Temnospondyl amphibians from the Jurassic of the Southern Junggar Basin (NW China)

Maisch, Michael W.; Matzke, Andreas T.

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“…However, the clavicle of Gobiops differs from that of Ferganobatrachus in having a coarser honeycomb sculptural pattern and a more gently sloping dorsal process, although these differences might be ontogenetic. Maisch and Matzke (2005) regarded the short dorsal process on the clavicle as a potential autapomorphy for Gobiops . According to these authors, Ferganobatrachus with a similarly short dorsal clavicular process is possibly congeneric with Gobiops , although they avoided formal synonymization because of the incompleteness of the available Ferganobatrachus material.…”

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Amphibians From the Middle Jurassic Balabansai Svita in the Fergana Depression, Kyrgyzstan (Central Asia)

Averianov¹,

Martin²,

Skutschas³

et al. 2008

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Larval and metamorphosed Ferganobatrachus riabinini (Temnospondyli, Brachyopoidea), metamorphosed Kokartus honorarius (Caudata, Karauridae), an indeterminated karaurid (Karauridae indet.) and, presumably, anurans (?Anura indet.) are represented by isolated cranial and postcranial skeletal elements in the Middle Jurassic (BathonianCallovian) Balabansai Svita of the Fergana Depression, Kyrgyzstan. The Balabansai vertebrate assemblage is one of the few faunas in which non-lissamphibian temnospondyls, stem caudates and anurans occur together. The presence of a supraglenoid foramen and a complex strap-like glenoid on the scapulocoracoid in Kokartus supports its basal phylogenetic position within the Caudata.

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Amphibians From the Middle Jurassic Balabansai Svita in the Fergana Depression, Kyrgyzstan (Central Asia)

Averianov¹,

Martin²,

Skutschas³

et al. 2008

Palaeontology

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“…Because the same curator (the late Dr Herman Jaeger) hosted ARM's visit and sent the cast to Warren and Hutchinson (1983), it can be safely assumed that the latter authors also saw the counter-slab. According to Maisch and Matzke (2005), the other slab was originally in Münich, but is now unaccounted for. In fact, the main slab was also housed in the MNB, but in a different part of the collection, and was relocated only in 2010.…”

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“…In the past three decades, genuine temnospondyl amphibians have been described from Jurassic and even Early Cretaceous deposits in many parts of the world, but not in Europe (see Maisch and Matzke, 2005 for a detailed r e v i e w o f t h e f o s s i l r e c o r d o f p o s t -Tr i a s s i c temnospondyls). In their description of the first unequivocal post-Triassic temnospondyl amphibian, Warren and Hutchinson (1983) briefly reconsidered C. temnospondyla based on a cast of the specimen and concluded that it was not a temnospondyl.…”

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“…In 1995, during the 2nd International Symposium on Lithographic Limestones, ARM gave a second lecture entitled "A cautionary tail" in which he concluded that C. temnospondyla was probably a turtle after all. Subsequently, Schoch and Milner (2000) and Maisch and Matzke (2005) cited this conclusion, but did not provide further information. The purpose of the present paper is to settle the issue of the identification of Cyrtura temnospondyla and to determine the taxonomical status of this species.…”

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A cautionary tail: Cyrtura temnospondyla Jaekel, 1904, an enigmatic vertebrate specimen from the Late Jurassic Solnhofen Limestone

Anquetin

Milner

2015

Comptes Rendus Palevol

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POSTPRINTThis is a postprint of the following peer-reviewed publication: AbstractThe enigmatic vertebrate taxon Cyrtura temnospondyla is reassessed following the location and reuniting of both counterparts. The specimen, comprising a series of caudal vertebrae from the Tithonian Solnhofen Limestone, has variously been interpreted as derived either from a temnospondyl amphibian, or a turtle, or to be indeterminate. The redescription of this caudal series reveals that the vertebrae have a single centrum, in contrast to previous descriptions. This specimen is here interpreted to be the tail of a turtle more derived than Proganochelys and Meiolania, but is otherwise indeterminate and cannot be associated with any of the diagnosed taxa from the Solnhofen Limestone. Cyrtura temnospondyla lacks any diagnostic character and must therefore be considered a nomen dubium.This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.CC-BY 4.0

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“…In contrast, Kuhn (1964a) reaffirmed the original interpretation of Jaekel (1904). More recently, several a u t h o r s re a c h e d t h e c o n c l u s i o n t h a t C y r t u ra temnospondyla was not a temnospondyl amphibian, but remained uncertain regarding its proper identification (Warren and Hutchinson 1983;Schoch and Milner 2000;Maisch and Matzke 2005). Anquetin and Milner (2015) recently reevaluated the holotype and concluded that it can be confidently identified as a turtle tail.…”

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A Review of the Fossil Record of Turtles of the CladeThalassochelydia

Anquetin

Püntener

Joyce

2017

Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History

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POSTPRINTThis is a postprint of the following peer-reviewed publication: AbstractThe Late Jurassic (Oxfordian to Tithonian) fossil record of Europe and South America has yielded a particularly rich assemblage of aquatic pan-cryptodiran turtles that are herein tentatively hypothesized to form a monophyletic group named Thalassochelydia. Thalassochelydians were traditionally referred to three families, Eurysternidae, Plesiochelyidae, and Thalassemydidae, but the current understanding of phylogenetic relationships is insufficient to support the monophyly of either group. Given their pervasive usage in the literature, however, these three names are herein retained informally. Relationships with marine turtles from the Cretaceous have been suggested in the past, but these hypotheses still lack strong character support. Thalassochelydians are universally found in near-shore marine sediments and show adaptations to aquatic habitats, but isotopic evidence hints at a broad spectrum of specializations ranging from freshwater aquatic to fully marine. A taxonomic review of the group concludes that of 68 named taxa, 27 are nomina valida, 18 are nomina invalida, 18 are nomina dubia, and 5 nomina oblita.

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Temnospondyl amphibians from the Jurassic of the Southern Junggar Basin (NW China)

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Amphibians From the Middle Jurassic Balabansai Svita in the Fergana Depression, Kyrgyzstan (Central Asia)

Amphibians From the Middle Jurassic Balabansai Svita in the Fergana Depression, Kyrgyzstan (Central Asia)

A cautionary tail: Cyrtura temnospondyla Jaekel, 1904, an enigmatic vertebrate specimen from the Late Jurassic Solnhofen Limestone

A Review of the Fossil Record of Turtles of the CladeThalassochelydia

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