The First Dinosaur from the Kingdom of Cambodia: A Sauropod Fibula from the Lower Cretaceous of Koh Kong Province, South-Western Cambodia-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

The First Dinosaur from the Kingdom of Cambodia: A Sauropod Fibula from the Lower Cretaceous of Koh Kong Province, South-Western Cambodia

Published:2023-11-02 Issue:1 Volume:1 Page:49-59
ISSN:2813-6284
Container-title:Fossil Studies
language:en
Short-container-title:Fossil Studies

Author:

Lim Vanchan¹,Buffetaut Eric²^ORCID,Tong Haiyan³⁴,Cavin Lionel⁵^ORCID,Pann Kimchhay⁶,Ngoeun Phalline⁷

Affiliation:

1. Cultural Heritage Office, Department of Heritage Parks, Ministry of Environment, Phnom Penh 120101, Cambodia

2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (UMR 8538), Laboratoire de Géologie, Ecole Normale Supérieure, PSL Research University, 24 Rue Lhomond, 75231 Paris CEDEX 05, France

3. Palaeontological Research and Education Centre, Mahasarakham University, Kantarawichai 44150, Mahasarakham, Thailand

4. Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Science, 100044 Beijing, China

5. Department of Geology and Palaeontology, Natural History Museum of Geneva, CP 6434, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland

6. Independent Researcher, Phnom Penh 120101, Cambodia

7. Ministry of Environment, Phnom Penh 120101, Cambodia

Abstract

The first discovery of a dinosaur bone from the Kingdom of Cambodia is reported in this paper. It consists of a sauropod fibula from a sandstone layer on Koh Paur island, in Koh Kong province, in south-western Cambodia. The dinosaur-bearing bed belongs to the non-marine Grès Supérieurs series and is apparently of Early Cretaceous age. On the basis of various characters, notably the development of the anteromedial crest, the dinosaur fibula from Koh Paur is referred to a euhelopodid titanosauriform. This first dinosaur discovery in Cambodia suggests that the thick non-marine formations which cover vast areas in the south-western part of the country are potentially an important source of continental Mesozoic vertebrates.

Funder

Cambodian Ministry of Environment and the International Research Network “Palaeobiodiversity of South-East Asia” of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Publisher

MDPI AG

Link

https://www.mdpi.com/2813-6284/1/1/6/pdf

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