Publications in the Year: 2007

Book Chapter

Gaspar, A, Avelar T, Mateus O. 2007. Criacionismo e Sociedade no Séc. XX. Evolução e Criacionismo: Uma Relação Impossível. :133-160., Lisboa Abstract

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Gaspar, A, Mateus O, Almada F. 2007. Os argumentos criacionistas em face da evidência científica. Evolução e Criacionismo: Uma Relação Impossível. :197-237., Lisboa Abstract

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Gaspar, A, Mateus O, Almada F. 2007. Os argumentos criacionistas em face da evidência científica. Evolução e Criacionismo: Uma Relação Impossível. :197-237., Lisboa: Quasi ed.gasparmateusealmada2007argumentosevo.pdf

Gaspar, A, Avelar T, Mateus O. 2007. Criacionismo e Sociedade no Séc. XX. Evolução e Criacionismo: Uma Relação Impossível. (Avelar, T., O. Mateus, Almada, F., Gaspar, A., Eds.).:133-160., Lisboa: Quasi ed. gasparavelarmateus2007evoluoecriacio.pdf

Conference Paper

Mateus, O. 2007. Notes and review of the ornithischian dinosaurs of Portugal, Jan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 27:114A-114A.: Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Abstractmateus_2007_notes_and_review_of_ornithichians_of_portugall.pdf

The record of ornithischian dinosaurs from Portugal is substantial but incomplete in terms of our understanding of taxonomic composition and details of the anatomy of many forms. New data and reinterpretation of these forms are provided. The basal thyreophoran from the Lower Jurassic (the nomen dubium “Lusitanosaurus liasicus”) is the most primitive dinosaur from Iberia. Concerning the Late Jurassic, new material from the Lourinhã Formation (Kimmeridgian/Tithonian) referable to the stegosaur Dacentrurus provides additional information on the systematic position and osteology.
The new material shows two rows of paired triangular plates, with a notch in the anterior rim. A maxillary of an ankylosaur from the Vale Frades (Lourinhã Fm.) is here reported, but cannot be referable to Dracopelta, the only ankylosaur genus currently known from Portugal. The ornithopod Alocodon kuehnei reported as Middle Jurassic (Callovian) is probably Oxfordian in age. A right dentary (ML768 from Zimbral) from the Lourinhã Formation, Kimmeridgian/Tithonian, and shares affinities with Dryosaurus but possesses more denticulation and no secondary ridges, suggesting the occurrence of a new or unreported species for the Late Jurassic of Portugal, which is here tentatively ascribed to aff. Dryosaurus sp. In summary, the Late Jurassic ornithischians species/genera from Portugal include Dacentrurus armatus, Stegosaurus cf. ungulatus, Dracopelta zbyszewskii, Phyllodon henkeli, Hypsilophodon sp., Alocodon kuehnei, Trimucrodon cuneatus, aff. Dryosaurus and Draconyx loureiroi. The Lower Cretaceous (Hauterivian / Barremian) of Praia das Aguncheiras, in Cabo Espichel, provided a partial left maxillary (CPGP.1.99.7) of a basal iguanodontian that shows affinities with Camptosaurus, and is tentatively assigned to this genus. The maxillary teeth denticles differ from Iguanodon or other Iguanodontoidea because not show mammillations. More material is necessary to validate but, to be true, that would confirm the presence of this genus in the lower Cretaceous. The Iguanodon has been well reported in the Lower Cretaceous of Cabo Espichel.

Polcyn, MW, Jacobs LL, Schulp AS, Mateus O. 2007. Morphology and systematic position of Angolasaurus bocagei and the evolution of the braincase in Plioplatecarpine mosasaurs. Second Mosasaur Meeting. :20–20., Hays, Kansas Abstract

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Polcyn, MW, Jacobs LL, Schulp AS, Mateus O. 2007. The mosasaurs of Angola. Second Mosasaur Meeting. :21–21., Hays, Kansas Abstract

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Polcyn, MW, Jacobs LL, Schulp AS, Mateus O. 2007. The mosasaurs of Angola. Second Mosasaur Meeting. :21., Hays, Kansas: Sternberg Museum Abstract

Although occurrences of marine reptiles have been previously reported from Angola, with the exception of two Turonian taxa, these reports were based largely on isolated teeth. Fieldwork in 2005 and 2006 yielded well-preserved remains of marine reptiles including plesiosaurs, turtles, and mosasaurs. The mosasaurs discussed here were recovered from two field areas: Turonian sediments at Iembe along the north coast and Maastrichtian sediments at Bentiaba on the south coast. The Turonian section near Iembe produced at least two new specimens of Angolasaurus bocagei and one fragmentary specimen of Tylosaurus iembeensis. One of the Angolasaurus specimens is represented by a well preserved, complete and articulated skull and partial postcrania, including portions of the forelimbs and pectoral girdle. The preservation of material from the Bentiaba locality is remarkable due to the grain support of the entombing sandstone, which preserves fine anatomical details with little apparent crushing, and in the number of articulated, semi-articulated, and associated skeletons. Identifications from the field and preliminary preparation show the Bentiaba mosasaur fauna is represented by at least five genera including Mosasaurus, Prognathodon, Globidens, Plioplatecarpus and Halisaurus. Collectively, these new specimens greatly expand our knowledge of the anatomy and systematics of Angolan mosasaurs.

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Polcyn, MW, Jacobs LL, Schulp AS, Mateus O. 2007. The mosasaurs of Angola. Second Mosasaur Meeting. (Sternberg, Museum, Ed.).:21., Hays, Kansas Abstract

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Polcyn, MJ, Jacobs LL, Schulp AS, Mateus O. 2007. Morphology and systematic position of Angolasaurus bocagei and the evolution of the braincase in Plioplatecarpine mosasaurs, May 3-6, 2007. Second Mosasaur Meeting. , Sternberg Museum, Hays, Kansaspolcyn_et_al_2007_angolosaurus_mosasaurmeetingabstracts.pdf

Journal Article

Castanhinha, R, Mateus O. 2007. Short review on the marine reptiles of Portugal: ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs and mosasaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 27(suppl. to 3):57. Abstract

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Castanhinha, R, Mateus O. 2007. A review on the marine reptiles of Portugal: Ichthyosaurs, Plesiosaurs and Mosasaurs, Jan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 27:57A-57A.: Museu Lourinha Abstractcastanhinha_mateus_2007_marine_reptiles_of_portugal_plesiosaurs_ichthyosaurs_and_mosasaurs_svp.pdf

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Polcyn, M, Jacobs L, Schulp A, Mateus O. 2007. Halisaurus (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Maastrichtian of Angola, Jan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 27(Suppl. to 3):130A.: Museu Lourinha, So Methodist Univ, Nat Hist Museum Maastricht Abstractpolcyn_et_al_mateus2007_halisaurus_angola_svpmeet.pdf

Recent fieldwork in the Namibe province in southern Angola yielded cranial and postcranial elements of at least two individuals of the rare and enigmatic mosasaur Halisaurus from a single small excavation. The genus Halisaurus is unique in retaining a primitive configuration of the temporal arcade, specifically a broad, vertically oriented contact between the parietal and the supratemporal. The supratemporal is broadly sutured to the opisthotic and prootic, unlike the condition in varanoids in which the simple lunate element lies between the parietal ramus and the squamosal and does not form a sutural contact with the opisthotic or prootic, but as in other halisaurines retains a plesiomorphic, vertically oriented contact with the parietal rami. The squamosal is lightly built and broadly arched as in Varanus. Comparison with known halisaurines indicates the new material is referable to the species Halisaurus arambourgi.
The locality that yielded the new specimens has also yielded a large number of isolated teeth, bones, articulated, and associated skeletons of Mosasaurus, Prognathodon, Globidens, and Plioplatecarpus, which with Halisaurus comprise a mosasaur assemblage most similar to that reported from the Maastrichtian of Morocco.

Mateus, O. 2007. Notes and review of the ornithischian dinosaurs of Portugal. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 27(suppl. to 3):114. Abstract

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Polcyn, M, Jacobs LL, Schulp A, Mateus O. 2007. Halisaurus (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Maastrichtian of Angola. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 27(suppl. to 3):130. Abstract

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