Project 3627: J. Liu, S. Hu, O. Rieppel, D. Jiang, M. J. Benton, N. P. Kelley, J. C. Aitchison, C. Zhou, W. Wen, J. Huang, T. Xie, T. Lv. 2015. A gigantic nothosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Middle Triassic of SW China and its implication for the Triassic biotic recovery. Scientific Reports. 4 (1):null.
Abstract
The presence of gigantic apex predators in the eastern Panthalassic and western Tethyan oceans suggests that complex ecosystems in the sea had become re-established in these regions at least by the early Middle Triassic, after the Permian-Triassic mass extinction (PTME). However, it is not clear whether oceanic ecosystem recovery from the PTME was globally synchronous because of the apparent lack of such predators in the eastern Tethyan/western Panthalassic region prior to the Late Triassic. Here we report a gigantic nothosaur from the lower Middle Triassic of Luoping in southwest China (eastern Tethyan ocean), which possesses the largest known lower jaw among Triassic sauropterygians. Phylogenetic analysis suggests parallel evolution of gigantism in Triassic sauropterygians. Discovery of this gigantic apex predator, together with associated diverse marine reptiles and the complex food web, indicates global recovery of shallow marine ecosystems from PTME by the early Middle Triassic.Read the article »
Article DOI: 10.1038/srep07142
Project DOI: 10.7934/P3627, http://dx.doi.org/10.7934/P3627
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Download Project SDD File | Total scored cells: 1163 Total media associated with cells: 0 Total labels associated with cell media: 0 |
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Total characters: 74 Total characters with associated media: 0 Total characters with media with labels: 0 Total character states: 163 Total character states with associated media: 0 Total character states with media with labels:0 Total unordered/ordered characters:74/0 |
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MorphoBank Project 3627
MorphoBank Project 3627
- Creation Date:
29 January 2020 - Publication Date:
30 January 2020 - Project views: 10000
- Matrix downloads: 4
Authors' Institutions
- National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
- Beijing University (Peking University)
- University of Sydney
- Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- University of Bristol
- Field Museum of Natural History
- China Geological Survey
- Hefei University of Technology
Members
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| cell scorings (scored, NPA, "-") | cell
| rules | ||||||
Ana Andruchow-Colombo Project Administrator | 22 | 1 | 1 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 1163 (1158, 0, 5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
MorphoBank Curator Full membership | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0, 0, 0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jun Liu Full membership | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0, 0, 0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Taxonomic Overview for Matrix 'M26432' (22 Taxa)
taxon | unscored cells |
scored cells |
no cell support |
NPA cells |
"-" cells | cell images | labels on cell images |
member access |
[1] † Pachypleurosauria Last Modified in 01/30/20 | 5 | 69 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[2] † Simosaurus Last Modified in 01/30/20 | 1 | 72 | 72 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[3] † Germanosaurus Last Modified in 01/30/20 | 42 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[4] † Nothosaurus winkelhorsti Last Modified in 01/30/20 | 38 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[5] † Nothosaurus yangjuanensis Last Modified in 01/30/20 | 7 | 67 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[6] † Nothosaurus marchicus Last Modified in 01/30/20 | 21 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[7] † Nothosaurus mirabilis Last Modified in 01/30/20 | 21 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[8] † Nothosaurus juvenilis Last Modified in 01/30/20 | 34 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[9] † Nothosaurus giganteus Last Modified in 01/30/20 | 8 | 66 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[10] † Nothosaurus zhangi Last Modified in 01/30/20 | 65 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[11] † Nothosaurus tchernovi Last Modified in 01/30/20 | 27 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[12] † Nothosaurus haasi Last Modified in 01/30/20 | 29 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[13] † Nothosaurus youngi Last Modified in 01/30/20 | 6 | 68 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[14] † Nothosaurus jagisteus Last Modified in 01/30/20 | 9 | 65 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[15] † Nothosaurus edingerae Last Modified in 01/30/20 | 48 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[16] † Lariosaurus hongguoensis Last Modified in 01/30/20 | 14 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[17] † Lariosaurus buzzii Last Modified in 01/30/20 | 14 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[18] † Lariosaurus calcagnii Last Modified in 01/30/20 | 12 | 62 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[19] † Lariosaurus curionii Last Modified in 01/30/20 | 21 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[20] † Lariosaurus balsami Last Modified in 01/30/20 | 19 | 55 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[21] † Lariosaurus valceresii Last Modified in 01/30/20 | 18 | 56 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
[22] † Lariosaurus xingyiensis Last Modified in 01/30/20 | 6 | 68 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Project views
type | number of views | Individual items viewed (where applicable) |
Total project views | 10000 | |
Project overview | 1147 | |
Media views | 2443 | Media search (2052 views); M684074 (391 views); |
Matrix views | 751 | Matrix landing page (644 views); Morphological matrix from Liu et al. 2014 (prepared by MorphoBank curators from original submission) (107 views); |
Documents list | 648 | |
Views for media list | 736 | |
Specimen list | 1164 | |
Taxon list | 2604 | |
Bibliography | 507 |
Project downloads
type | number of downloads | Individual items downloaded (where applicable) |
Total downloads from project | 132 | |
Project downloads | 126 | |
Matrix downloads | 4 | Morphological matrix from Liu et al. 2014 (prepared by MorphoBank curators from original submission) (4 downloads); |
Document downloads | 2 | Character list and matrix (2 downloads); |