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{{Short description|Extinct genus of dinosaurs}}
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|name = ''Asiamericana''
| name = ''Asiamericana''
|fossil_range = [[Late Cretaceous]], {{fossilrange|90}}
| fossil_range = [[Late Cretaceous]], {{fossilrange|90}}
|genus = Asiamericana
| genus = Asiamericana
|parent_authority=Nesov, 1995
| parent_authority = Nesov, 1995
| display_parents = 2
|species = asiatica
| species = asiatica
|authority =Nesov, 1995
| authority = Nesov, 1995
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*''[[Richardoestesia]] asiatica''? <small>Averianov & Sues, 2013</small>
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'''''Asiamericana''''' (AY-zha-MER-i-KAHN-a – ([[Ancient Greek|Greek]]: ''Asia'' meaning [[Asia]] and [[New Latin]] ''Americas'' meaning [[Americas]]) is a [[nomen dubium|dubious]] fossil fish [[genus]] known only from isolated teeth. It was named to recognize the occurrence of similar fossil teeth in [[Central Asia]] and [[North America]]. These regions once formed a connected land mass, during the [[Cretaceous]] period and were referred to as [[Asiamerica]].
'''''Asiamericana''''' is a [[nomen dubium|dubious]] [[genus]] of [[Coelurosauria|coelurosaur]] known only from isolated teeth found in the [[Bissekty Formation]] of [[Uzbekhistan]]. It was named to recognize the occurrence of similar fossil teeth in [[Central Asia]] and [[North America]]. These regions once formed a connected land mass, during the [[Cretaceous]] period.


==Discovery and naming==
The teeth were discovered by L. A. Nesov in 1995. The findings were based on three teeth found in the central [[Kyzylkum desert]], [[Uzbekistan]], in deposits of the [[Bissekty Formation]], dated to the mid-late [[Turonian]] age of the [[Late Cretaceous]], about 90 million years ago. They are comparable to other teeth found in [[Kazakhstan]] and North America, which have been illustrated but not formally described. The [[type species]] is ''A. asiaticus''.
The holotype teeth were discovered during the Uzbek-Russian-British-American-Canadian (URBAC) expedition by [[Lev Nesov|Lev Alexandrovich Nessov]] between 1974 and 1985 and were first described by Nesov (1985).<ref name=":1">L. A. Nessov. (1985). Rare bony fishes, terrestrial lizards, and mammals in the estuarine and coastal lowland zone of the Kyzyl-Kum Cretaceous. ''Yearbook of the All-Union Paleontological Association'' 28:199-219 [in Russian]</ref> The [[type species]] is ''A. asiatica'', which was named and described by Nesov (1995).<ref name=nessov1995 />


The teeth themselves are straight, lack a constriction at the base, and lack serrations.<ref name=nessov1995>Nessov, 1995. Dinozavri severnoi Yevrasii: Novye dannye o sostave kompleksov, ekologii i paleobiogeografii [Dinosaurs of Northern Eurasia: new data about assemblages, ecology and paleobiogeography], Scientific Research Institute of the Earth's Crust, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia: 156 pp. + 14 pl. [in Russian with short English, German, and French abstracts].</ref>
The holotype of ''A. asiatica'' is CCMGE 460/12457,<ref name=nessov1995 /> and two other teeth (ZIN PH 1110/ 16 and ZIN PH 1129/16) are also known.<ref name=":0" /> All three teeth are known from the CBI-14 site of the [[Bissekty Formation]] of [[Kazakhstan]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" />
==Description==
The teeth themselves are straight, lack a constriction at the base, and lack serrations.<ref name=nessov1995>Nessov, L. A. (1995). Dinozavri severnoi Yevrasii: Novye dannye o sostave kompleksov, ekologii i paleobiogeografii [Dinosaurs of Northern Eurasia: new data about assemblages, ecology and paleobiogeography], Scientific Research Institute of the Earth's Crust, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia: 156 pp. + 14 pl. [in Russian with short English, German, and French abstracts].</ref>


==Classification==
==Classification==
In his initial description of the unusual teeth, Nesov speculated that they may belong to either [[ichthyodectidae|saurodont]] [[fish]] or to [[Spinosauridae|spinosaurid]] [[dinosaur]]s.<ref name=nessov1995/> He later changed his opinion, deciding that they definitely represented fish remains,<ref name=nessov1997>Nessov, L.A. (1997). ''Cretaceous nonmarine vertebrates of northern Eurasia.'' Saint Petersburg: University of Saint Petersburg Institute of Earth Crust, 218 pp. [in Russian].</ref> and this opinion was followed by most later researchers who excluded them from reviews of spinosaurid teeth for this reason.<ref name=Buffetautetal2008>Buffetaut, Suteethorn, Tong and Amiot (2008). "An Early Cretaceous spinosaurid theropod from southern China." ''Geological Magazine'', '''145'''(5): 745–748.</ref>
In his initial description of the unusual teeth, Nesov speculated that they may belong to either [[ichthyodectidae|saurodont]] [[fish]] or to [[Spinosauridae|spinosaurid]] [[dinosaur]]s.<ref name=nessov1995/> He later changed his opinion, deciding that they definitely represented theropod remains,<ref name=nessov1997>Nessov, L.A. (1997). ''Cretaceous nonmarine vertebrates of northern Eurasia.'' Saint Petersburg: University of Saint Petersburg Institute of Earth Crust, 218 pp. [in Russian].</ref> and this opinion was followed by most later researchers who excluded them from reviews of spinosaurid teeth for this reason.<ref name=Buffetautetal2008>Buffetaut, Suteethorn, Tong and Amiot (2008). "An Early Cretaceous spinosaurid theropod from southern China." ''Geological Magazine'', '''145'''(5): 745–748.</ref>


However, in 2013 a study concluded that the teeth were identical to those of the possibly [[dromaeosaurid]] ''[[Richardoestesia]] isocles'' Sankey 2001, and renamed the species into a ''Richardoestesia asiatica''.<ref>Sues H.D. and Averianov, A. 2013. "Enigmatic teeth of small theropod dinosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Turonian) of Uzbekistan". ''Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences''. '''50''': 306-314</ref> A subsequent study confirmed this in 2019.<ref>Alexander Averianov & Hans-Dieter Sues. 2019. "Morphometric analysis of the teeth and taxonomy of the enigmatic theropod ''Richardoestesia'' from the Upper Cretaceous of Uzbekistan". ''Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology'': e1614941</ref>
However, in 2013 a study assumed that the teeth were identical to those of the possibly [[dromaeosaurid]] ''[[Richardoestesia]] isosceles'', and renamed the species into ''Richardoestesia asiatica''.<ref>Sues H.D. and Averianov, A. (2013). "Enigmatic teeth of small theropod dinosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Turonian) of Uzbekistan". ''Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences''. '''50''': 306-314</ref> A subsequent study confirmed this in 2019.<ref name=":0">Alexander Averianov & Hans-Dieter Sues. (2019). "Morphometric analysis of the teeth and taxonomy of the enigmatic theropod ''Richardoestesia'' from the Upper Cretaceous of Uzbekistan". ''Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology'': e1614941</ref>


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Asiamericana
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 90 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Coelurosauria
Genus: †Asiamericana
Nesov, 1995
Species:
†A. asiatica
Binomial name
†Asiamericana asiatica
Nesov, 1995
Synonyms

Asiamericana is a dubious genus of coelurosaur known only from isolated teeth found in the Bissekty Formation of Uzbekhistan. It was named to recognize the occurrence of similar fossil teeth in Central Asia and North America. These regions once formed a connected land mass, during the Cretaceous period.

Discovery and naming

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The holotype teeth were discovered during the Uzbek-Russian-British-American-Canadian (URBAC) expedition by Lev Alexandrovich Nessov between 1974 and 1985 and were first described by Nesov (1985).[1] The type species is A. asiatica, which was named and described by Nesov (1995).[2]

The holotype of A. asiatica is CCMGE 460/12457,[2] and two other teeth (ZIN PH 1110/ 16 and ZIN PH 1129/16) are also known.[3] All three teeth are known from the CBI-14 site of the Bissekty Formation of Kazakhstan.[1][3]

Description

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The teeth themselves are straight, lack a constriction at the base, and lack serrations.[2]

Classification

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In his initial description of the unusual teeth, Nesov speculated that they may belong to either saurodont fish or to spinosaurid dinosaurs.[2] He later changed his opinion, deciding that they definitely represented theropod remains,[4] and this opinion was followed by most later researchers who excluded them from reviews of spinosaurid teeth for this reason.[5]

However, in 2013 a study assumed that the teeth were identical to those of the possibly dromaeosaurid Richardoestesia isosceles, and renamed the species into Richardoestesia asiatica.[6] A subsequent study confirmed this in 2019.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b L. A. Nessov. (1985). Rare bony fishes, terrestrial lizards, and mammals in the estuarine and coastal lowland zone of the Kyzyl-Kum Cretaceous. Yearbook of the All-Union Paleontological Association 28:199-219 [in Russian]
  2. ^ a b c d Nessov, L. A. (1995). Dinozavri severnoi Yevrasii: Novye dannye o sostave kompleksov, ekologii i paleobiogeografii [Dinosaurs of Northern Eurasia: new data about assemblages, ecology and paleobiogeography], Scientific Research Institute of the Earth's Crust, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia: 156 pp. + 14 pl. [in Russian with short English, German, and French abstracts].
  3. ^ a b c Alexander Averianov & Hans-Dieter Sues. (2019). "Morphometric analysis of the teeth and taxonomy of the enigmatic theropod Richardoestesia from the Upper Cretaceous of Uzbekistan". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: e1614941
  4. ^ Nessov, L.A. (1997). Cretaceous nonmarine vertebrates of northern Eurasia. Saint Petersburg: University of Saint Petersburg Institute of Earth Crust, 218 pp. [in Russian].
  5. ^ Buffetaut, Suteethorn, Tong and Amiot (2008). "An Early Cretaceous spinosaurid theropod from southern China." Geological Magazine, 145(5): 745–748.
  6. ^ Sues H.D. and Averianov, A. (2013). "Enigmatic teeth of small theropod dinosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Turonian) of Uzbekistan". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 50: 306-314
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