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The osteology and systematic position of Dongusuchus efremovi Sennikov, 1988 from the Anisian (Middle Triassic) of Russia

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dc.contributor.author Niedźwiedzki G.
dc.contributor.author Sennikov A.
dc.contributor.author Brusatte S.
dc.date.accessioned 2018-09-19T20:37:42Z
dc.date.available 2018-09-19T20:37:42Z
dc.date.issued 2016
dc.identifier.issn 0891-2963
dc.identifier.uri https://dspace.kpfu.ru/xmlui/handle/net/143070
dc.description.abstract © 2016, © 2014 Taylor & Francis. European Russia has yielded several fragmentary but potentially important archosauriform specimens from the Middle Triassic, but these have been only briefly described in the literature. One of these puzzling taxa is Dongusuchus efremovi Sennikov, 1988, described from the Donguz Svita. We present a redescription of Dongusuchus efremovi, which includes the first photographic atlas and thorough anatomical description of the holotype and referred specimens. This taxon is shown to be a gracile, probably fast-running species with elongate and slender limbs. A phylogenetic analysis recovers Dongusuchus efremovi as an early-diverging, non-archosaurian archosauriform. Previous work had suggested that this taxon was a ‘rauisuchid’. The gracile proportions of the femur and somewhat wedge-shaped head, however, are unusual for basal archosauriforms and are similar to the plesiomorphic state in crocodile and avian-line crown archosaurs. Several Early-Middle Triassic basal archosauriforms and early members of the crocodile and avian lineages were gracile with elongate, slender limbs. This suggests that the limb morphology of Dongusuchus efremovi may be plesiomorphic for Archosauria and proximal clades.
dc.relation.ispartofseries Historical Biology
dc.subject Archosauria
dc.subject Archosauriformes
dc.subject Archosauromorpha
dc.subject Donguz
dc.subject Middle Triassic
dc.subject Russia
dc.title The osteology and systematic position of Dongusuchus efremovi Sennikov, 1988 from the Anisian (Middle Triassic) of Russia
dc.type Article
dc.relation.ispartofseries-issue 4
dc.relation.ispartofseries-volume 28
dc.collection Публикации сотрудников КФУ
dc.relation.startpage 550
dc.source.id SCOPUS08912963-2016-28-4-SID84944149673


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