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The 'Giant of Ksour', a Middle Jurassic sauropod dinosaur from Algeria

Article Ecrit par: Bouterfa, Boumediene ; Mekahli, Larbi ; Mami, LeIla ; Lang, Emilie ; Benhamou, Miloud ; Kacemi, Ali ; Cherief, Sid Ali ; Chaouati, Hayate ; Taquet, Philippe ; Mahammed, Farida ;

Résumé: Continental strata of Early and Middle Jurassic age are seldom:exposed, and little is known of the history of sauropod dinosaurs prior to the neosauropod radiation of the end of the Middle Jurassic. Here, we report, in the Middle Jurassic of the Occidental Saharan Atlas (Algerian High Atlas), the discovery of a skeleton, including cranial material, of a new cetiosaurid sauropod. Chebsaurus algeriensis n. g., n. sp. represents the most complete Algerian sauropod available to date, only few remains were found before.


Langue: Anglais
Thème Anthropologie

Mots clés:
Dinosaurs
Algérie
Sauropoda

The 'Giant of Ksour', a Middle Jurassic sauropod dinosaur from Algeria

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