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Assignation of the Vertebra Cpp 494 to Trigonosaurus Pricei Bol. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Parag. Vol. 17, nº 1 (Ago. 2013): 100-10020-28 ASSIGNATION OF THE VERTEBRA CPP 494 TO TRIGONOSAURUS PRICEI CAMPOS ET AL., 2005 (SAUROPODA: TITANOSAURIFORMES) FROM THE LATE CRETACEOUS OF BRAZIL, WITH COMMENTS ON THE LAMINAR VARIATION AMONG LITHOSTROTIAN TITANOSAURS Rubén D. Juárez Valieri1 & Sergio D. Ríos Díaz2,3 1Secretaría de Cultura de la Provincia de Río Negro, General Roca, Río Negro, Argentina. E-mail: [email protected] 2Secretaría Nacional de Cultura. Dirección de Bienes Culturales, Asunción, Paraguay. E-mail: [email protected] 3Museo Nacional de Historia Natural del Paraguay, Sucursal 1 Campus, Central XI, San Lorenzo, Paraguay. Abstract.- A revision of material corresponding to a posterior dorsal vertebra of a titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur, CPP 494, is made. It comes from the Serra da Galga Member, Marília Formation, near the locality of Peirópolis, Minas Gerais Estate, Brazil. This material was originally described in 2006, as belonging to an undetermined titanosaur, but distinguishable from known species on the basis of characters related to the laminar configuration and the development of the dorsal portion of the diapophysis. A detailed comparison of the material leads to reconsider these supposed diffe- rences as variations in the dorsal axial sequences, thus allowing assigning the vertebra CPP 494 to Trigonosaurus pricei Campos et al., 2005, which is stratigraphically and geographically close. The issue of taxonomic differentiation based on axial characters described from isolated elements, without considering the sequential variation, is briefly discussed. Key words: Trigonosaurus pricei, dorsal vertebra, sequential variation. Resumen.- Se realiza una revisión de material correspondiente a una vértebra dorsal posterior de dinosaurio saurópo- do titanosaurio, CPP 494. El mismo procede del Miembro Sierra da Galga, Formación Marília, de las cercanías de la localidad de Peirópolis, Estado de Minas Gerais, Brasil. Este material fue originalmente descrito en 2006, como corres- pondiente a un titanosaurio indeterminado, pero distinguible de las especies conocidas por una serie de características relacionadas a la conformación laminar y al desarrollo de la cara dorsal de las diapófisis. Una comparación detallada del material lleva a reconsiderar estas supuestas diferencias como variaciones existentes dentro de las secuencias axiales dorsales, permitiendo de este modo asignar la vértebra CPP 494 a Trigonosaurus pricei Campos et al., 2005, el cual es muy próximo tanto geográfica como estratigráficamente. Se discute brevemente la problemática de la diferenciación taxonómica basada en caracteres axiales descritos a partir de elementos aislados, sin considerarse la variación secuen- cial. Palabras clave: Trigonosaurus pricei, vértebra dorsal, variación secuencial. As usual in derived sauropod dinosaurs, the son, 2012). lithostrotian titanosaurs display complex neu- In the present work, we discuss the taxo- ral arches with multiple laminae and fossae in nomic significance of the laminar complex the dorsal vertebrae (Salgado et al., 2006; Sal- of a dorsal vertebra (CPP 494) from the Late gado & Powell, 2010). Variation in the configu- Cretaceous of Brazil, previously described by ration of the laminar neural arch is commonly Santucci & Bertini (2006). Here we focus the used in the determination of specific taxa or comparison with the stratigraphically and geo- used as synapomorphies of more inclusive cla- graphically close titanosaurs Trigonosaurus des (McIntosh, 1990; Salgado et al., 1997; Bo- pricei Campos et al. (2005) and Uberabatitan naparte, 1999; Wilson, 2002; Upchurch et al., riberoi Salgado & Carvalho (2008). Additio- 2004; Curry Rogers, 2005; Carballido et al., nally, the variation of the laminar complex in 2011a; D’Emic, 2012; Mannion et al., 2013), both articulated and incompletely known dor- but the implications of the sequential variation sal sequences, and the validity of characters are poorly analyzed for many taxa and can lead associated with them, are discussed for lithos- to errors in systematics (see discussion in Wil- trotian titanosaurs. Artículo BOLETÍN DEL MUSEO NACIONAL DE HISTORIA NATURAL DEL PARAGUAY VOL. 17, Nº 1 (AGOSTO 2013) 21 Institutional Abbreviations the last dorsal, an articulated sacrum with ilium Argentina and several anterior and middle caudals. MAU: Museo Argentino Urquiza, Rincón de Prior to the erection of the genus and spe- Los Sauces, Neuquén cies, this titanosaur has been commonly utili- MCS: Museo Municipal de Cinco Saltos, zed in cladistic analysis (Salgado et al., 1997; Cinco Saltos, Río Negro Sanz et al., 1999, Powell, 2003; Curry Rogers, MPCA: Museo Provincial Carlos Ameghino, 2005). Shortly after, two posterior dorsal verte- Cipolletti, Río Negro. brae, CPP 491 (a centrum) and 494 (a complete MUCPv: Museo de la Universidad Nacional del vertebra) were described by Santucci & Bertini Comahue, Neuquén, Neuquén. (2006) as an unnamed, large titanosaur. They UNPSJB: Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia distinguished it from any previously described San Juan Bosco, Comodoro Rivadavia, advanced titanosaur based on the absence of Chubut. ventral widening or bifurcation of the posterior centrodiapophyseal laminae (pcdl). Additional Brazil differences were reported between the CCP CPP: Centro de Pesquisas Paleontológicas material and Trigonosaurus pricei, including Llewelyn Ivor Price, Peirópolis, Minas the existence of postzygaodiapophyseal lami- Gerais. nae (podl), and the presence of a large area for MCT: Museu de Ciências da Terra, muscular attachment on the dorsal portion of Departamento Nacional de the diapophyses. Produção Mineral, Rio de Janeiro. Lately, a new titanosaur was erected by Anatomical Abbreviations Salgado & Carvalho (2008), Uberabatitan riberoi, represented by three specimens, and acdl: anterior centrodiapophyseal lamina. apcdl: accessory posterior centrodiapophyseal includes axial and appendicular material, the- lamina. reby allowing comparison with many of the aprl: accessory prespinal lamina. other South American titanosaurs. Salgado & aspdl: anterior spinodiapophyseal lamina. Carvalho (2008) considered that CPP 491 and pcpl: posterior centroparapophyseal lamina. 494 probably belong to Uberabatitan or to a podl: postzygodiapophyseal lamina. closely related form, as they mentioned a few prl: prespinal lamina. similarities (alongside several differences) bet- pspdl: posterior spinodiapophyseal lamina. ween them, but no formal association was pro- spdl: spinodiapophyseal lamina. posed. sprl: spinoprezygapophyseal lamina. All the material previously mentioned was BACKGROUND recovered in nearby sites north of the Peirópo- lis locality, Minas Gerais State, southeastern The lithostrotian sauropod Trigonosaurus Brazil, and corresponding to different levels pricei was named by Campos et al. (2005) and, of the Serra da Galga Member, Marília For- to this date, is one of the most complete titano- mation, upper unit of the Bauru Group, Late saur taxon found in Brazil. The partial skeleton Cretaceous. that constitutes the holotype (MCT 1488-R) Despite the abundance of lithostrotian sau- and the associated paratype (MCT 1719-R) ropods in the South American fossil record was previously known as DGM “series B” in (Mannion & Otero, 2012), individuals preser- the literature (Powell, 1987, 2003; Campos ving the complete dorsal axial sequence are & Kellner, 1999). It comprises an articulated rare, and only a few known taxa provide subs- axial sequence from the posterior cervicals to tantial information about the sequential varia- ASSIGNATION OF THE VERTEBRA CPP 494 TO TRIGONOSAURUS PRICEI FROM THE LATE CRETACEOUS OF BRAZIL 22 BOLETÍN DEL MUSEO NACIONAL DE HISTORIA NATURAL DEL PARAGUAY VOL. 17, Nº 1 (AGOSTO 2013) tion in the configuration of the neural arches. veral laminae of the neural arch (Fig. 1). Among South American forms, besides the Santucci & Bertini (2006) differenciated Trigonosaurus pricei holotype, only three spe- CPP 494 from Trigonosaurus pricei based on cimens preserve the complete dorsal axial se- the presence of postzygodiapophyseal lamina quence: Overosaurus paradasorum (MAU-Pv- (podl), centrodiapophyseal laminae not wide- CO-439; Coria et al., 2013), Futalognkosaurus ned ventrally, and the presence of a large area dukei (MUCPv 323, Calvo et al., 2008a), and for muscular attachment on the dorsal portion an undescribed species from the Late Creta- of the diapophysis in CPP 494. ceous of Neuquén province (MAU-PV-AC-01, Regarding the first character, although this Calvo et al. 1997). lamina is absent in most of the dorsal verte- The last two specimens are actually not brae of MCC 1488-R, in the tenth vertebra a available for comparisons, since their dorsal prominent lamina connecting the diapophysis axial sequences remain unpublished or brie- with the postzygapohysis was identified, des- fly described. Partial dorsal axial sequences cribed and figured as the podl in Campos et al. are also known for Epachthosaurus sciuttoi (2005). In fact, the existence of an incipient (UNPSJB-PV 920; Martínez et al., 2004), Neu- podl in the two posteriormost dorsal vertebrae quensaurus australis (MCS-5; Salgado et al., is even included in the original diagnosis of 2005), and Bonitasaura salgadoi (MPCA-460; Trigonosaurus pricei. Salgado et al. (2006) Gallina 2011). reinterpreted it as an accessory unnamed lami- Some other taxa preserve multiple dorsal na, but more recently Salgado & Powell (2010) elements, such as Argentinosaurus huinculen-
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