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M3#802

3D reconstruction of the biggest patch of skin (~1200 cm2) from the anterior tail region of the holotype of Carnotaurus, which is the largest single patch of squamous integument available for any saurischian. The skin consists of medium to large (up to 65 mm in diameter) conical feature scales surrounded by a network of low and small (< 14 mm) irregular basement scales separated by narrow interstitial tissue.

Data citation: Christophe Hendrickx Logo and Phil Bell, 2021. M3#802. doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.802

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Specimen infos
Collection

Information
Sex : indet

Age group : Adult

Age (if applicable) : Campanian‒Maastrichtian

Material Type : Scaly integument

Origin : Estancia “Pocho Sastre” in Bajada Moreno, Chubut Province, Argentina (43.0° S, 67.5° W)

Taxonomy
Class : Sauropsida

Order : Saurischia

Family : Abelisauridae

Genus : Carnotaurus

Species :sastrei


Description
Biggest patch of skin (~1200 cm2) from the anterior tail region of the holotype of Carnotaurus. The skin consists of medium to large (up to 65 mm in diameter) conical feature scales surrounded by a network of low and small (< 14 mm) irregular basement scales separated by narrow interstitial tissue.

Related article
3D model related to the publication: The scaly skin of the abelisaurid Carnotaurus sastrei (Theropoda: Ceratosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia
Christophe Hendrickx and Phil Bell
Published online: 14/08/2021

Keywords: Abelisauridae; Integument; non-avian Theropoda; Scales

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.149

  Abstract

    The present 3D Dataset contains the 3D model analyzed in Hendrickx, C. and Bell, P. R. 2021. The scaly skin of the abelisaurid Carnotaurus sastrei (Theropoda: Ceratosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia. Cretaceous Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2021.104994 


  M3 article infos

Published in Volume 07, issue 03 (2021)

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