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First record of the family Dromaeosauridae (Dinosauria: Theropoda) in the Cretaceous of Gondwana (Wadi Milk Formation, northern Sudan)

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Die cenomane Wadi Milk Formation des Sudan lieferte eine reiche kontinentale Wirbeltierfauna. Neben Fragmenten von großen Theropoden verweisen disartikulierte Fußphalangen-Elemente und ein Zahn auf die Existenz von dromaeosauriden Theropoden in der Oberkreide des Sudan; damit ist diese Theropodenfamilie zum ersten Mal auf den Gondwana-Kontinenten nachgewiesen.

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The Cenomanian Wadi Milk Formation in Sudan yielded a rich continental vertebrate fauna. Apart from big theropod fragments, some disarticulated elements of a pes and a tooth indicate the presence of a dromaeosaurid theropod in the Late Cretaceous of Sudan. This is the first record of this theropod family from Gondwanian continents.

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Rauhut, O.W.M., Werner, C. First record of the family Dromaeosauridae (Dinosauria: Theropoda) in the Cretaceous of Gondwana (Wadi Milk Formation, northern Sudan). Paläontol. Z. 69, 475–489 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02987808

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