DIFFERENCES IN THE HINDLIMB ANATOMY IN THE TWO SPECIES OF THE LATE TRIASSIC DREPANOSAUROMORPH DIAPSID <em>MEGALANCOSAURUS</em> INDICATE HABITAT PARTITIONING WITHIN THE ARBOREAL ENVIRONMENT

DIFFERENCES IN THE HINDLIMB ANATOMY IN THE TWO SPECIES OF THE LATE TRIASSIC DREPANOSAUROMORPH DIAPSID <em>MEGALANCOSAURUS</em> INDICATE HABITAT PARTITIONING WITHIN THE ARBOREAL ENVIRONMENT

Discovery of two different morphologies of the hindlimb in specimens ascribed to the Triassic drepanosauromorph diapsid Megalancosaurus led to the erection of two distinct species within this genus: M. preonensis and M. endennae. In the present study a re-examination of the hindlimb architecture of...

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Main Authors: Silvio Renesto, FRANCO SALLER
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Milano University Press 2023-05-01
Series:Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia
Subjects:
Megalancosaurus (Diapsida Drepanosauromorpha); Triassic; functional morphology; interspecific variation; osteology; locomotion; palaeoecology.
Online Access:https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/19176

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