TY - JOUR A1 - Candeiro,C.R.A. A1 - Tanke,D.H. T1 - A pathological Late Cretaceous carcharodontosaurid tooth from Minas Gerais, Brazil JF - Bulletin of Geosciences JA - Bull. Geosci. Y1 - 2008 VL - 83 IS - 3 SP - 351 EP - 354 CY - Prague PB - Czech Geological Survey SN - 1803-1943 (online), 1802-6222 (print) AV - Free KW - Cretaceous KW - Maastrichtian KW - Carcharodontosauridae KW - split carinae KW - tooth KW - pathology KW - Peiropolis KW - Brazil AB - A theropod (Carcharodontosauridae) tooth exhibiting a split carina is the first recorded from upper Maastrichtian Marilia Formation (Serra da Galga Member), Minas Gerais State, Brazil. The distal split carina has a distinct Y-shape. Split carinae have been reported elsewhere in Laurasian theropods (tyrannosaurids and allosaurids). ER -