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- Title
Tanystropheid archosauromorphs in the Lower Triassic of Gondwana.
- Authors
DE OLIVEIRA, TIANE MACEDO; OLIVEIRA, DANIEL; SCHULTZ, CESAR L.; KERBER, LEONARDO; PINHEIRO, FELIPE L.
- Abstract
Tanystropheidae is a clade of early archosauromorphs with a reported distribution ranging from the Early to the Late Triassic of Asia, Europe, and North America. Although some specimens with possible tanystropheid affinities from the Lower Triassic beds of Brazil have been previously attributed to "Protorosauria", little is known about the tanystropheid record in Gondwana. Here, two new and one previously reported specimen from the Sanga do Cabral Formation (Induan-Olenekian) of Brazil are described and interpreted as Tanystropheidae. These records, together with other tetrapods previously reported for the Sanga do Cabral Formation, increase the knowledge of the biotic diversification during the beginning of the Triassic. This contribution reinforces that the archosauromorph diversification occurred shortly after the Permo-Triassic extinction, making the Sanga do Cabral Formation an important unit for the study of early Mesozoic faunas.
- Subjects
ANIMAL species; ARCHOSAUROMORPHA; ARCHOSAURIA; REPTILES; BROMELIACEAE
- Publication
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2018, Vol 63, Issue 4, p713
- ISSN
0567-7920
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4202/app.00489.2018