Revised anatomy, taxonomy and biostratigraphy of Notochampsa istedana Broom, 1904, a Lower Jurassic crocodyliform from the Clarens Formation (Stormberg Group), and its implications for early crocodyliform phylogeny

Dollman Kathleen N.; Clark James M.; Viglietti Pia A.Browning ClaireChoiniere Jonah N.

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Revised anatomy, taxonomy and biostratigraphy of Notochampsa istedana Broom, 1904, a Lower Jurassic crocodyliform from the Clarens Formation (Stormberg Group), and its implications for early crocodyliform phylogeny

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The early-branching crocodylomorph species Notochampsa istedana is known from a single South African specimen collected more than 100 years ago. This species is potentially important for understanding early crocodylomorph evolution, but it is of uncertain taxonomic status and its stratigraphic position is poorly constrained. Here we reinvestigate the anatomy, taxonomy, systematics and biostratigraphy of the holotype specimen, SAM-PK-4013. SAM-PK-4013 has a unique suite of features that distinguish it from the closely related taxa Orthosuchus and Protosuchus. These features include the length and shape of the dentary symphysis, the number and shape of dentary teeth, and the number of dorsal ribs with expanded intercostal ridges. Notochampsa is therefore a valid taxon, and our phylogenetic analysis recovers it as sister to Orthosuchus, in a monophyletic Notochampsidae. Notochampsa and Orthosuchus share a ventrally expanded squamosal flange and expanded intercostal ridges on the dorsal ribs. Notochampsidae is in turn sister to Protosuchidae, forming the monophyletic group Notochampsoidea. Fieldwork and stratigraphic revisions show definitively that SAM-PK-4013 is from the Clarens Formation, approximately similar to 65 m above the Elliot contact, ageing Notochampsa to the Pliensbachian stage, a period of vertebrate body fossil scarcity. Thus, Notochampsa istedana is the youngest known occurrence of a crocodylomorph (and vertebrate body fossil) from the Karoo Basin of South Africa.

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《Journal of Systematic Palaeontology》 |2021年第12期|651-675|共25页
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Dollman Kathleen N.; Clark James M.; Viglietti Pia A.Browning ClaireChoiniere Jonah N.;
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Univ Witwatersrand, Evolutionary Studies Inst, 1 Jan Smuts Ave, ZA-2001 Johannesburg, South Africa;

George Washington Univ, Washington, DC USA;

Field Museum Nat Hist, Negaunee Integrat Res Ctr, 1400 South Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60605 USAIziko South African Museum, 25 Queen Victoria St, ZA-8000 Gardens, South Africa;

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Crocodylomorpha; phylogenetics; Clarens Formation; systematics; South Africa; Notochampsidae;

Revised anatomy, taxonomy and biostratigraphy of Notochampsa istedana Broom, 1904, a Lower Jurassic crocodyliform from the Clarens Formation (Stormberg Group), and its implications for early crocodyliform phylogeny

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