Erketu ellisoni Ksepka and Norell, 2006

Ksepka, Daniel T. & Norell, Mark A., 2010, The Illusory Evidence for Asian Brachiosauridae: New Material of Erketu ellisoni and a Phylogenetic Reappraisal of Basal Titanosauriformes, American Museum Novitates 2010 (3700), pp. 1-28 : 3

Erketu ellisoni Ksepka and Norell, 2006

HOLOTYPE: Geological Institute of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences ( IGM) 100/1803, first six articulated cervical vertebrae, right sternal plate, and articulated right tibia, fibula, astragalus, and calcaneum.

REFERRED MATERIAL: IGM 100 /1803, three articulated cervical vertebrae ( fig. 1 ). These elements pertain to the holotype individual and are therefore assigned the same specimen number and considered part of the holotype. Measurements are in table 1 .

LOCALITY AND AGE: Bor Guvé, Dornogov Aimag, Mongolia. Provisionally referred to the Baynshiree Formation (early Late Cretaceous).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Photographs and line drawings of new cervical vertebrae of Erketu ellisoni (IGM 100/1803) in lateral view: cervical vertebra 7 (A, B), cervical vertebra 8 (C, D), cervical vertebra 9 (E, F). Note that deformation causes more of the dorsal surface of each element to be partially visible. Abbreviations: cond: condyle; cr: cervical rib; epi: epipophysis; ex: excavation on cervical rib; meta: metapophyses; pe: pre-epipophysis; pf: pneumatic fossa; pcdl: posterior centrodiapophyseal lamina; podl: postzygodiapophyseal lamina; prdl: prezygodiapophyseal lamina; r post: right postzygapophysis; spol: spinopostzygapophyseal lamina; sprl: spinoprezygapophyseal lamina.