Publications in the Year: 2008

Book Chapter

Mateus, O, Jacinto JJ. 2008. Hemidactylus turcicus. Atlas dos Anfíbio e Répteis de Portugal. (A Loureiro, N F de Almeida, M.A Carretero, O S Paulo, Ed.).:134-135. Abstract

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Mateus, O, Jacinto J. 2008. Hemidactylus turcicus. Atlas dos Anfíbios e Répteis de Portugal. :130-131., Lisboa: A. Loureiro, N. Ferrand de Almeida, M.A. Carretero, O.S. Paulo. Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e da Biodiversidademateus__jacinto_2008_hemidactylus_turcicus_in_atlas_dos_anfibios_e_repteis_de_portugal.pdf

Mateus, O. 2008. Fósseis de transição, elos perdidos, fósseis vivos e espécies estáveis. Evolução: História e Argumentos. (Levy, et al, Eds.).:77-96., Lisboa: Esfera do Caosmateus_2008_evolucao_fosseis_de_transicao.pdf

Mateus, O. 2008. Fósseis de transição, elos perdidos, fósseis vivos e espécies estáveis . Evolução: História e Argumentos. :77-96., Lisboa Abstract

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Conference Paper

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Araujo, R, Castanhinha R, Mateus O. 2008. Major trends in the evolution of teeth and mandibles in ornithopod dinosaurs. Livro de Resumos de Tercer Congreso Latinoamericano de Paleontología de Vertebrados. :18–18., Neuquén, Argentina Abstract

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Mateus, O, Milan J. 2008. Sauropod forelimb flexibility deduced from deep manus tracks. 52th Paleontological Association Annual Meeting. 18th-21st December 2008,. :67-68.: University of Glasgow Abstractmateus__milan_2008_palass_sauropod_forelimb_flexibility_deduced_from_deep_manus_tracks.pdf

Sauropods are often considered to have very limited mobility and reduced limb flexibility, mainly due to their giant size and consequent weight. In the Upper Jurassic Lourinhã Formation, central-west Portugal, deep vertical natural casts of sauropod manus tracks are often preserved as the infills of the original tracks. These manus tracks are vertical-walled, with marks of the striations of the skin scales, showing that the movement of the sauropod manus impacting and exiting the mud was totally vertical with no horizontal component of the stride. Some tracks are up to 66 cm deep, which is equivalent to the height of whole sauropod manus. This means that sauropods could lift their anterior feet in a complete vertical manner. Such movement is only possible if there is mobility at elbow and shoulder articulations in a higher degree than previously thought for sauropods. Our vision of sauropod limbs as inflexible columns has to be updated to a more dynamic model for limbs and body.

Mateus, O. 2008. Checklist for Late Jurassic reptiles and amphibians from Portugal. Livro de Resumos do X Congresso Luso-Espanhol de Herpetologia. :55–55., Coimbra Abstract

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Mateus, O, Milan J. 2008. Sauropod forelimb flexibility deduced from deep manus tracks. 52th Paleontological Association Annual Meeting. 18th-21st December 2008. (University of, Glasgow, Ed.).:67-68. Abstract

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Mateus, O, Jacobs LL, Polcyn MJ, Schulp AS, Neto AB, Antunes MT. 2008. Dinosaur and turtles from the Turonian of Iembe, Angola. Livro de Resumos de Tercer Congreso Latinoamericano de Paleontologia de Vertebrados. :156., Neuquén, Argentina Abstractmateus_et_al_2008_dinosaur_and_turtles_from_the_turonian_of_iembe_angola.pdf

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Mateus, O, Jacobs LL, Polcyn MJ, Schulp AS, Neto AB, Antunes MT. 2008. Dinosaur and turtles from the Turonian of Iembe, Angola. Livro de Resumos de Tercer Congreso Latinoamericano de Paleontología de Vertebrados. :156–156., Neuquén, Argentina Abstract

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Schulp, AS, Polcyn MJ, Mateus O, Jacobs LL, Morais ML. 2008. A new species of Prognathodon (Squamata, Mosasauridae) from the Maastrichtian of Angola, and the affinities of the mosasaur genus Liodon. Proceedings of the Second Mosasaur Meeting, Fort Hays Studies Special Issue 3, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas. :1-12. Abstract

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Here we describe a new species of the mosasaurine genus Prognathodon from the Maastrichtian of Namibe, Angola, on the basis of five specimens which represent most of the cranial skeleton including the diagnostic quadrate. Phylogenetic analysis shows this new taxon, P. kianda nov. sp., to be the sister taxon to all other species of Prognathodon. It is unique amongst Prognathodon in possessing a high marginal tooth count and relatively small pterygoid teeth. The tooth morphology in the new taxon is reminiscent of some species of the genus Liodon, allowing association of Liodon-like dentition with otherwise Prognathodon-like crania, and thus resolves the long-standing question of the phylogenetic affinities of Liodon.

Mateus, O. 2008. Checklist for Late Jurassic reptiles and amphibians from Portugal. Livro de Resumos do X Congresso Luso-Espanhol de Herpetologia. :55., Coimbra Abstract

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Castanhinha, R, Araujo R, Mateus O. 2008. Reptile Egg Sites From Lourinhã Formation, Late Jurassic, Portugal. Livro de Resumos de Tercer Congreso Latinoamericano de Paleontología de Vertebrados. , Neuquén, Argentina Abstract

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Mateus, O, Maidment SCR, Christiansen NA. 2008. A new specimen aff. Dacentrurus armatus (Dinosauria: Stegosauridae) from the Late Jurassic of Portugal. Livro de Resumos de Tercer Congreso Latinoamericano de Paleontologia de Vertebrados. :157., Neuquén, Argentina Abstractmateus_et_al_2008_a_new_specimen_aff._dacentrurus_armatus_dinosauria_stegosauridae_from_the_late_jurassic_of_portugal.pdf

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Mateus, O, Jacobs LL, Polcyn MJ, Schulp AS, Neto AB, Antunes MT. 2008. Dinosaur and turtles from the Turonian of Iembe, Angola. Livro de Resumos de Tercer Congreso Latinoamericano de Paleontología de Vertebrados. :156., Neuquén, Argentina Abstract

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Mateus, O, Antunes MT. 2008. Landmarks in the history of dinosaur paleontology in Portugal, focusing on skeletal remains. Abstract volume, Dinosaurs - A Historical Perspective, 6-7 may 2008. , London Abstract

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Mateus, O, Natario C, Araujo R, Castanhinha R. 2008. A new specimen of spinosaurid dinosaur aff. Baryonyx from the Early Cretaceous of Portugal. Livro de Resumos do X Congresso Luso-Espanhol de Herpetologia. :51–51., Coimbra Abstract

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Mateus, O, Dyke G, Motchurova-Dekova N, Ivanov P, Kamenov GD. 2008. The Bulgarian dinosaur: did it exist? European late Cretaceous ornithomimosaurs 56th Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy. :47–47., Dublin Abstract

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Mateus, O, Natário C, Araújo R, Castanhinha R. 2008. A new specimen of spinosaurid dinosaur aff. Baryonyx from the Early Cretaceous of Portugal, Jan. Livro de Resumos do X Congresso Luso-Espanhol de Herpetologia. :51. Abstract

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