Article: The real Bigfoot: a pes from Wyoming, USA is the largest sauropod pes ever reported and the northern-most occurrence of brachiosaurids in the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation.
2018 Volume 6, Page(s) e5250
Abstract: A set of associated left pedal elements of a sauropod dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation in Weston County, Wyoming, is described here. Several camarasaurids, a nearly complete small brachiosaur, and a small diplodocid have been found at ... ...
Abstract | A set of associated left pedal elements of a sauropod dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation in Weston County, Wyoming, is described here. Several camarasaurids, a nearly complete small brachiosaur, and a small diplodocid have been found at this locality, but none match the exceptionally large size of the pedal elements. Next to the associated pedal elements, an isolated astragalus, phalanx and ungual were found, which match the large metatarsals in size. The elements cannot be ascribed to diplodocids due to the lack of a ventral process of metatarsal I. Moreover, the morphology of metatarsal V has a broad proximal end, with a long and narrow distal shaft, which differs from |
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Language | English |
Publishing date | 2018-07-24 |
Publishing country | United States |
Document type | Journal Article |
ZDB-ID | 2703241-3 |
ISSN | 2167-8359 |
ISSN | 2167-8359 |
DOI | 10.7717/peerj.5250 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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