A probable theropod bone from the latest Jurassic of New Zealand
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- 1 June 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
- Vol. 41 (2) , 145-148
Abstract
A small bone found in the Huriwai Measures (Late Tithonian) south of the Waikato River, North Island, represents the first terrestrial tetrapod bone from the Jurassic of New Zealand. The bone, a phalanx, is hollow and is probably from a small theropod. Phalanges are not all uniform in form, and this one has a characteristic distal expansion that should permit identification should more complete specimens be found. Plant fossils from the Huriwai Measures suggest a forested environment. The specimen indicates that dinosaurs probably continuously inhabited what is now New Zealand at least from the Late Jurassic to the end of the Cretaceous.Keywords
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