Considerations on the bony plates assigned to titanosaurs (Dinosauria, Sauropoda)
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Abstract. Several bony plates referred to titanosaurs are reviewed. Two groups of plates, exhumated from two different localities, LagoPellegrini-Cinco Saltos and Salitral Moreno, in the province of Río Negro, are described. Several characters diferenciate the two groups, as the presence in one group of a shallow dorsal depression (Type I sensuHuene), a dorsal awn, a ventral ridge, and a cingulum. Generally, most of the plates are symmetrical, although a few present a marked asymmetry. The former apparently were located in the midline of the body over the neural spines, and the others laterally on both sides of the animal body. Histologically, the plates are composed ventrally by cancellous bone and externally by Haversian bone, and the Sharpey’s fibers are present, mainly, in the periphery on the dorsal surface of the plates. Resumen. CONSIDERACIONES SOBRE PLACAS ÓSEAS ASIGNADAS A TITANOSAURIOS (DINOSAURIA, SAUROPODA). En este trabajo se revisan varias placas óseas asignadas a titanosaurios. Así, se describen dos nuevos conjuntos de placas, uno proveniente de Lago Pellegrini-Cinco Saltos, el otro de Salitral Moreno, en la provincia argentina de Río Negro. Ambos grupos presentan varias diferencias como la existencia, en el primero de ellos, de una poco profunda depresión dorsal (Tipo I de Huene), variación en cuanto a la presencia de una angulosidad dorsal, el desarrollo de una cresta ventral, y de un cingulum. Si bien la gran mayoría de las placas son bilateralmente simétricas, unas pocas son asimétricas. Las placas simétricas se habrían dispuesto sobre la línea media del cuerpo, por encima de las espinas neurales de las vértebras. Las asimétricas, en cambio, lo habrían hecho sobre los laterales. Examinadas histológicamente, las placas muestran tejido esponjoso en su parte ventral y tejido Haversiano en su parte dorsal, mientras que las fibras de Sharpey se disponen principalmente en la región periférica.Downloads
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