First endocranial description of a South American hadrosaurid: The neuroanatomy of Secernosaurus koerneri from the Late Cretaceous of Argentina

Autores
Becerra, Marcos G.; Carabajal, Ariana Paulina; Cruzado Caballero, Penélope; Taborda, Jeremías R. A.
Año de publicación
2018
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Fil: Becerra, Marcos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio (MEF). Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Fil: Carabajal, Ariana Paulina. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente (CONICET-UNCo). Cordoba, Argentina.
Fil: Cruzado Caballero, Penélope. Universidad Nacional de Río Negro. Instituto de Investigación en Paleobiología y Geología. Río Negro, Argentina.
Fil: Taborda, Jeremías. Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Tierra (CICTERRA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, FCEFyN. Cordoba, Argentina.
The endocranial morphology of Secernosaurus koerneri (= Kritosaurus australis junior synonym), a hadrosaurid from the Upper Cretaceous of Argentina, was studied using latex and digital endocasts based on three fragmentary braincases. This new information allowed describing and comparing the neuroanatomy of this South American representative of the clade for the first time. The endocast morphology is mostly complete (except for the pituitary and the inner ear regions), and most cranial nerves and some blood vessels were reconstructed. Also, some features of the inner ear were observed in the CT scans, nonetheless its incompleteness restricts further comparisons. Secernosaurus koerneri shares its overall endocranial morphology with saurolophinid hadrosaurids, indicating a conservative brain morphology for Cretaceous hadrosaurids worldwide. The novel cranial information increases the knowledge of the neuroanatomy in hadrosaurids by adding a southern perspective, since knowledge on the endocranial anatomy of the lineage is biased by species from North America.
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Materia
Ciencias Exactas y Naturales
Dinosauria
Hadrosauridae
Secernosaurus Koerneri
Endocast
Neuroanatomy
Cretaceous
South America
Argentina
Ciencias Exactas y Naturales
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spelling First endocranial description of a South American hadrosaurid: The neuroanatomy of Secernosaurus koerneri from the Late Cretaceous of ArgentinaBecerra, Marcos G.Carabajal, Ariana PaulinaCruzado Caballero, PenélopeTaborda, Jeremías R. A.Ciencias Exactas y NaturalesDinosauriaHadrosauridaeSecernosaurus KoerneriEndocastNeuroanatomyCretaceousSouth AmericaArgentinaCiencias Exactas y NaturalesFil: Becerra, Marcos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio (MEF). Buenos Aires, Argentina.Fil: Carabajal, Ariana Paulina. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente (CONICET-UNCo). Cordoba, Argentina.Fil: Cruzado Caballero, Penélope. Universidad Nacional de Río Negro. Instituto de Investigación en Paleobiología y Geología. Río Negro, Argentina.Fil: Taborda, Jeremías. Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Tierra (CICTERRA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, FCEFyN. Cordoba, Argentina.The endocranial morphology of Secernosaurus koerneri (= Kritosaurus australis junior synonym), a hadrosaurid from the Upper Cretaceous of Argentina, was studied using latex and digital endocasts based on three fragmentary braincases. This new information allowed describing and comparing the neuroanatomy of this South American representative of the clade for the first time. The endocast morphology is mostly complete (except for the pituitary and the inner ear regions), and most cranial nerves and some blood vessels were reconstructed. Also, some features of the inner ear were observed in the CT scans, nonetheless its incompleteness restricts further comparisons. Secernosaurus koerneri shares its overall endocranial morphology with saurolophinid hadrosaurids, indicating a conservative brain morphology for Cretaceous hadrosaurids worldwide. The novel cranial information increases the knowledge of the neuroanatomy in hadrosaurids by adding a southern perspective, since knowledge on the endocranial anatomy of the lineage is biased by species from North America..Instytut Paleobiologii2018info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfBecerra, M. G., Paulina-Carabajal, A., Cruzado-Caballero, P., & Taborda, J. R. (2018). First endocranial description of a South American hadrosaurid: The neuroanatomy of Sniecernosaurus koerneri from the Late Cretaceous of Argentina. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica; 63 (4); 693-702.0567-79201732-2421http://www.app.pan.pl/article/item/app005262018.htmlhttp://rid.unrn.edu.ar/handle/20.500.12049/5509eng63 (4)Acta Palaeontologica Polonicainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/reponame:RID-UNRN (UNRN)instname:Universidad Nacional de Río Negro2025-09-29T14:29:29Zoai:rid.unrn.edu.ar:20.500.12049/5509instacron:UNRNInstitucionalhttps://rid.unrn.edu.ar/jspui/Universidad públicaNo correspondehttps://rid.unrn.edu.ar/oai/snrdrid@unrn.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:43692025-09-29 14:29:29.577RID-UNRN (UNRN) - Universidad Nacional de Río Negrofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv First endocranial description of a South American hadrosaurid: The neuroanatomy of Secernosaurus koerneri from the Late Cretaceous of Argentina
title First endocranial description of a South American hadrosaurid: The neuroanatomy of Secernosaurus koerneri from the Late Cretaceous of Argentina
spellingShingle First endocranial description of a South American hadrosaurid: The neuroanatomy of Secernosaurus koerneri from the Late Cretaceous of Argentina
Becerra, Marcos G.
Ciencias Exactas y Naturales
Dinosauria
Hadrosauridae
Secernosaurus Koerneri
Endocast
Neuroanatomy
Cretaceous
South America
Argentina
Ciencias Exactas y Naturales
title_short First endocranial description of a South American hadrosaurid: The neuroanatomy of Secernosaurus koerneri from the Late Cretaceous of Argentina
title_full First endocranial description of a South American hadrosaurid: The neuroanatomy of Secernosaurus koerneri from the Late Cretaceous of Argentina
title_fullStr First endocranial description of a South American hadrosaurid: The neuroanatomy of Secernosaurus koerneri from the Late Cretaceous of Argentina
title_full_unstemmed First endocranial description of a South American hadrosaurid: The neuroanatomy of Secernosaurus koerneri from the Late Cretaceous of Argentina
title_sort First endocranial description of a South American hadrosaurid: The neuroanatomy of Secernosaurus koerneri from the Late Cretaceous of Argentina
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Becerra, Marcos G.
Carabajal, Ariana Paulina
Cruzado Caballero, Penélope
Taborda, Jeremías R. A.
author Becerra, Marcos G.
author_facet Becerra, Marcos G.
Carabajal, Ariana Paulina
Cruzado Caballero, Penélope
Taborda, Jeremías R. A.
author_role author
author2 Carabajal, Ariana Paulina
Cruzado Caballero, Penélope
Taborda, Jeremías R. A.
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Exactas y Naturales
Dinosauria
Hadrosauridae
Secernosaurus Koerneri
Endocast
Neuroanatomy
Cretaceous
South America
Argentina
Ciencias Exactas y Naturales
topic Ciencias Exactas y Naturales
Dinosauria
Hadrosauridae
Secernosaurus Koerneri
Endocast
Neuroanatomy
Cretaceous
South America
Argentina
Ciencias Exactas y Naturales
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Fil: Becerra, Marcos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio (MEF). Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Fil: Carabajal, Ariana Paulina. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente (CONICET-UNCo). Cordoba, Argentina.
Fil: Cruzado Caballero, Penélope. Universidad Nacional de Río Negro. Instituto de Investigación en Paleobiología y Geología. Río Negro, Argentina.
Fil: Taborda, Jeremías. Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Tierra (CICTERRA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, FCEFyN. Cordoba, Argentina.
The endocranial morphology of Secernosaurus koerneri (= Kritosaurus australis junior synonym), a hadrosaurid from the Upper Cretaceous of Argentina, was studied using latex and digital endocasts based on three fragmentary braincases. This new information allowed describing and comparing the neuroanatomy of this South American representative of the clade for the first time. The endocast morphology is mostly complete (except for the pituitary and the inner ear regions), and most cranial nerves and some blood vessels were reconstructed. Also, some features of the inner ear were observed in the CT scans, nonetheless its incompleteness restricts further comparisons. Secernosaurus koerneri shares its overall endocranial morphology with saurolophinid hadrosaurids, indicating a conservative brain morphology for Cretaceous hadrosaurids worldwide. The novel cranial information increases the knowledge of the neuroanatomy in hadrosaurids by adding a southern perspective, since knowledge on the endocranial anatomy of the lineage is biased by species from North America.
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description Fil: Becerra, Marcos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio (MEF). Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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