Morphofunctional Analysis of the Quadrate of Spinosauridae (Dinosauria: Theropoda) and the Presence of Spinosaurus and a Second Spinosaurine Taxon in the Cenomanian of North Africa.

Christophe Hendrickx; Octávio Mateus; Eric Buffetaut

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0144695

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Morphofunctional Analysis of the Quadrate of Spinosauridae (Dinosauria: Theropoda) and the Presence of Spinosaurus and a Second Spinosaurine Taxon in the Cenomanian of North Africa.

Christophe Hendrickx ,

* E-mail: christophendrickx@gmail.com

Current address: Evolutionary Studies Institute, Center of Excellence in Palaeosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Affiliations GeoBioTec, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal, Museu da Lourinhã, Lourinhã, Portugal
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Octávio Mateus,

Affiliations GeoBioTec, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal, Museu da Lourinhã, Lourinhã, Portugal
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Eric Buffetaut

Affiliation CNRS (UMR 8538), Laboratoire de Géologie de l’École Normale Supérieure, PSL Research University, Paris, France
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Morphofunctional Analysis of the Quadrate of Spinosauridae (Dinosauria: Theropoda) and the Presence of Spinosaurus and a Second Spinosaurine Taxon in the Cenomanian of North Africa.

Christophe Hendrickx, …
Octávio Mateus,
Eric Buffetaut

Published: January 6, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0144695

About the Authors

Christophe Hendrickx

* E-mail: christophendrickx@gmail.com

Current address: Evolutionary Studies Institute, Center of Excellence in Palaeosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Affiliations GeoBioTec, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal, Museu da Lourinhã, Lourinhã, Portugal

Octávio Mateus

Affiliations GeoBioTec, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal, Museu da Lourinhã, Lourinhã, Portugal

Eric Buffetaut

Affiliation CNRS (UMR 8538), Laboratoire de Géologie de l’École Normale Supérieure, PSL Research University, Paris, France

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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CH OM EB. Performed the experiments: CH. Analyzed the data: CH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CH. Wrote the paper: CH EB.

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