The first record of chigutisaurid amphibian from the Late Triassic Tiki Formation and the probable Carnian pluvial episode in central India
A new, partially preserved skull of chigutisaurid amphibian (temnospondyli) has been reported for the first time from the Late Triassic Tiki Formation of India. Chigutisaurids are now known to occur in Australia’s Early and Late Triassic, the Late Triassic in India, Argentina, and Brazil, the Jurass...
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| description | A new, partially preserved skull of chigutisaurid amphibian (temnospondyli) has been reported for the first time from the Late Triassic Tiki Formation of India. Chigutisaurids are now known to occur in Australia’s Early and Late Triassic, the Late Triassic in India, Argentina, and Brazil, the Jurassic of South Africa and Australia, and the Cretaceous of Australia. In India, the first appearance of chigutisaurids marks the Carnian—middle Carnian/Norian Boundary. This work also attempts to correlate, again for the first time, the advent of chigutisaurids and the occurrence of Carnian Pluvial Episodes (CPE) in the Late Triassic Maleri and Tiki Formation of Central India. The new specimen belongs to the genus Compsocerops prevalent in the Late Triassic Maleri Formation occurring 700 km south. However, the chigutisaurid specimen recovered from the Tiki Formation is a new species when compared to that of the Maleri Formation. It has the presence of an inward curved process of the quadratojugal as opposed to the straight downward trending process of the quadratojugal, the presence of vomerine foramen, shorter and wider interpterygoid vacuities, wider subtemporal vacuities, and the base of the interpterygoid vacuities at the same level with the base of the subtemporal vacuity. It proves that the Tiki Formation is coeval with the Lower Maleri Formation and a part of Upper Maleri. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-48c6db2ba5a1461a8a545dc1cb5cf24a2023-12-03T00:53:55ZengPeerJ Inc.PeerJ2167-83592023-03-0111e1486510.7717/peerj.14865The first record of chigutisaurid amphibian from the Late Triassic Tiki Formation and the probable Carnian pluvial episode in central IndiaSanjukta ChakravortiDhurjati Prasad SenguptaA new, partially preserved skull of chigutisaurid amphibian (temnospondyli) has been reported for the first time from the Late Triassic Tiki Formation of India. Chigutisaurids are now known to occur in Australia’s Early and Late Triassic, the Late Triassic in India, Argentina, and Brazil, the Jurassic of South Africa and Australia, and the Cretaceous of Australia. In India, the first appearance of chigutisaurids marks the Carnian—middle Carnian/Norian Boundary. This work also attempts to correlate, again for the first time, the advent of chigutisaurids and the occurrence of Carnian Pluvial Episodes (CPE) in the Late Triassic Maleri and Tiki Formation of Central India. The new specimen belongs to the genus Compsocerops prevalent in the Late Triassic Maleri Formation occurring 700 km south. However, the chigutisaurid specimen recovered from the Tiki Formation is a new species when compared to that of the Maleri Formation. It has the presence of an inward curved process of the quadratojugal as opposed to the straight downward trending process of the quadratojugal, the presence of vomerine foramen, shorter and wider interpterygoid vacuities, wider subtemporal vacuities, and the base of the interpterygoid vacuities at the same level with the base of the subtemporal vacuity. It proves that the Tiki Formation is coeval with the Lower Maleri Formation and a part of Upper Maleri.https://peerj.com/articles/14865.pdfChigutisaurTiki FormationCarnian Pluvial EventTemnospondylLate TriassicIndia |
| spellingShingle | Sanjukta Chakravorti Dhurjati Prasad Sengupta The first record of chigutisaurid amphibian from the Late Triassic Tiki Formation and the probable Carnian pluvial episode in central India PeerJ Chigutisaur Tiki Formation Carnian Pluvial Event Temnospondyl Late Triassic India |
| title | The first record of chigutisaurid amphibian from the Late Triassic Tiki Formation and the probable Carnian pluvial episode in central India |
| title_full | The first record of chigutisaurid amphibian from the Late Triassic Tiki Formation and the probable Carnian pluvial episode in central India |
| title_fullStr | The first record of chigutisaurid amphibian from the Late Triassic Tiki Formation and the probable Carnian pluvial episode in central India |
| title_full_unstemmed | The first record of chigutisaurid amphibian from the Late Triassic Tiki Formation and the probable Carnian pluvial episode in central India |
| title_short | The first record of chigutisaurid amphibian from the Late Triassic Tiki Formation and the probable Carnian pluvial episode in central India |
| title_sort | first record of chigutisaurid amphibian from the late triassic tiki formation and the probable carnian pluvial episode in central india |
| topic | Chigutisaur Tiki Formation Carnian Pluvial Event Temnospondyl Late Triassic India |
| url | https://peerj.com/articles/14865.pdf |
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