- Tytuł:
- A new basal sphenacodontid synapsid from the Late Carboniferous of the Saar-Nahe Basin, Germany
- Autorzy:
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Frobisch, J.
Schoch, R.
Muller, J.
Schindler, T.
Schweiss, D. - Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/22246.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2011
- Wydawca:
- Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Paleobiologii PAN
- Tematy:
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Carboniferous
Cryptovenator hirschbergeri
Germany
Late Carboniferous
phylogenetic relationship
Saar−Nahe Basin
Sphenacodontidae
Synapsida
geological setting
new species
paleontology
sediment
sphenacodontid synapsid
systematics
taxonomy - Opis:
- A new basal sphenacodontid synapsid, represented by an anterior portion of a mandible, demonstrates for the first time the presence of amniotes in the largest European Permo−Carboniferous basin, the Saar−Nahe Basin. The new taxon, Cryptovenator hirschbergeri gen. et sp. nov., is autapomorphic in the extreme shortness and robustness of the lower jaw, with moderate heterodonty, including the absence of a greatly reduced first tooth and only a slight caniniform development of the second and third teeth. Cryptovenatorshares with Dimetrodon, Sphenacodon, and Ctenospondylus, but notably not with Secodontosaurus, enlarged canines and a characteristic teardrop outline of the marginal teeth in lateral view, possession of a deep symphyseal region, and a strongly concave dorsal margin of the dentary. The new find shows that sphenacodontids were present in the Saar−Nahe Basin by the latest Carboniferous, predating the record of sphenacodontid tracks from slightly younger sediments in this region.
- Źródło:
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Acta Palaeontologica Polonica; 2011, 56, 1
0567-7920 - Pojawia się w:
- Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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