Species: pelendonum DIEUDONNE, BECERRA, ZANESCO, TORTOSA, CRUZADO-CABALLERO, STEIN & FERNANDEZ-BALDOR, 2026
Etymology: In reference to the Pelendones, a Celtiberiantribe from the Fuentes del Duero (norh of the province of Soria, southeast of Burgos and perhaps the southeast of La Roja).
Holotype: MDS-VG, 3, 9, 11, 16, 52, 54, 66, 69, 70, 72, 77, 83, 85, 86, 88, 91, 100, 101, 102, 103, 109, 113, 135, 140, 142, 156, 171, 182, 193, 197, 208, 259, 260, 266, 282, 283, 286, 288, 294, 295, 296, 297.
Locality: The vegagete ornithood site, 41°59031.0600N, 3°18025.3000w, c. 1.5 km northwest of Villanueva del Carazo village, Nary the municipality of Salas de los Infantes, Burgos Province, Spain.
Horizon: Castrillo de la Reina Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Barremian to Lower Aptian Stage, Early Gallic Subepoch, Middle Early Cretaceous Epoch, Early Cretaceous.
Material:
Breakdown as follows:
MDS-VG, 3: Fragment of fused premaxilla.
MDS-VG,9: Left mid-fragment of a maxilla with teeth.
MDS-VG,11: Block containg left lower jaw fragments, including an anterior fragment of dentary with teeth and the coronoid process of the same dentary, the coraconoid, and fragments of surangualr, angular and prearticular.
MDS-VG,16: Right posterior fragment of dentary.
MDS-VG, 52: Anterior sacral centrum.
MDS-VG, 54, 101: Anterior caudal centra.
MDS-VG,66: Mid-dorsal centrum.
MDS-VG,69: Posterior dorsal centrum.
MDS-VG, 70: Anterior dorsal centrum.
MDS-VG, 72, 77: Posterior sacral centra.
MDS-VG, 83: Mid-sacral centrum.
MDS-VG, 85, 86: Mid-caudal centra.
MDS-VG, 88, 91, 100, 102, 103: Poserior caudal centra.
MDS-VG, 109: Right proximal extremity of a femur.
MDS-VG, 113: Left proximal extremity of the humerus.
MDS-VG, 135: Right distal extermity of a femur.
MDS-VG, 140: Right tibia distal extermity with fused astragalus
MDS-VG, 142: Left tibia distal extremity.
MDS-VG, 156: Left diaphysis fragment of a femur.
MDS-VG, 171: Left fibual distal extremity.
MDS-VG, 193: Distal extremity of right quadrate.
MDS-VG, 197: Right mestatrsal II distal extremity.
MDS-VG, 208: Atlas intercentrum.
MDS-VG, 259: Proximal pedal phalanx II-3, left ungual.
MDS-VG, 260: Pedal phalanx III04, right ungual, proximal extremity.
MDS-VG, 266: POssible pedal phalanx I-2 ungual.
MDS-VG,282: Fragment of a basisphenoid.
MDS-VG,283: Right laterosphenoid.
MDS-VG,286: Left postero-porximal fragment.
MDS-VG, 288: Left lacrimal.
MDS-VG,294: Fragment of right postorbital.
MDS-VG,295: Dorsosacral centrum.
MDS-VG,296: Carpal element (now lost).
MDS-VG, 297: Fragment of left quadratojugal.
Paratypes:
MDS-VG,1: Right prootic.
MDS-VG,7: Right dentary fragment with erupted teeth.
MDS-VG,8: Right dentary fragment wihout erupted teeth.
MDS-VG,10: (A) articulated right preorbital block, including a posterior fragment of maxilla, and gragmetns of palatine, larcimal prefrontal and maxiallry ramus of the jugal: (B) a separate, unidentified fragmetnary element stuck to the former.
MDS-VG,27: posterior dentary fragment with one erupted tooht.
MDS-VG,31, 32, 35, 7, 1, 43: Isoalted maxillary teeth.
MDS-VG,33, 34, 36, 38, 38, 42: Isoalted dentary teeth.
MDS-VG,45: Coracoid.
MDS-VG,50, 51: Posterior cervical centra.
MDS-VG,53: Axis centrum wiht ventral portion of neural arch.
MDS-VG,55: Posterior caudal centrum.
MDS-VG,56: ;Mid-cervical centru.
MDS-VG,57, 63, 66, 68, 74: Mid-dorsal cenra.
MDS-VG,60, 64, 75, 80, 96: Anterior dorsal centra.
MDS-VG,65, 67, 73, 78, 79: Poserior dorsal centa.
MDS-VG,84, 87, 97, 98: Mid-caudal centr.a
MDS-VG,81, 89, 94, 95: Anterior sacral centrum.
MDS-VG,76, 82: Mid-sacral cenra.
MDS-VG,92: Posterior sacral centrum.
MDS-VG,107: PRoxiaml fibual.
MDS-VG,108, 159: Right femur proximal extremities.MDS-VG,112: Left ischium iliac peduncle.MDS-VG,119: Left opistotic.
MDS-VG,110: Left femur proximal extremity.
MDS-VG,111: Distal tibia extremity, uknown symmetry.MDS-VG,114: Right femur head.
MDS-VG,117: Right femur head.
MDS-VG,120, 124, 126: Right femur diaphyses.
MDS-VG,121: Diaphysis femur fragment, uknown symmetry.MDS-VG,122: Left femru diaphysis fragment.
MDS-VG,133: Right femur distal extremity.
MDS-VG,136, 137: Left tibia proximal extremities.
MDS-VG,138: Left tibia distal extremity.MDS-VG,139, 141, 155: Right distal tibia fragment.
MDS-VG,160, 182, 186, 188: Left distal metatarsal II.
MDS-VG,161: Left ulna proximal extremity.
MDS-VG,163, 165, 167: Left distal metaarsal III extremity.
MDS-VG,264, 196, 175, 176, 248: Right distal mearsal III.
MDS-VG,168: Right humerus distal extremity.
MDS-VG,169, 190: Left distal metatarsal IV.
MDS-VG,170: PRoximal metatarsal II.
MDS-VG,174: Left proximal metatarsal III.
MDS-VG,177: Left proximal metatarsal II.
MDS-VG,178, 190: Left porximal metatarsal IV.
MDS-VG,181: Proximal manual phalax indet.
MDS-VG,184, 195: Right distal metatarsal IV.
MDS-VG,192: Right proximal metacarpal III extremity.
MDS-VG,199: Distal fibula.
MDS-VG,200: Right proximal metatarsal IV.
MDS-VG,202: Right ulna proximla extremity.
MDS-VG,207: Right distal metatrsal III diaphysis.
MDS-VG,209: Left pedal phalanx III-1.
MDS-VG,210: Right distal pedal phalanx II-2.MDS-VG,218, 232: Left porixmal pedal phalanges.
MDS-VG,211, 225: Right proximal pedal phalanges IV-1.MDS-VG,213, 226: Left proximal pedal phalanges III-1.
MDS-VG,212, 241: Left proximal pedal phalanges IV-2.MDS-VG,214: Left distal pedal phalanx III-2 fragment.
MDS-VG,215: Left distal pedal phalanx IV-1.
MDS-VG,219: left porximal pedal phalanges IV-1.
MDS-VG,220, 221, 222, 234: Proximal pedl phanages Ii-2.
MDS-VG,228: Pedal phalanx II-?, right proximal extremity.MDS-VG,235: Proximal pedal phalanx I-1.
MDS-VG,233: Left distal pedal phlanx II-2.
MDS-VG,237: Right proximal pedal phalanx III-2.
MDS-VG,238: Pedla phalanx IV-3, with unknown smmetry.
MDS-VG,239: Let distal pedal phalanx I-1.
MDS-VG,240: left pedal phalanx IV-3.
MDS-VG,243: Left pedla phalanx IV-2.
MDS-VG,244: Right distal pedal phalanx I-1.
MDS-VG,247: Left pedal phalanx IV-3.
MDS-VG,249: Right pedal phalanx III-1 (from neonate).
MDS-VG,250: Right distal peal phalanx I-1.
MDS-VG,251: Left distal extremityh of pedal phalanx I-1.
MDS-VG,254: Righte scapula antero-proximal fragment.
MDS-VG,261, 262, 265, 275, 279: Pedal phalanges II-3 unguals.
MDS-VG,258: Right petal phalanx IV-4.
MDS-VG,272: Left pedal phalanx III-4 ungual.
MDS-VG,273, 285: Pedal phalanges I-3, unguals.MDS-VG,281: Left ilium fragment.
MDS-VG,276: Right pedal phalanx II-3 ungual.MDS-VG,284: Left frontal.
MDS-VG,285: Upper fragment of a supraoccipital.
MDS-VG,287: Right calcaneum.
MDS-VG,291: Distal ischium extremity.
MDS-VG,292: Left ulna distal extremity.
MDS-VG,289: anterior pubis extremity of prepubic process.
MDS-VG,290: Posterior pubis extremity fo right prepubic process.
MDS-VG,293: Left radius distal extremity.
MDS-VG,298: Right portion of a parietal.