PANGEA

Angolatitan adamastor, a new sauropod dinosaur and the first record from Angola.

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Nominativo Autori	MATEUS O., JACOBS L.L., SCHULP A.S., POLCYN M.J., TAVARES T.S., NETO A.B., MORAIS M.L., ANTUNES M.T.
Anno	2011
Titolo	Angolatitan adamastor, a new sauropod dinosaur and the first record from Angola.
Rivista	AN.ACAD.BRASIL CIENC.
Edizione	2011
Serie Volume	83(1):1-13
Illustrazioni	FIGG.6; TABB.2.
Parole chiave / Key words	Paleontologia, Vertebrata, Dinosauri, Cretaceous, Titanosauria, Incertae sedis, Angolatitan adamastor.
Riassunto / Abstract	A forelimb of a new sauropod dinosaur (Angolatitan adamastor n. gen. et sp.) from the Late Turonian of Iembe (Bengo Province) represents the first dinosaur discovery in Angola, and is one of the few occurrences of sauropod dinosaurs in sub-Saharan Africa collected with good chronological controls. The marginal marine sediments yielding the specimen are reported to be late Turonian in age and, thus it represents a non-titanosaurian sauropod in sub-Saharan Africa at a time taken to be dominated by titanosaurian forms. Moreover, Angolatitan adamastor is the only basal Somphospondyli known in the Late Cretaceous which implies in the existence of relict forms in Africa.
Note Geografiche	Angola, Bengo Province, Ambriz Municipality, near Iembe, Tadi. Itombe Formation.