A potential deinocheirid ornithomimosaur from the Judith River Formation (Upper Cretaceous: Montana, U.S.A.) and its paleobiogeographic implications
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Abstract
Here, we describe a potential deinocheirid ornithomimosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Judith River Formation of Montana, represented by isolated left and right dentaries. Compared with ornithomimids, the dentaries exhibit distinct morphological features, including a dorsoventrally tall dentary, absence of the dorsal ridge on the cutting edge, and lack of significant symphyseal expansion. These features resemble those observed in deinocheirid ornithomimosaurs, particularly Deinocheirus mirificus, although the fragmentary nature of the new material hinders definitive taxonomic attributions. Computed tomographic imaging reveals the presence of three major neurovascular canals that likely supplied vessels and nerves to the rhamphotheca. These canals communicate with the vascular impressions on the medial surface of the dentary. The vascular impressions indicate blood vessels running within the dermis, indicating an avian-like rhamphotheca nourishing system in Ornithomimosauria. Regardless of its taxonomic status, the dorsoventrally deep dentary differs from known ornithomimosaurs in North America. This finding, therefore, underscores the hidden dinosaur diversity yet to be unveiled, even within well-studied dinosaur-bearing rock units that contribute to our understanding of the paleobiogeography and evolutionary history of ornithomimosaur dinosaurs.
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Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.
Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
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| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one teacher head, not a consensus.
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