A new specimen of Dacentrurus armatus Owen, 1875 (Ornithischia: Thyreophora) from the Upper Jurassic of Spain and its taxonomic relevance in the European stegosaurian diversity (2024)

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Sergio Sánchez-Fenollosa

Fundación Conjunto Paleontológico de Teruel-Dinópolis/Museo Aragonés de Paleontología

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Avenida Sagunto S/N, 44002 Teruel, Teruel

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Spain

Corresponding author. Fundación Conjunto Paleontológico de Teruel-Dinópolis/Museo Aragonés de Paleontología, Avenida Sagunto S/N, 44002 Teruel, Teruel, Spain.E-mail: sfenollosa@fundaciondinopolis.org

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Fernando Escaso

Grupo de Biología Evolutiva, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED)

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Avenida Esparta S/N, 28232 Las Rozas de Madrid, Madrid

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Alberto Cobos

Fundación Conjunto Paleontológico de Teruel-Dinópolis/Museo Aragonés de Paleontología

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Avenida Sagunto S/N, 44002 Teruel, Teruel

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Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, zlae074, https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae074

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21 June 2024

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10 December 2023

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29 February 2024

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17 May 2024

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21 June 2024

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    Sergio Sánchez-Fenollosa, Fernando Escaso, Alberto Cobos, A new specimen of Dacentrurus armatus Owen, 1875 (Ornithischia: Thyreophora) from the Upper Jurassic of Spain and its taxonomic relevance in the European stegosaurian diversity, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2024;, zlae074, https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae074

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Abstract

Dacentrurus armatus was the first stegosaur described in the European Upper Jurassic at the end of the 19th century. The description of a second dacentrurine taxon, ‘Miragaia longicollum’, diagnosed from material non-comparable with the D. armatus holotype, has been controversial, and its validity has been challenged. In this study, we describe a new relatively complete stegosaurian postcranial skeleton from the Villar del Arzobispo Formation (Upper Jurassic, Spain). The systematic study of this new specimen and a comprehensive taxonomic assessment of the material not attributed to Stegosaurus from the Upper Jurassic of Europe, reveal high morphological hom*ogeneity and an absence of morphological criteria for distinguishing two dacentrurine taxa. Therefore, ‘Mi. longicollum’ is proposed as a subjective junior synonym of D. armatus. Moreover, a new diagnosis for D. armatus is suggested based on the holotype and referred specimens. As a result, only two stegosaurian species, Stegosaurus stenops and D. armatus, are recognized in Europe during the Late Jurassic. Finally, the species longispinus from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic, USA) is returned to the genus Alcovasaurus.

Dinosauria, Mesozoic, Jurassic, Europe, vertebrate palaeontology, comparative anatomy, taxonomy, morphological systematics, intraspecific variation, biodiversity

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