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[dinosaur] Fwd: Scutarx (aetosaur) osteology (free pdf)



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From: Ben Creisler <bcreisler@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 4:10 PM
Subject: Scutarx (aetosaur) osteology (free pdf)
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Ben Creisler
bcreisler@gmail.com

A new paper with more on Scutarx, first described back in January:

William G. Parker ​ (2016)
Osteology of the Late Triassic aetosaur Scutarx deltatylus (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia)
PeerJ Preprints 4:e1924v1
 
Aetosaurs are some of the most common fossils collected from the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation of Arizona, especially at the Petrified Forest National Park. Four partial skeletons collected from the park from 2002 through 2009 represent the holotype and referred specimens of Scutarx deltatylus. These specimens include much of the carapace, as well as the vertebral column, and shoulder and pelvic girldles. A partial skull represents the first aetosaur skull recovered from Arizona since the 1930s. Scutarx deltatylus can be distinguished from closely related forms Calyptosuchus wellesi and Adamanasuchus eisenhardtae not only morphologically, but also stratigraphically. Thus, Scutarx deltatylus is potentially an index taxon for the upper part of the Adamanian biozone.