Project 743: M. R. Stocker. 2012. A new phytosaur (Archosauriformes, Phytosauria) from the Lot’s Wife beds (Sonsela Member) within the Chinle Formation (Upper Triassic) of Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (3):573-586.
Specimen: † Protome batalaria Stocker, 2012 (PEFO:34034)
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Abstract

A new phytosaur taxon from Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, is here described based on cranial material from a single individual. This specimen previously was included in an extensive phylogenetic analysis, and it was found to possess a combination of character states that differs from all known phytosaur taxa in addition to two autapomorphies within the braincase and an autapomorphy of the mandible. The new taxon adds to the taxonomic diversity recognized from the Sonsela Member of the Chinle Formation. The continued increase in phytosaur diversity emphasizes the need to more accurately characterize and identify taxa within a phylogenetic systematic context in order to produce a more refined signal for biostratigraphic correlations, biochronologic inferences, and faunal dynamics during the Late Triassic.


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Project DOI: 10.7934/P743, http://dx.doi.org/10.7934/P743
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  • 24 Taxa
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  • 43 Characters
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    • Virginia Tech (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)



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    Taxonomic Overview for Matrix 'M1673' (24 Taxa)

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    [1] † Euparkeria capensis
    Last Modified in 12/05/13
    6353502004
    [2] † 'Paleorhinus' scurriensis
    Last Modified in 12/05/13
    18252500004
    [3] † Paleorhinus bransoni
    Last Modified in 12/05/13
    4383801004
    [4] † 'Paleorhinus' sawini
    Last Modified in 12/05/13
    12303001004
    [5] † Brachysuchus megalodon
    Last Modified in 12/05/13
    9333301004
    [6] † Angistorhinus
    Last Modified in 12/05/13
    9333301004
    [7] † Rutiodon carolinensis
    Last Modified in 12/05/13
    11313101004
    [8] † 'Phytosaurus' doughtyi
    Last Modified in 12/05/13
    24191900004
    [9] † Leptosuchus crosbiensis
    Last Modified in 12/05/13
    7363600004
    [10] † Leptosuchus imperfecta
    Last Modified in 12/05/13
    26171700004
    [11] † Leptosuchus studeri
    Last Modified in 12/05/13
    4393900004
    [12] † Smilosuchus adamanensis
    Last Modified in 12/05/13
    2414100004
    [13] † Smilosuchus lithodendrorum
    Last Modified in 12/05/13
    10333300004
    [14] † 'Machaeroprosopus' zunii
    Last Modified in 12/05/13
    24191900004
    [15] † Smilosuchus gregorii
    Last Modified in 12/05/13
    3404000004
    [16] † PEFO 31218
    Last Modified in 12/05/13
    15282800004
    [17] † PEFO 34239
    Last Modified in 12/05/13
    18252500004
    [18] † Pravusuchus hortus
    Last Modified in 12/05/13
    2414100004
    [19] † Protome batalaria
    Last Modified in 12/05/13
    16262601004
    [20] † TMM 31173 120
    Last Modified in 12/05/13
    2414100004
    [21] † Pseudopalatus mccauleyi
    Last Modified in 12/05/13
    3404000004
    [22] † Pseudopalatus pristinus
    Last Modified in 12/05/13
    2424100004
    [23] † Mystriosuchus westphali
    Last Modified in 12/05/13
    7363600004
    [24] † Pseudopalatus jablonskiae
    Last Modified in 12/05/13
    25181800004


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