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Expanded Sampling Across Ontogeny in Deltasuchus motherali (Neosuchia, Crocodyliformes): Revealing Ecomorphological Niche Partitioning and Appalachian Endemism in Cenomanian Crocodyliforms: Elements of Paleontology

Autor Stephanie K. Drumheller, Thomas L. Adams, Hannah Maddox, Christopher R. Noto
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 2 iun 2021
New material attributable to Deltasuchus motherali, a neosuchian from the Cenomanian of Texas, provides sampling across much of the ontogeny of this species. Detailed descriptions provide information about the paleobiology of this species, particularly with regards to how growth and development affected diet. Overall snout shape became progressively wider and more robust with age, suggesting that dietary shifts from juvenile to adult were not only a matter of size change, but of functional performance as well. These newly described elements provide additional characters upon which to base more robust phylogenetic analyses. The authors provide a revised diagnosis of this species, describing the new material and discussing incidents of apparent ontogenetic variation across the sampled population. The results of the ensuing phylogenetic analyses both situate Deltasuchus within an endemic clade of Appalachian crocodyliforms, separate and diagnosable from goniopholidids and pholidosaurs, herein referred to as Paluxysuchidae. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781009005814
ISBN-10: 1009005812
Pagini: 75
Dimensiuni: 151 x 226 x 3 mm
Greutate: 0.11 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Elements of Paleontology

Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

1. Introduction; 2 Age and Geologic Setting; 3. Systematic Paleontology; 4. Description; 5. Phylogenetic Analysis; 6. Discussion; 7. Conclusions; References.

Descriere

An ontogenetic series of Deltasuchus motherali helps clarify its niche and resolve a contested part of the crocodyliform family tree.