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New Oviraptorid Dinosaur (Dinosauria: Oviraptorosauria) from the Nemegt Formation of Southwestern Mongolia Bull. Natn. Sci. Mus.. Tokyo, Ser. C. 30, pp. 95130. December 22, 2004 New Oviraptorid Dinosaur (Dinosauria: Oviraptorosauria) from the Nemegt Formation of Southwestern Mongolia Junchang Lii', Yukimitsu ~omida*,Yoichi ~zuma", Zhiming ~ong~and Yuong -Nam Lee" ' Institute of Geology. Chinesc Acadcrny of Geological Sciences. Beijing 100037. China '~ationalScience Museum, 3-23-1 Hyakunincho, Shinjukuku, Tokyo 169-0073, Japan 'Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, 51- 11 Terao, Muroko. Katsuyama 91 1-8601, Japan "Institute of Paleontology and Paleoanthropology. Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100044. China ' Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, Geology & Geoinformation Division, 30 Gajeong-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-350. South Korea Abstract Nernegtia barsboldi gen. et sp. nov. here described is a new oviraptorid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous (mid-Maastrichtian) Nemegt Formation of southwestern Mongolia. It differs from other oviraptorids in the skull having a well-developed crest. the anterior margin of which is nearly vertical. and the dorsal margin of the skull and the anterior margin of the crest form nearly 90"; the nasal process of the premaxilla being less exposed on the dorsal surface of the skull than those in other known oviraptorids: the length of the frontal being approximately one fourth that of the parietal along the midline of the skull. Phylogenetic analysis shows that Nerncgtia ha,-sboldi is more closely related to Citipati osrnolskae than to any other oviraptorosaurs. Key words : Nemegt Basin. Mongolia. Nemegt Formation. Late Cretaceous. Oviraptorosauria. Nernegtia. dae, and Caudipterygidae (Barsbold 1976; Stern- Introduction berg, 1940; Currie, 2000; Clark e/ al., 200 1; Ji er Oviraptorosaurs are generally regarded as non- a/., 1998; Zhou and Wang, 2000; Zhou el al., avian theropod dinosaurs (Osborn, 1924; Bars- 2000). bold 1976. 1977, I98 1, 1983, 1986, 1997; Gau- The Oviraptorosauria are mainly distributed in thier. 1986; Smith, 1992; Sereno, 1999; Barsbold Mongolia (Osborn. 1924; Barsbold 1976. 1977, Currie et a/., 2000; Barsbold Osmolska et a/., 1981, 1983, 1986, 1997; Osmolska. 1976; Norell 2000; Holtz. 2000. 2001; Norell et a/.. 1994; et al., 1994, 1995: Wester, 1996; Clark et al., Norell et a/., 1995; Norell. Clark, and 1999, 2001, 2002). China (Dong and Currie, Makovicky. 2001; Xu, Norell et a/., 2002). They 1996: Ji et a/., 1998; Lii et a/., 2000; Xu, Cheng are medium-sized theropods characterized by a et a/.. 2002; Lii, 2003) and North America short. deep skull with toothless jaws in derived (Sternberg, 1940; Cracraft, 197 1; Currie and forms, teeth present in primitive forms such as Russell, 1988; Sues, 1997). Additionally, ovirap- Incisivosa~u~rsgauthieri (Xu, Cheng et al., 2002) torosaurs from the Southern Hemisphere have and Caudipteyiu zoui (Ji et al., 1998). pneu- been reported (Frey and Martill, 1995; Currie et matilized caudal vertebrae present in derived a/., 1996; Frankfurt and Chiappe, 1999), al- forms, anteriorly concave pubic shaft, and a pos- though validity of the taxonomic assignment is teriorly curved ischium present in Oviraptoridae doubtful. (Barsbold and Osmolska, 1990; Barsbold In the summer of 1996, an incomplete ovirap- Osmolska et a/.. 2000; Makovicky and Sues, torid skeleton with a nearly complete skull was 1998). Oviraptorosauria is here regarded to In- discovered in the Nemegt Formation of Nemegt clude three families: Oviraptoridae, Caenagnathi- Basin, southwestern Mongolia by the Mongolian 96 Lii. Tomida. Azurna. Dong and Lce Highland International Dinosaur Project team. It nasal process of the premaxilla, which forms part was initially described by Lii et ul. (2002) as In- of the crest, being barely exposed in dorsal view; genia sp. The skull morphology (vertical anterior the anteroposterior length of the frontal is ap- margin of the developed crest on the skull, less proximately one quarter of that of the parietals; a exposed nasal process of the premaxilla, and a presence of prefrontal; process on the quadrate process on the quadrate bearing a convex surface bears a convex surface projecting into the cotyla projecting into the cotyla on the medial surface on the medial surface of the quadratojugal. of the quadratojugal) indicates that it is distinct Mandibular condyles of the quadrate situated from named oviraptorosaurs. It represents a new rostrally to the occipital condyle. taxon from the Late Cretaceous. Description Systematic Paleontology I. Skull and mandible Theropoda Marsh, 1 88 1 The skull (Fig. I) is deep, narrow and short, Oviraptorosauria Barsbold, 1976 and has a naso-premaxillary vertical crest. The jaws are toothless, and the articular has a medial Family Oviraptoridae Barsbold. 1976 process. These characters indicate that Nemegtia Nemegtia gen. nov. barsboldi is a derived oviraptorosaur. Diagnosis: As for the only known species. Skull: The premaxillae, vomers and maxillae Etymology: Nemegtia refers to the fossil lo- form a hard palate as in other oviraptorid di- cality. the Nemegt Basin of southwestern Mon- nosaurs (Fig. lC), and the premaxillae form the golia. main part of the crest. Both premaxillae are fused. The central palatal part of the joined pre- Nemegtia barsboldi sp. nov. maxillae is strongly concave. There is a cleft on (Figs. 1, 3, 5,6) the central part of the palate. Anteriorly, small foramina distributed on the lateral sides of the lngenia sp. Lii rt 01.. 2002 suture between the premaxillae may represent Etymology: The species is named in honor of nutrient openings. The nasal processes of the pre- Dr. R. Barsbold, the Mongolian vertebrate pale- maxillae are perpendicular to the palatal surface ontologist, one of the leaders of the Mongolian of the upper jaw, and extend dorsally, connecting Highland International Dinosaur Project. with the nasals at the highest point of the crest 7jpe locality and horizon: The Nemegt lo- (Fig. 1 A), and is barely exposed in dorsal view of cality of Gradzinski et al. (1968), Nemegt Basin, the skull. The crest extends posteriorly and ven- southern Gobi Desert, Mongolia; Nemegt Forma- trally, and forms a round arc at its highest point. tion, mid-Maastrichtian (Jerzykiewicz and Rus- The antorbital cavity consists of a large inter- sell, 1991) of the Upper Cretaceous. nal antorbital fenestra posteriorly and a small Holoppe: GIN 1 0012 1 12 (formerly PC 1001 maxillary fenestra (see Witmer, 1997) anteroven- 21 12, see Lii et al., 2002): an incomplete skele- trally. The internal antorbital fenestra is sub-oval, ton with a nearly complete skull. Specimen and the long axis is vertical. The external surface stored in the Paleontological Center of the Mon- of the maxilla is smooth, and moderately con- golian Academy of Sciences. Ulan Bator, Mon- cave. Ventrally, there are two longitudinal, round- gol ia. ed ridges on each maxilla as in other ovirap- Diagnosis: An oviraptorid displaying the fol- torids. In addition to the lateral ridge, there is a lowing derived characters. The skull with a naso- longitudinal groove. Posteriorly, there is a ven- premaxillary crest, anterior margin (the nasal trally directed tooth-like process on the palatal process of the premaxilla) nearly vertical; the shelf of each maxilla as in other oviraptorids. Ncw Oviraptorid Dinosaur. Mongolia 97 antorb Fig. I. The skull of A'etneg~inhnr-sholdi gge. et sp. nov. (G11\!100/21 12). In lateral (A), dorsal (B), and ventral views (C'). Scalc bar=5 cm. Abbreviations, as in appendix I. 98 Lii. Tomida. 4zuma. Dong and Lcc Both nasals are completely fused posteriorly The postorbital process of the jugal inclines pos- with no trace of the suture. Anteriorly, the nasals terodorsally. and forms almost 213 of the height are not fused forming a "<" shaped cleft, which of the postorbital bar. similar to other ovirap- receives the nasal processes of the premaxillae torosaurs (Barsbold et al., 1990). The process be- (Fig. 1 B). The dorsal portion of the lacrimal is comes widened and slightly twisted and its me- crescent shaped in lateral view. The shaft of the dial surface is smooth, near the position where it lacrimal is stout, and forms the posterior margin contacts the descending process of the postor- of the antorbital cavity. There is a large lacrimal bital. The dorsal part of the postorbital process of foramen in the middle of the anterior edge of the the jugal is tightly attached to the posteroventral orbit. The posterodorsal part of the lacrimal is surface of the postorbital. The posterior branch wedged between the prefrontal and frontal. The of the jugal contacts the anterior process of the lateral surface of the lacrimal is smooth. Pos- quadratojugal. The angle of the postorbital terodorsal to the antorbital cavity, there is a large branch and posterior branch of the jugal is 90". recessed pneumatic pocket (6 mm high. 4 mm which form the anterior and ventral margins of wide), similar to that in Citipati osmolskae the large lateral temporal fenestra, respectively. (Clark et 01.. 2002). The width of the frontal is much greater than Anterodorsal to the left orbit, there is a small its length. In lateral view, the whole central part triangular bone, which is located between the of the frontal surface is convex, thus the trans- frontal and lacrimal. It should be a prefrontal, al- verse cross-section of the frontal is arc-shaped. though this bone has not been reported in other The anteroposterior length of the frontal is ap- oviraptorosaurs. proximately one quarter of that of the parietals. The jugal is a triradiate bone. The posterior Anteriorly, the suture of the frontal and the nasal part of its anterior branch is stout and plate-like. is relatively straight. while posteriorly, the suture Anteriorly. it gradually becomes rod-like and with the parietal is convex anteriorly (Fig. 19). then ends as a thin plate (Fig. 2). where it inserts There is a deep groove along the suture with the between the maxilla, lacrimal and ectopterygoid. nasal. When compared with other oviraptorids. cross-section of the jugal Fig.
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