A new locality with ctenochasmatid pterosaurs (Pterosauria: Pterodactyloidea) in the Atacama Desert, Northern Chile

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Alarcón Muñoz, Jhonatan Andrés; Codorniú, Laura; González, Edwin; Suárez, Mario E.; Suárez, Manuel; Vicencio Campos, Omar; Soto Acuña, Sergio; Kaluza, Jonatan Ezequiel; Vargas, Alexander O.; Rubilar Rogers, David
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2022
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We describe a new locality with ctenochasmatid pterosaurs found in a tidal estuarine paleoenvironment of the Quebrada Monardes Formation (Lower Cretaceous). The new locality, which is named “Cerro Tormento”, is in Cerros Bravos in the northeast Atacama region, Northern Chile. Here, we describe four cervical vertebrae, one of them belonging to a small individual, the impression of a right scapulocoracoid, a left coracoid, an impression of a left humerus, an incomplete left humerus, a distal fragment of the right humerus, and impressions of a left femur and tibiotarsus. The presence of three humeri and a cervical vertebra belonging to a small pterosaur indicate that these materials represent more than one individual. The cervical vertebrae present diagnostic traits shared with ctenochasmatid pterosaurs, such as elongated vertebral centra, with integrated neural arch, low neural spines, and dorsally located neural canal. It is currently not possible to determine if there are one or more species represented. This finding is the second geographic occurrence of pterosaurs of the clade Ctenochasmatidae in the Atacama region, although it is currently uncertain if ctenochasmatids from both locations were contemporaneous. This suggests that the clade Ctenochasmatidae was widespread in what is now northern Chile. In addition, the presence of bones belonging to more than one individual preserved in Cerro Tormento suggest that pterosaur colonies were present at the southwestern margin of Gondwana during the Early Cretaceous.
Fil: Alarcón Muñoz, Jhonatan Andrés. Universidad de Chile. Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas. Departamento de Geología; Chile. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Codorniú, Laura. Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Ciencias Físico Matemáticas y Naturales. Departamento de Geología; Argentina
Fil: González, Edwin. Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería; Chile
Fil: Suárez, Mario E.. Atacama Fosil Research; Chile
Fil: Suárez, Manuel. Universidad Andrés Bello; Chile
Fil: Vicencio Campos, Omar. Atacama Fosil Research; Chile
Fil: Soto Acuña, Sergio. Universidad de Chile. Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas. Departamento de Geología; Chile
Fil: Kaluza, Jonatan Ezequiel. Fundación de Historia Natural Félix de Azara; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Vargas, Alexander O.. Universidad de Chile. Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas. Departamento de Geología; Chile
Fil: Rubilar Rogers, David. Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Chile; Chile
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CHILE
CTENOCHASMATIDAE
LOWER CRETACEOUS
PTEROSAURIA
QUEBRADA MONARDES FORMATION
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spelling A new locality with ctenochasmatid pterosaurs (Pterosauria: Pterodactyloidea) in the Atacama Desert, Northern ChileAlarcón Muñoz, Jhonatan AndrésCodorniú, LauraGonzález, EdwinSuárez, Mario E.Suárez, ManuelVicencio Campos, OmarSoto Acuña, SergioKaluza, Jonatan EzequielVargas, Alexander O.Rubilar Rogers, DavidCHILECTENOCHASMATIDAELOWER CRETACEOUSPTEROSAURIAQUEBRADA MONARDES FORMATIONhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1We describe a new locality with ctenochasmatid pterosaurs found in a tidal estuarine paleoenvironment of the Quebrada Monardes Formation (Lower Cretaceous). The new locality, which is named “Cerro Tormento”, is in Cerros Bravos in the northeast Atacama region, Northern Chile. Here, we describe four cervical vertebrae, one of them belonging to a small individual, the impression of a right scapulocoracoid, a left coracoid, an impression of a left humerus, an incomplete left humerus, a distal fragment of the right humerus, and impressions of a left femur and tibiotarsus. The presence of three humeri and a cervical vertebra belonging to a small pterosaur indicate that these materials represent more than one individual. The cervical vertebrae present diagnostic traits shared with ctenochasmatid pterosaurs, such as elongated vertebral centra, with integrated neural arch, low neural spines, and dorsally located neural canal. It is currently not possible to determine if there are one or more species represented. This finding is the second geographic occurrence of pterosaurs of the clade Ctenochasmatidae in the Atacama region, although it is currently uncertain if ctenochasmatids from both locations were contemporaneous. This suggests that the clade Ctenochasmatidae was widespread in what is now northern Chile. In addition, the presence of bones belonging to more than one individual preserved in Cerro Tormento suggest that pterosaur colonies were present at the southwestern margin of Gondwana during the Early Cretaceous.Fil: Alarcón Muñoz, Jhonatan Andrés. Universidad de Chile. Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas. Departamento de Geología; Chile. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Codorniú, Laura. Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Ciencias Físico Matemáticas y Naturales. Departamento de Geología; ArgentinaFil: González, Edwin. Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería; ChileFil: Suárez, Mario E.. Atacama Fosil Research; ChileFil: Suárez, Manuel. Universidad Andrés Bello; ChileFil: Vicencio Campos, Omar. Atacama Fosil Research; ChileFil: Soto Acuña, Sergio. Universidad de Chile. Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas. Departamento de Geología; ChileFil: Kaluza, Jonatan Ezequiel. Fundación de Historia Natural Félix de Azara; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Vargas, Alexander O.. Universidad de Chile. Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas. Departamento de Geología; ChileFil: Rubilar Rogers, David. Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Chile; ChileAcademic Press Ltd - Elsevier Science Ltd2022-02info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/195587Alarcón Muñoz, Jhonatan Andrés; Codorniú, Laura; González, Edwin; Suárez, Mario E.; Suárez, Manuel; et al.; A new locality with ctenochasmatid pterosaurs (Pterosauria: Pterodactyloidea) in the Atacama Desert, Northern Chile; Academic Press Ltd - Elsevier Science Ltd; Cretaceous Research; 135; 2-2022; 1-750195-6671CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0195667122000374info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.cretres.2022.105173info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T09:37:50Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/195587instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 09:37:50.456CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv A new locality with ctenochasmatid pterosaurs (Pterosauria: Pterodactyloidea) in the Atacama Desert, Northern Chile
title A new locality with ctenochasmatid pterosaurs (Pterosauria: Pterodactyloidea) in the Atacama Desert, Northern Chile
spellingShingle A new locality with ctenochasmatid pterosaurs (Pterosauria: Pterodactyloidea) in the Atacama Desert, Northern Chile
Alarcón Muñoz, Jhonatan Andrés
CHILE
CTENOCHASMATIDAE
LOWER CRETACEOUS
PTEROSAURIA
QUEBRADA MONARDES FORMATION
title_short A new locality with ctenochasmatid pterosaurs (Pterosauria: Pterodactyloidea) in the Atacama Desert, Northern Chile
title_full A new locality with ctenochasmatid pterosaurs (Pterosauria: Pterodactyloidea) in the Atacama Desert, Northern Chile
title_fullStr A new locality with ctenochasmatid pterosaurs (Pterosauria: Pterodactyloidea) in the Atacama Desert, Northern Chile
title_full_unstemmed A new locality with ctenochasmatid pterosaurs (Pterosauria: Pterodactyloidea) in the Atacama Desert, Northern Chile
title_sort A new locality with ctenochasmatid pterosaurs (Pterosauria: Pterodactyloidea) in the Atacama Desert, Northern Chile
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Alarcón Muñoz, Jhonatan Andrés
Codorniú, Laura
González, Edwin
Suárez, Mario E.
Suárez, Manuel
Vicencio Campos, Omar
Soto Acuña, Sergio
Kaluza, Jonatan Ezequiel
Vargas, Alexander O.
Rubilar Rogers, David
author Alarcón Muñoz, Jhonatan Andrés
author_facet Alarcón Muñoz, Jhonatan Andrés
Codorniú, Laura
González, Edwin
Suárez, Mario E.
Suárez, Manuel
Vicencio Campos, Omar
Soto Acuña, Sergio
Kaluza, Jonatan Ezequiel
Vargas, Alexander O.
Rubilar Rogers, David
author_role author
author2 Codorniú, Laura
González, Edwin
Suárez, Mario E.
Suárez, Manuel
Vicencio Campos, Omar
Soto Acuña, Sergio
Kaluza, Jonatan Ezequiel
Vargas, Alexander O.
Rubilar Rogers, David
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv CHILE
CTENOCHASMATIDAE
LOWER CRETACEOUS
PTEROSAURIA
QUEBRADA MONARDES FORMATION
topic CHILE
CTENOCHASMATIDAE
LOWER CRETACEOUS
PTEROSAURIA
QUEBRADA MONARDES FORMATION
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv We describe a new locality with ctenochasmatid pterosaurs found in a tidal estuarine paleoenvironment of the Quebrada Monardes Formation (Lower Cretaceous). The new locality, which is named “Cerro Tormento”, is in Cerros Bravos in the northeast Atacama region, Northern Chile. Here, we describe four cervical vertebrae, one of them belonging to a small individual, the impression of a right scapulocoracoid, a left coracoid, an impression of a left humerus, an incomplete left humerus, a distal fragment of the right humerus, and impressions of a left femur and tibiotarsus. The presence of three humeri and a cervical vertebra belonging to a small pterosaur indicate that these materials represent more than one individual. The cervical vertebrae present diagnostic traits shared with ctenochasmatid pterosaurs, such as elongated vertebral centra, with integrated neural arch, low neural spines, and dorsally located neural canal. It is currently not possible to determine if there are one or more species represented. This finding is the second geographic occurrence of pterosaurs of the clade Ctenochasmatidae in the Atacama region, although it is currently uncertain if ctenochasmatids from both locations were contemporaneous. This suggests that the clade Ctenochasmatidae was widespread in what is now northern Chile. In addition, the presence of bones belonging to more than one individual preserved in Cerro Tormento suggest that pterosaur colonies were present at the southwestern margin of Gondwana during the Early Cretaceous.
Fil: Alarcón Muñoz, Jhonatan Andrés. Universidad de Chile. Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas. Departamento de Geología; Chile. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Codorniú, Laura. Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Ciencias Físico Matemáticas y Naturales. Departamento de Geología; Argentina
Fil: González, Edwin. Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería; Chile
Fil: Suárez, Mario E.. Atacama Fosil Research; Chile
Fil: Suárez, Manuel. Universidad Andrés Bello; Chile
Fil: Vicencio Campos, Omar. Atacama Fosil Research; Chile
Fil: Soto Acuña, Sergio. Universidad de Chile. Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas. Departamento de Geología; Chile
Fil: Kaluza, Jonatan Ezequiel. Fundación de Historia Natural Félix de Azara; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Vargas, Alexander O.. Universidad de Chile. Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas. Departamento de Geología; Chile
Fil: Rubilar Rogers, David. Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Chile; Chile
description We describe a new locality with ctenochasmatid pterosaurs found in a tidal estuarine paleoenvironment of the Quebrada Monardes Formation (Lower Cretaceous). The new locality, which is named “Cerro Tormento”, is in Cerros Bravos in the northeast Atacama region, Northern Chile. Here, we describe four cervical vertebrae, one of them belonging to a small individual, the impression of a right scapulocoracoid, a left coracoid, an impression of a left humerus, an incomplete left humerus, a distal fragment of the right humerus, and impressions of a left femur and tibiotarsus. The presence of three humeri and a cervical vertebra belonging to a small pterosaur indicate that these materials represent more than one individual. The cervical vertebrae present diagnostic traits shared with ctenochasmatid pterosaurs, such as elongated vertebral centra, with integrated neural arch, low neural spines, and dorsally located neural canal. It is currently not possible to determine if there are one or more species represented. This finding is the second geographic occurrence of pterosaurs of the clade Ctenochasmatidae in the Atacama region, although it is currently uncertain if ctenochasmatids from both locations were contemporaneous. This suggests that the clade Ctenochasmatidae was widespread in what is now northern Chile. In addition, the presence of bones belonging to more than one individual preserved in Cerro Tormento suggest that pterosaur colonies were present at the southwestern margin of Gondwana during the Early Cretaceous.
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