Project 5185: R. J. Damiani, J. W. Kitching. 2003. A new brachyopid temnospondyl from theCynognathusAssemblage Zone, Upper Beaufort Group, South Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 23 (1):67-78.
Abstract
A new brachyopid temnospondyl is described from the Early to Middle Triassic Cynognathus Assemblage Zone of the upper Beaufort Group, Karoo Basin of South Africa. Vanastega plurimidens, gen. et sp. nov. is the third brachyopid taxon from the South African Karoo and is distinguished from all other brachyopids mainly through a combination of primitive and derived character states. The position of the nostrils exceptionally close to and anteriorly confluent with the skull margin represents the single known autapomorphy of V. plurimidens. Incorporation of V. plurimidens into a data matrix modified from a recent PAUP-based study of brachyopoids produces a phylogeny in which V. plurimidens is the sister species to Vigilius wellesi from the Anisian of North America. In addition, the Brachyopoidea appear to be phylogenetically closer to the Dvinosauria than to other Triassic temnospondyls, with weak support for the alternative hypothesis, which places the Brachyopoidea closer to typical Triassic stereospondyls. This suggests that brachyopids are derived dvinosaurians, in agreement with earlier hypotheses of brachyopoid interrelationships. Stratigraphie calibration of this phylogeny reveals significant ghost lineages primarily within the Brachyopidae and Chigutisauridae, but also suggests a ghost lineage for the Brachyopoidea back into the Late Permian of southern Africa.Read the article »
Article DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2003)23[67:anbtft]2.0.co;2
Project DOI: 10.7934/P5185, http://dx.doi.org/10.7934/P5185
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Download Project SDD File  | Total scored cells: 1275 Total media associated with cells: 0 Total labels associated with cell media: 0 |
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- Creation Date:
31 March 2024 - Publication Date:
01 April 2024
Authors' Institutions
- University of the Witwatersrand
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Taxonomic Overview for Matrix 'M29777' (27 Taxa)
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| [1] † Outgroup Taxon name last Modified on 03/31/24 | 0 | 61 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [2] † Dvinosauridae Taxon name last Modified on 03/31/24 | 2 | 56 | 56 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [3] † Tupilakosauridae Taxon name last Modified on 03/31/24 | 3 | 56 | 56 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [4] † Rhineceps Taxon name last Modified on 03/31/24 | 2 | 58 | 58 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [5] † Watsonisuchus Taxon name last Modified on 03/31/24 | 0 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [6] † Rhytidosteidae Taxon name last Modified on 03/31/24 | 0 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [7] † Brachyops Taxon name last Modified on 03/31/24 | 26 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [8] † Bothriceps Taxon name last Modified on 03/31/24 | 21 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [9] † Platycepsion Taxon name last Modified on 03/31/24 | 43 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [10] † Batrachosuchus browni Taxon name last Modified on 03/31/24 | 18 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [11] † Batrachosuchus watsoni Taxon name last Modified on 03/31/24 | 13 | 47 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [12] † Xenobrachyops Taxon name last Modified on 03/31/24 | 4 | 56 | 56 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [13] † Batrachosuchus concordi Taxon name last Modified on 03/31/24 | 16 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [14] † Batrachosuchus henwoodi Taxon name last Modified on 03/31/24 | 19 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [15] † Banksiops Taxon name last Modified on 03/31/24 | 9 | 51 | 51 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [16] † Hadrokkosaurus Taxon name last Modified on 03/31/24 | 3 | 57 | 57 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [17] † Notobrachyops Taxon name last Modified on 03/31/24 | 46 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [18] † Batrachosuchoides Taxon name last Modified on 03/31/24 | 40 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [19] † Sinobrachyops Taxon name last Modified on 03/31/24 | 20 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [20] † Keratobrachyops australis Taxon name last Modified on 03/31/24 | 4 | 56 | 56 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [21] † Keratobrachyops sp. Taxon name last Modified on 03/31/24 | 13 | 47 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [22] † Pelorocephalus spp. Taxon name last Modified on 03/31/24 | 0 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [23] † Kuttycephalus Taxon name last Modified on 03/31/24 | 19 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [24] † Compsocerops Taxon name last Modified on 03/31/24 | 5 | 55 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [25] † Siderops Taxon name last Modified on 03/31/24 | 11 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [26] † Koolasuchus Taxon name last Modified on 03/31/24 | 24 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [27] † Vanastega Taxon name last Modified on 03/31/24 | 11 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |