Barasaurus Squamation

McMenamin, Mark A. S.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-74256-4_8

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“…36/508 is diagnostic for Owenettidae (Martinelli et al, 2016;Reisz & Scott, 2002). ZPAL V. 36/508 differs from the humerus of Saurodektes kitchingorum in a larger degree of flaring of the distal end and apparently more distally placed deltopectoral crest (although note that the humeri-preserving individuals of S. kitchingorum are not fully ossified; Reisz & Scott, 2002) and from Barasaurus besairei Piveteau, 1955 in a less offset head and proportionately much larger distal end (Martinelli et al, 2016;McMenamin, 2018;Meckert, 1995). It is particularly similar to the unnamed owenettid humeri ("aff.…”

Section: Plagiosterninae Indetmentioning

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A new Middle Triassic vertebrate assemblage from Miedary (southern Poland)Citation for this article: Czepiński, Ł, Pawlak, W., Rytel, A., Tałanda, M., Szczygielski, T., & Sulej, T. (2023) A new Middle Triassic vertebrate assemblage from Miedary (southern Poland). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2023.2265445

Czepiński,

Pawlak,

Rytel

et al. 2023

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

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The Middle Triassic remains a poorly understood time in the evolution of land vertebrates. Here, we report a new Ladinian-age vertebrate assemblage from Miedary (southern Poland). It consists of more than 20 taxa including fish (four species of Hybodontiformes, cf. Gyrolepis, Redfieldiiformes, 'Thelodus', Saurichthys, Serrolepis, Prohalecites, Ptychoceratodus), amphibians (Mastodonsaurus, Gerrothorax, Plagiosternum, chroniosuchian Bystrowiella), and reptiles (Owenettidae, Blezingeria, Nothosaurus, Tanystropheus, an additional, yet unidentified tanystropheid, the doswelliid Jaxtasuchus, and another archosauromorph, as well as eight archosauriform tooth morphotypes). Preliminary comparisons suggest biogeographic and environmental similarities with roughly contemporaneous localities known from the southwestern part of the Germanic Basin. Among differences in these two areas are the presence of a new armored archosauromorph and a surprising abundance of Tanystropheus remains in the new Polish site. Miedary is currently the richest source of three-dimensionally preserved Tanystropheus material in the world, which will be crucial for a better understanding of the preferred environment and lifestyle of this highly specialized reptile.

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