseis Helder de Paula Silva e Jéssica Pontes Silva (Museu Nacional - UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro-RJ) 6 Prefácio A idéia de organizar um encontro de âmbito nacional especialmente voltado para Paleontologia de Vertebrados surgiu em agosto de 1997, durante o XV Congresso Brasileiro de Paleontologia, realizado em São Pedro-SP. Aproximadamente um terço dos trabalhos apresentados naquele congresso guardava relação com esta subdisciplina da Paleontologia, o que segue ocorrendo em eventos similares. Constatou-se, então, o potencial, em termos de massa crítica, para a realização de um “Simpósio Brasileiro de Paleontologia de Vertebrados”, e o primeiro destes encontros ocorreu já no ano seguinte, no Instituto de Geociências da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. As outras quatro edições do evento tiveram lugar, respectivamente, no Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro (2000), na Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (2003); na UNESP de Rio Claro-SP (2004), e na Universidade Federal de Santa Maria-RS (2006). Desde então, o SBPV (como tem sido comumente denominado) estabeleceu-se como o principal evento desta natureza em nosso país. O que se iniciou como um encontro de pequenas dimensões, com organização baseada em infra-estrutura e custeio universitários, foi aos poucos apresentando maior participação, visibilidade e necessidades, requerendo maior investimento. Neste contexto, a Comissão Organizadora agradece o aporte financeiro das entidades que apoiaram o VI SBPV, a saber: Petrobrás, CNPq, CAPES e Sociedade Brasileira de Paleontologia. É com imenso prazer que o Laboratório de Paleontologia, FFCLRP-USP, sedia em Ribeirão Preto a sexta edição do Simpósio Brasileiro de Paleontologia de Vertebrados. O VI SBPV foi programado com uma estruturação na qual os três dias do evento contarão com trabalhos envolvendo temas-chave, que representam as três principais subáreas da Paleontologia de Vertebrados: Paleoictiologia, Paleoherpetologia e Paleomastozoologia. Adicionalmente, foi organizada uma sessão com trabalhos relacionados a ensino de Paleontologia e técnicas paleontológicas, além de uma exposição de paleoarte. Também foram programadas palestras e mesas-redondas acerca de temas paleontológicos atuais, controversos e de interesse geral. Esta é a segunda vez, em seis edições, que o Simpósio Brasileiro de Paleontologia de Vertebrados ocorre no Estado de São Paulo, podendo ser este um momento oportuno para avaliar a dinâmica das pesquisas com vertebrados fósseis que aqui se desenvolvem. Em verdade, face a iniciativas privadas, como a organização de exposições e instalação de museus em cidades do interior, o incentivo estadual nos parece claudicante. Paleontólogos de vertebrados nos quadros das instituições públicas de São Paulo são em número equivalente àqueles de cidades como Rio de Janeiro e Porto Alegre, o que seguramente não condiz com a relevância científico-tecnológica do estado. As posturas que resultaram em tal 7 cenário, talvez sejam as mesmo que levaram a FAPESP, com base em parecer de sua assessoria ad hoc, não estar relacionada entre as agencias que apoiaram a realização deste encontro. De resto, esperamos, com a organização do VI SBPV, contribuir no sentido de ao menos dar maior visibilidade à Paleontologia de Vertebrados Junto à comunidade científica de São Paulo. O presente boletim conta com 135 resumos ordenados alfabeticamente pelo sobrenome do primeiro autor. Estes foram todos analisados pelos editores, bem como por pelo menos um membro da Comissão Científica, aos quais os editores expressam seu reconhecimento. A maioria dos resumos foi reencaminhada para os autores, tendo sido aceitos depois de efetuadas as modificações sugeridas. No total, foram inscritos trabalhos de 211 autores e co-autores, de 12 estados brasileiros,
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    Osteology of the Dorsal Vertebrae of the Giant Titanosaurian Sauropod Dinosaur Dreadnoughtus Schrani from the Late Cretaceous of Argentina

    Rowan University Rowan Digital Works School of Earth & Environment Faculty Scholarship School of Earth & Environment 1-1-2017 Osteology of the dorsal vertebrae of the giant titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur Dreadnoughtus schrani from the Late Cretaceous of Argentina Kristyn Voegele Rowan University Matt Lamanna Kenneth Lacovara Rowan University Follow this and additional works at: https://rdw.rowan.edu/see_facpub Part of the Anatomy Commons, Geology Commons, and the Paleontology Commons Recommended Citation Voegele, K.K., Lamanna, M.C., and Lacovara K.J. (2017). Osteology of the dorsal vertebrae of the giant titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur Dreadnoughtus schrani from the Late Cretaceous of Argentina. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 62 (4): 667–681. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the School of Earth & Environment at Rowan Digital Works. It has been accepted for inclusion in School of Earth & Environment Faculty Scholarship by an authorized administrator of Rowan Digital Works. Editors' choice Osteology of the dorsal vertebrae of the giant titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur Dreadnoughtus schrani from the Late Cretaceous of Argentina KRISTYN K. VOEGELE, MATTHEW C. LAMANNA, and KENNETH J. LACOVARA Voegele, K.K., Lamanna, M.C., and Lacovara K.J. 2017. Osteology of the dorsal vertebrae of the giant titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur Dreadnoughtus schrani from the Late Cretaceous of Argentina. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 62 (4): 667–681. Many titanosaurian dinosaurs are known only from fragmentary remains, making comparisons between taxa difficult because they often lack overlapping skeletal elements. This problem is particularly pronounced for the exceptionally large-bodied members of this sauropod clade. Dreadnoughtus schrani is a well-preserved giant titanosaurian from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian–Maastrichtian) Cerro Fortaleza Formation of southern Patagonia, Argentina.