An annotated checklist of Australian Mesozoic tetrapods
In 2020, the Australasian palaeontological association Australasian Palaeontologists (AAP) joined the Australian government-supported Australian National Species List (auNSL) initiative to compile the first Australian Fossil National Species List (auFNSL) for the region. The goal is to assemble comp...
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ftuppsalauniv:oai:DiVA.org:uu-513344 2023-11-05T03:45:07+01:00 An annotated checklist of Australian Mesozoic tetrapods Poropat, Stephen F. Bell, Phil R. Hart, Lachlan J. Salisbury, Steven W. Kear, Benjamin P. 2023 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-513344 https://doi.org/10.1080/03115518.2023.2228367 eng eng Uppsala universitet, Evolutionsmuseet Curtin Univ, Western Australian Organ & Isotope Geochem Ctr, Sch Earth & Planetary Sci, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia.;Australian Age Dinosaurs Museum Nat Hist, Lot 1 Dinosaur Dr, Winton, Qld 4735, Australia. Univ New England, Palaeoscience Res Ctr, Sch Environm & Rural Sci, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia. Univ New South Wales, Earth & Sustainabil Sci Res Ctr, Sch Biol Earth & Environm Sci BEES, Kensington, NSW 2052, Australia.;Australian Museum Res Inst, 1 William St, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia. Univ Queensland, Sch Biol Sci, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia. Alcheringa, 0311-5518, 2023, 47:2, s. 129-205 orcid:0000-0002-3128-3141 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-513344 doi:10.1080/03115518.2023.2228367 ISI:001064299900002 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Taxonomy Australian Fossil National Species List Amphibia Amniota Triassic Jurassic Cretaceous Other Earth and Related Environmental Sciences Annan geovetenskap och miljövetenskap Article in journal info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2023 ftuppsalauniv https://doi.org/10.1080/03115518.2023.2228367 2023-10-11T22:31:55Z In 2020, the Australasian palaeontological association Australasian Palaeontologists (AAP) joined the Australian government-supported Australian National Species List (auNSL) initiative to compile the first Australian Fossil National Species List (auFNSL) for the region. The goal is to assemble comprehensive systematic data on all vertebrate, invertebrate and plant fossil taxa described to date, and to present the information both within a continuously updated open-access online framework, and as a series of primary reference articles in AAP's flagship journal Alcheringa. This paper spearheads these auFNSL Alcheringa publications with an annotated checklist of Australian Mesozoic tetrapods. Complete synonymy, type material, source locality, geological age and bibliographical information are provided for 111 species formally named as of 2022. In addition, chronostratigraphically arranged inventories of all documented Australian Mesozoic tetrapod fossil occurrences are presented with illustrations of significant, exceptionally preserved and/or diagnostic specimens. The most diverse order-level clades include temnospondyl amphibians (34 species), saurischian (13 species) and ornithischian (12 species) dinosaurs (excluding ichnotaxa), and plesiosaurian marine reptiles (11 species). However, numerous other groups collectively span the earliest Triassic (earliest Induan) to Late Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian) and incorporate antecedents of modern Australian lineages, such as chelonioid and chelid turtles and monotreme mammals. Although scarce in comparison to records from other continents, Australia's Mesozoic tetrapod assemblages are globally important because they constitute higher-palaeolatitude faunas that evince terrestrial and marine ecosystem evolution near the ancient South Pole. The pace of research on these assemblages has also accelerated substantially over the last 20 years, and serves to promote fossil geoheritage as an asset for scientific, cultural and economic development. The auFNSL augments the ... Article in Journal/Newspaper South pole Uppsala University: Publications (DiVA) Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 47 2 129 205 |
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In 2020, the Australasian palaeontological association Australasian Palaeontologists (AAP) joined the Australian government-supported Australian National Species List (auNSL) initiative to compile the first Australian Fossil National Species List (auFNSL) for the region. The goal is to assemble comprehensive systematic data on all vertebrate, invertebrate and plant fossil taxa described to date, and to present the information both within a continuously updated open-access online framework, and as a series of primary reference articles in AAP's flagship journal Alcheringa. This paper spearheads these auFNSL Alcheringa publications with an annotated checklist of Australian Mesozoic tetrapods. Complete synonymy, type material, source locality, geological age and bibliographical information are provided for 111 species formally named as of 2022. In addition, chronostratigraphically arranged inventories of all documented Australian Mesozoic tetrapod fossil occurrences are presented with illustrations of significant, exceptionally preserved and/or diagnostic specimens. The most diverse order-level clades include temnospondyl amphibians (34 species), saurischian (13 species) and ornithischian (12 species) dinosaurs (excluding ichnotaxa), and plesiosaurian marine reptiles (11 species). However, numerous other groups collectively span the earliest Triassic (earliest Induan) to Late Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian) and incorporate antecedents of modern Australian lineages, such as chelonioid and chelid turtles and monotreme mammals. Although scarce in comparison to records from other continents, Australia's Mesozoic tetrapod assemblages are globally important because they constitute higher-palaeolatitude faunas that evince terrestrial and marine ecosystem evolution near the ancient South Pole. The pace of research on these assemblages has also accelerated substantially over the last 20 years, and serves to promote fossil geoheritage as an asset for scientific, cultural and economic development. The auFNSL augments the ... |
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An annotated checklist of Australian Mesozoic tetrapods |
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