Osteology of Turfanodon bogdaensis (Dicynodontia)

分类： 生物学 >> 生物进化论 提交时间： 2024-05-31

SHI Yu-Tai LIU Jun

摘要： Within the dicynodont genus Turfanodon, there are two recognized species, T.bogdaensis and T. jiufengensis. Both species are known by relatively complete cranial materials, but the mandibles and most postcranial bones have been described only for T. jiufengensis. This paper reports new dicynodont specimens from Turpan, Xinjiang, referring them to T. bogdaensis. They can clearly be differentiated from T. jiufengensis by the flatter lateral surface of the snoutregion, a prominent swelling on the lateral dentary shelf, and the rounded femoral head. Thediagnosis of Turfanodon is revised. The combination of a flat circumorbital rim, posterior portionof anterior pterygoid rami with converging ventral ridges, and a possible autapomorphy, a deepnotch on scapula forming procoracoid foramen, are confirmed. It also differentiated from alldicynodonts other than Myosaurus, Kembawacela and Lystrosaurus by having accessory ridgeslateral to the median palatal ridge.

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