New information on the postcranial skeleton of Massetognathus ochagaviae Barberena, 1981 (Eucynodontia,Traversodontidae), from the Middle Triassic of Southern Brazil |
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Authors: | Ane Elise Branco Pavanatto Rodrigo Temp Müller Átila Augusto Stock Da-Rosa Sérgio Dias-da-Silva |
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Affiliation: | 1. Programa de Pós-Gradua??o em Biodiversidade Animal, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria-RS, Brazilanepavanatto@hotmail.comane_pavanatto@mail.ufsm.br;4. Programa de Pós-Gradua??o em Biodiversidade Animal, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria-RS, Brazil;5. Laboratório de Estratigrafia e Paleobiologia, Departamento de Geociências, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria-RS, Brazil;6. Laboratório de Paleobiodiversidade Triássica, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria-RS, Brazil |
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Abstract: | New postcranial remains of Massetognathus ochagaviae are described based on a new specimen collected at the Dinodontosaurus Assemblage Zone from the Middle Triassic of Southern Brazil. Several isolated teeth collected together with the postcranial skeleton allowed a taxonomic assignation of the specimen to M. ochagaviae. Its postcranial morphology is quite similar to Massetognathus pascuali, especially regarding the morphology of the transverse process of presacral vertebrae (i.e. laminar in the anterior most and rounded in the posterior most presacral vertebrae); humerus (i.e. the head is dorsally deflected with a ‘fan-shaped’ distal end a deltopectoral crest abruptly ending at the middle of shaft); and femur (with a bulbous and dorsomedially inclined femoral head, lesser trochanter which abruptly begins near the intertrochanteric fossa and extending up to the middle of the femoral shaft and the medial condyle more pronounced and ventrally projected than the lateral one). On the other hand, the clavicle of M. ochagaviae is less lateromedially elongated than in M. pascuali. |
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Keywords: | Cynodontia Traversodontidae Dinodontosaurus Assemblage Zone Western Gondwana Middle Triassic |
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