Fossil reptiles from the Spanish Muschelkalk (mont‐ral and alcover, province Tarragona)

Rieppel, Olivier; Hagdorn, Hans

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“…was more widespread and is also documented in southern Germany (early Ladinian/ Lettenkeuper of Hoheneck; Seeley 1882; Rieppel & Lin 1995). A possible member of the SerpianosaurusNeusticosaurus clade was also reported from Spain (Rieppel & Hagdorn 1998). Other eosauropterygians, however, have been collected in Israel and Saudi Arabia (Rieppel 2000).…”

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A Middle Triassic pachypleurosaur (Diapsida: Eosauropterygia) from a restricted carbonate ramp in the Western Carpathians (Gutenstein Formation, Fatric Unit): paleogeographic implications

Čerňanský¹,

Klein²,

Soták³

et al. 2018

Geologica Carpathica

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An eosauropterygian skeleton found in the Middle Triassic (upper Anisian) Gutenstein Formation of the Fatric Unit (Demänovská dolina Valley, Low Tatra Mountains, Slovakia) represents the earliest known occurrence of marine tetrapods in the Western Carpathians. The specimen represents a partly articulated portion of the postcranial skeleton (nine dorsal vertebrae, coracoid, ribs, gastral ribs, pelvic girdle, femur and one zeugopodial element). It is assigned to the Pachypleurosauria, more precisely to the Serpianosaurus-Neusticosaurus clade based on the following combination of features: (1) small body size; (2) morphology of vertebrae, ribs and femur; (3) tripartite gastral ribs; and (4) microanatomy of the femur as revealed by µCT. Members of this clade were described from the epicontinental Germanic Basin and the Alpine Triassic (now southern Germany, Switzerland, Italy), and possibly from Spain. This finding shows that pachypleurosaur reptiles attained a broader geographical distribution during the Middle Triassic, with their geographical range reaching to the Central Western Carpathians. Pachypleurosaurs are often found in sediments formed in shallow, hypersaline carbonate-platform environments. The specimen found here occurs in a succession with vermicular limestones in a shallow subtidal zone and stromatolitic limestones in a peritidal zone, indicating that pachypleurosaurs inhabited hypersaline, restricted carbonate ramps in the Western Carpathians.

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A Middle Triassic pachypleurosaur (Diapsida: Eosauropterygia) from a restricted carbonate ramp in the Western Carpathians (Gutenstein Formation, Fatric Unit): paleogeographic implications

Čerňanský¹,

Klein²,

Soták³

et al. 2018

Geologica Carpathica

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“…Placodonts are represented by a single small specimen. Although it is only possible to discern the outline, the presence of a bipartite carapace allowed its referral to the Cyamodontoidea and, tentatively, to the genus Psephoderma or Psephosaurus (Rieppel and Hagdorn, 1998). The specimen was originally kept in a private collection, but is now housed in the Museu Geològic del Seminari Conciliar de Barcelona.…”

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“…Alcover outcrops (Tarragona Province), Catalonian basin: The Alcover outcrops have yielded the best studied Triassic faunas of the Iberian Peninsula (e.g., ViaBoada and Villalta, 1975;Via-Boada et al, 1977;Sanz, 1983;Rieppel and Hagdorn, 1998;Cartanyà, 1999). These outcrops are located between the towns of Alcover, Mont-Ral and Montblanc.Those outcrops have been cited as Alcover, Mont-ral, or Mont-ral-Alcover, causing problems with the identification of the different localities in the literature.…”

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Nuevos enfoques sobre los vertebrados del Pérmico y Triásico de la Península Ibérica, con énfasis en las cuencas Pirenaica y Catalana

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“…The oldest known thalattosaurs are from the Lower-Middle Triassic of North America (British Columbia, Nevada) (Nicholls and Brinkman, 1993;Sander et al, 1994 (Rieppel, 1987;Rieppel and Hagdorn, 1998;Müller, 2005), as well as in the Ladinian of China (Sun et al, 2005). During the Early Carnian, both their systematics and palaeoecological diversity greatly increases (7 species known in China) (Benton et al, 2013;Liu, 2013;Zhao et al, 2013), probably following the demise of plesiopedal…”

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Mesozoic marine reptile palaeobiogeography in response to drifting plates

et al. 2014

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During the Mesozoic, various groups of reptiles underwent a spectacular return to an aquatic life, colonizing most marine environments. They were highly diversified both systematically and ecologically, and most were the largest top-predators of the marine ecosystems of their time. The main groups were Ichthyosauria, Sauropterygia, Thalattosauria, and several lineages of Testudinata, Crocodyliformes, Rhynchocephalia and Squamata. Here we show that the palaeobiogeographical distribution of these marine reptiles closely followed the break-up of the supercontinent Pangaea and that they globally used the main marine corridors However, if large faunal interchanges were possible at a global scale following a dispersal model, some provinces, such as the Mediterranean Tethys, were characterized by a peculiar faunal identity, illustrating an absence of migration with time despite the apparent lack of barriers. So, if Continental Drift enabled global circulations and faunal interchanges via dispersals among Mesozoic marine reptiles, others parameters, such as ecological and biological constraints, probably also played a role in the local endemic distribution of some of these marine groups, as they do today.

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Fossil reptiles from the Spanish Muschelkalk (mont‐ral and alcover, province Tarragona)

Cited by 24 publications

References 18 publications

A Middle Triassic pachypleurosaur (Diapsida: Eosauropterygia) from a restricted carbonate ramp in the Western Carpathians (Gutenstein Formation, Fatric Unit): paleogeographic implications

A Middle Triassic pachypleurosaur (Diapsida: Eosauropterygia) from a restricted carbonate ramp in the Western Carpathians (Gutenstein Formation, Fatric Unit): paleogeographic implications

Nuevos enfoques sobre los vertebrados del Pérmico y Triásico de la Península Ibérica, con énfasis en las cuencas Pirenaica y Catalana

Mesozoic marine reptile palaeobiogeography in response to drifting plates

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