Current knowledge of Late Jurassic ornithopod dinosaurs from Europe
Authors
S. Sánchez-Fenollosa
Department of Botany and Geology. University of Valencia. Av. Dr. Moliner, 50, 46100 Burjassot, Valencia; Museo Paleontológico de Alpuente. Av. San Blas, 17, 46178, Alpuente, Valencia, Spain
F. J. Verdú
Fundación Conjunto Paleontológico de Teruel-Dinópolis, Avda. Sagunto s/n, 44002, Teruel, Spain
M. Suñer
Museo Paleontológico de Alpuente. Av. San Blas, 17, 46178, Alpuente, Valencia, Spain
diversity, Dinosauria, Ornithopoda, Europe, Late Jurassic
Abstract
The ornithopod skeletal fossil record from the Upper Jurassic of Europe is more scarce and fragmentary than in North America, but showing a similar diversity. In Europe, most of the knowledge about this group of dinosaurs comes from finding in Portugal, Spain, UK, France, and Germany. In this work we concisely review the main discoveries in these regions. As result, we determined that Late Jurassic European ornithopod faunas were mainly composed by dryosaurids, non-styracosternan ankylopollexians, and perhaps other derived species.
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