A new large gomphodont from the Triassic of South Africa and its implications for Gondwanan biostratigraphy
A partial skull (BP/1/7976) of a very large cynodont from the Middle Triassic Cynognathus Assemblage Zone ( Cricodon-Ufudocyclops subzone) of South Africa is described. The specimen represents a new gomphodont taxon, Impidens hancoxi , gen. et sp. nov., diagnosed by five sectorial teeth constituting...
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ftdatacite:10.6084/m9.figshare.15052540.v2 2023-05-15T14:02:15+02:00 A new large gomphodont from the Triassic of South Africa and its implications for Gondwanan biostratigraphy Tolchard, Frederick Kammerer, Christian F. Butler, Richard J. Hendrickx, Christophe Benoit, Julien Abdala, Fernando Choiniere, Jonah N. 2021 https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.15052540.v2 https://tandf.figshare.com/articles/dataset/A_new_large_gomphodont_from_the_Triassic_of_South_Africa_and_its_implications_for_Gondwanan_biostratigraphy/15052540/2 unknown Taylor & Francis https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2021.1929265 https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.15052540 Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode cc-by-4.0 CC-BY Biophysics Cell Biology Genetics FOS Biological sciences Molecular Biology Evolutionary Biology 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified FOS Earth and related environmental sciences Ecology 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified dataset Dataset 2021 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.15052540.v2 https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2021.1929265 https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.15052540 2021-11-05T12:55:41Z A partial skull (BP/1/7976) of a very large cynodont from the Middle Triassic Cynognathus Assemblage Zone ( Cricodon-Ufudocyclops subzone) of South Africa is described. The specimen represents a new gomphodont taxon, Impidens hancoxi , gen. et sp. nov., diagnosed by five sectorial teeth constituting just over half of the length of the upper postcanine tooth row, and enlarged canine and incisor teeth. BP/1/8123, a skull fragment also from the Cricodon-Ufudocyclops subzone, and AMNH FARB 24421, a partial skull from the upper Fremouw Formation of Antarctica, are also referred to the new species. The presence of this taxon in both the upper Fremouw Formation and Cricodon-Ufudocyclops subzone strengthens evidence of biostratigraphic correlation between these units. Impidens hancoxi , with an inferred skull length of up to 460 mm, was a large-bodied and likely omnivorous gomphodont, and may have played the role of apex predator within the tetrapod fauna of the Cricodon-Ufudocyclops subzone. Dataset Antarc* Antarctica DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) |
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A partial skull (BP/1/7976) of a very large cynodont from the Middle Triassic Cynognathus Assemblage Zone ( Cricodon-Ufudocyclops subzone) of South Africa is described. The specimen represents a new gomphodont taxon, Impidens hancoxi , gen. et sp. nov., diagnosed by five sectorial teeth constituting just over half of the length of the upper postcanine tooth row, and enlarged canine and incisor teeth. BP/1/8123, a skull fragment also from the Cricodon-Ufudocyclops subzone, and AMNH FARB 24421, a partial skull from the upper Fremouw Formation of Antarctica, are also referred to the new species. The presence of this taxon in both the upper Fremouw Formation and Cricodon-Ufudocyclops subzone strengthens evidence of biostratigraphic correlation between these units. Impidens hancoxi , with an inferred skull length of up to 460 mm, was a large-bodied and likely omnivorous gomphodont, and may have played the role of apex predator within the tetrapod fauna of the Cricodon-Ufudocyclops subzone. |
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Tolchard, Frederick Kammerer, Christian F. Butler, Richard J. Hendrickx, Christophe Benoit, Julien Abdala, Fernando Choiniere, Jonah N. |
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A new large gomphodont from the Triassic of South Africa and its implications for Gondwanan biostratigraphy |
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A new large gomphodont from the Triassic of South Africa and its implications for Gondwanan biostratigraphy |
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A new large gomphodont from the Triassic of South Africa and its implications for Gondwanan biostratigraphy |
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A new large gomphodont from the Triassic of South Africa and its implications for Gondwanan biostratigraphy |
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A new large gomphodont from the Triassic of South Africa and its implications for Gondwanan biostratigraphy |
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new large gomphodont from the triassic of south africa and its implications for gondwanan biostratigraphy |
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