Postcranial remains of Baphetes and their bearing on the relationships of the Baphetidae (=Loxommatidae)

被引:25
作者
Milner, AC [1 ]
Lindsay, W [1 ]
机构
[1] Nat Hist Museum, Dept Palaeontol, London SW7 5BD, England
关键词
tetrapod; pectoral girdle; forelimb; pelvic girdle; hind limb; morphology; phylogeny;
D O I
10.1006/zjls.1997.0119
中图分类号
Q95 [动物学];
学科分类号
071002 ;
摘要
The first unequivocal postcranial remains of baphetids (= loxommatids) associated with skull roof and lower jaw material are reported from a specimen of Baphetes from the English Upper Carboniferous, Duckmantian. Characters of the mandible, including the incorporation in the symphysis of paired parasymphysial plates, permit the identification of a previously indeterminate jaw from the Langsettian (Westphalian A) of Nova Scotia, as baphetid. The postcranial remains include vertebrae, pectoral and pelvic limb and limb girdle elements that present a combination of unique characters extending the diagnosis of the family Baphetidae, together with plesiomophic and derived characters which suggest that baphetids are primitive stem group tetrapods. (C) 1998 The Linnean Society of London.
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页码:211 / 235
页数:25
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