CoChat
Sign Up
Cited by 71Paleontology and Evolutionary BiologyEvolution and Paleontology StudiesPaleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

The DOI matches its Crossref record.

The Chañares Formation: a window to a Middle Triassic tetrapod community

Open access
Mancuso, Adriana C., Gaetano, Leandro C., Leardi, Juan M., Abdala, Fernando, Arcucci, Andrea B.·2014·Lethaia
DOI 10.1111/let.12055
Open this paper in CoChat — free account

Abstract

The Chañares Formation is known worldwide for its diverse and well-preserved Ladinian non-marine tetrapod assemblage, including a wide variety of archosauriform reptiles (proterochampsids, early offshoots of the crocodilian line and dinosaurian precursors) and synapsids represented by dicynodonts and cynodonts. This tetrapod record offers an opportunity to evaluate, within a taphonomic context, the palaeoecology of this Middle Triassic fauna. The taphonomic analysis of the Chañares assemblage, under precise stratigraphical control, indicates that it is a good representation of the original faunal composition allowing us to address the palaeoecological interactions between its components. Mass estimations and morphology-based palaeobiological inferences of Chañares tetrapods are used to reconstruct the trophic structure of the community. Chañares tetrapod fauna was numerically dominated by middle-sized herbivorous and small faunivorous cynodonts, whereas middle-sized faunivorous cynodonts and large dicynodonts were less common. In contrast to the therapsids, which show a low species-richness and high abundance, the archosauriforms are less abundant, but are the most taxonomically diverse group. The large paracrocodylomorphs (estimated body masses between 350 and 500 kg) are identified as the top predators of the community, and the traversodontid cynodonts and dicynodonts (estimated body masses reaching approximately 43 and 360 kg, respectively) are indentified as the base herb…

Overview

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.1111/let.12055

Cites

Statistics

Recomputing p-values needs the paper’s full text.

Verification

Claims the paper makes

We couldn’t retrieve this paper’s full text, so its claims and self-check weren’t run. The registry and citation checks still apply.

Claims other papers make about this one

Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?

  • The Chañares Formation has yielded a diverse assemblage of tetrapods including a variety of archosaurs closely related to dinosaurs (Dinosauriformes).

    “The Agua de la Peña Group also encompasses several other Triassic-age continental deposits, one of which, the Chañares Formation, has yielded a diverse assemblage of tetrapods including a variety of archosaurs closely related to dinosaurs (Dinosauriformes) (8).”

    From Dating the origin of dinosaurs (2016) · cites this paper as [8]

  • The faunal assemblage of the Chañares Formation became the quintessential example of a Middle Triassic vertebrate community from Gondwana.

    “Its faunal assemblage became the quintessential example of a Middle Triassic vertebrate community from Gondwana (8).”

    From Dating the origin of dinosaurs (2016) · cites this paper as [8]

Citations

Cites

No references could be resolved yet.

Research works printed but not linked: 114

  1. Abdala F. 1996: Los chiniquodontoideos (Synapsida Cynodontia) sudamericanos. Unpublished PhD thesis Universidad Nacional de Tucumán Tucumán Argentina 381 pp.
  2. Abdala, F. & Giannini, N.P. 2000: Gomphodont cynodonts of the Chañares Formation: the analysis of an ontogenetic sequence. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20, 501–506. · DOI
  3. Abdala, F. & Giannini, N.P. 2002: Chiniquodontid cynodonts: systematic and morphometric considerations. Palaeontology 45, 1151–1170. · DOI
  4. Abdala, F. & Smith, R.M.H. 2009: A Middle Triassic cynodont fauna from Namibia and its implications for the biogeography of Gondwana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29, 837–851. · DOI
  5. Abdala, F., Cisneros, J.C. & Smith, R.M.H. 2006: Faunal aggregation in the Early Triassic Karoo Basin: earliest evidence of shelter-sharing behavior among tetrapods? Palaios 21, 507–512. · DOI
  6. Abdala, F., Martinelli, A.G., Soares, M.B., de la Fuente, M. & Ribeiro, A.M. 2009: South American Middle Triassic continental faunas with amniotes: bioestratigraphy and correlation. Palaeontologia Africana 44, 83–87.
  7. Abdala, F., Marsicano, C.A., Smith, R.M.H. & Swart, R. 2013: Strengthening Western Gondwanan correlations: a Brazilian dicynodont (Synapsida, Anomodontia) in the Middle Triassic of Namibia. Gondwana Research 23, 1151–1162. · DOI
  8. Anderson, J.F., Hall-Martin, A. & Russell, D.A. 1985: Long bone circumference and weight in mammals, birds and dinosaurs. Journal of Zoology 207, 53–61. · DOI
  9. Arcucci, A.B. 1986: Nuevos materiales y reinterpretación de Lagerpeton chanarensis Romer (Thecodontia, Lagerpetonidae nov.) del Triásico Medio de La Rioja, Argentina. Ameghiniana 23, 233–242.
  10. Arcucci, A.B. 1987: Un nuevo Lagosuchidae (Thecodontia-Pseudosuchia) de la fauna de Los Chañares (edad reptil Chañarense, Triásico Medio), La Rioja, Argentina. Ameghiniana 24, 89–94.
  11. Arcucci, A.B. 1990: Un nuevo Proterochampsidae (Reptilia-Archosauriformes) de la fauna local de Los Chañares (Triásico Medio), La Rioja, Argentina. Ameghiniana 27, 365–378.
  12. Arcucci, A.B. 1996: Phylogenetic analysis of the Proterochampsidae and its relationships to basal archosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16, 20A.
  13. Arcucci A.B. 2011: Sistemática y filogenia de los Proterochampsidae (Amniota Diápsida Archosauriformes) del Triásico de América del Sur y sus implicancias en el origen de Archosauria. Unpublished PhD thesis Universidad Nacional de San Luis San Luis Argentina 302 pp.
  14. Arcucci, A.B. & Marsicano, C.A. 1998: A distinctive archosaur from the Lower Triassic (Los Chañares Formation) of Argentina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18, 228–233. · DOI
  15. Azevedo, S.K., Schultz, C.L. & Barberena, M.C. 1990: Novas evidências bioestratigráficas e paleoecológicas na análise da evolução explosiva dos rincossauros do Triássico. Paula-Coutiana 4, 23–33.
  16. Barret, P.M., Butler, R.J. & Nesbitt, S.J. 2011: The roles of herbivory and omnivory in early dinosaur evolution. Earth and Enviromental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 101, 383–396. · DOI
  17. Behrensmeyer, A.K. 1978: Taphonomic and ecologic information from bone weathering. Paleobiology 4, l50–l62. · DOI · Paper page
  18. Behrensmeyer A.K. 1991: Terrestrial vertebrate accumulations. In Allison P. & Briggs D.E.G. (eds): Taphonomy: Releasing the Data Locked in the Fossil Record 291–335. Plenum New York NY. · DOI
  19. 10.1038/nature02950 · DOI
  20. Bittencourt, J.S., Arcucci, A.B. & Langer, M.C. 2011: The anatomy of the early dinosauriform Lewisuchus admixtus, Ladinian of Argentina, and its phylogenetic implications. IV Congreso Latinoamericano de Paleontología de Vertebrados, Actas, 245 pp.
  21. Bonaparte, J.F. 1967: Comentario sobre la ‘Formación Chañares’ de la cuenca triásica de Ischigualasto-Villa Unión (San Juan-La Rioja). Acta Geológica Lilloana 9, 115–119.
  22. Bonaparte, J.F. 1969: Dos nuevas ‘faunas’ de reptiles triásicos de Argentina. Gondwana Stratigraphy 2, 283–306.
  23. Bonaparte, J.F. 1975: Nuevos materiales de Lagosuchus talampayensis Romer (Thecodontia-Pseudosuchia) y su significado en el origen de los Saurischia. Chanarense inferior, Triasico medio de Argentina. Acta Geológica Lilloana 13, 1–90.
  24. Caselli A.T. 1998: Estratigrafía y sedimentología de las formaciones Patquía (Pérmico) y Talampaya (Triásico inferior) en las Sierras Pampeanas Noroccidentales y Precordillera Central (provincias de La Rioja y San Juan). Unpublished PhD thesis Universidad de Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Argentina 437 pp.
  25. Caselli, A.T., Marsicano, C.A. & Arcucci, A.B. 2001: Sedimentología y paleontología de la Formación Los Colorados, Triásico Superior (provincias de La Rioja y San Juan, Argentina). Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina 56, 173–188.
  26. Catlin, P.C. 1988: Similarities and contrasts in the diets of foxes, Vulpes vulpes, and cats, Felis catus, relative to fluctuating prey populations and drought. Australian Wildlife Research 15, 307–317. · DOI
  27. Chaterjee, S. 1978: A primitive parasuchid from the Upper Triassic Maleri Formation of India. Palaeontology 21, 83–127.
  28. Cox, C.B. 1965: New Triassic dicynodonts from South America, their origins and relationships. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, Biological Sciences 248, 457–514.
  29. Cox, C.B. 1968: The Chañares (Argentina) Triassic reptile fauna. IV. The dicynodont fauna. Breviora 295, 1–27.
  30. Crompton, A.W. 1955: On some Triassic cynodonts from Tanganyika. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London B 125, 617–669. · DOI
  31. Crompton, A.W. 1972: Postcanine occlusion in cynodonts and tritylodonts. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History, Geology 21, 30–71.
  32. Damiani, R., Modesto, S., Yates, A. & Neveling, J. 2003: Earliest evidence of cynodont burrowing. Proceedings Biological sciences/The Royal Society 270, 1747–1751. · DOI
  33. Desojo, J.B. & Arcucci, A.B. 2008: New material of Luperosuchus fractus, the earliest known Rauisuchian (Diapsida: Archosauria) from the middle Triassic of Argentina. III Congreso Latinomaericano de Paleontologia de Vertebrados, Actas, 80 pp.
  34. Desojo, J.B. & Arcucci, A.B. 2009: New material of Luperosuchus fractus (Archosauria: Crurotarsi) from the Middle Triassic of Argentina: the earliest known South American ‘rauisuchian’. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29, 1311–1315. · DOI
  35. Desojo, J.B., Ezcurra, M.D. & Schultz, C.L. 2011: An unusual new archosauriform from the Middle–Late Triassic of southern Brazil and the monophyly of Doswelliidae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 161, 839–871. · DOI
  36. Dilkes, D. & Arcucci, A.B. 2012: Proterochampsa barrionuevoi (Archosauriformes: Proterochampsia) from the Late Triassic (Carnian) of Argentina and a phylogenetic analysis of Proterochampsia. Palaeontology 55, 835–885. · DOI
  37. Dilkes, D. & Sues, H.-D. 2009: Redescription and phylogenetic relationships of Doswellia kaltenbachi (Diapsida: Archosauriformes) from the Upper Triassic of Virginia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29, 58–79. · DOI
  38. Domnanovich N.S. 2010: Revisión de los Dicinodontes Kannemeyéridos (Amniota Therapsida) de Argentina relaciones filogenéticas e implicancias paleobiogeográficas. Unpublished PhD thesis Universidad de Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Argentina 387 pp.
  39. Eberth D.A. Rogers R.R. & Fiorillo A.R. 2007: A practical approach to the study of bonebeds. In Rogers R.R. Eberth D.A. & Fiorillo A.R. (eds): Bonebeds: Genesis Analysis and Paleobiological Significance 265–331. University of Chicago Press Chicago IL. · DOI
  40. Estes R.D. 1991: The Behavior Guide to African Mammals 611 pp. The University of California Press Berkeley CA.
  41. Fariña, R.A., Vizcaíno, S.F. & Bargo, M.S. 1998: Body mass estimations in Lujanian (Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene of South America) mammal megafauna. Mastozoología Neotropical 5, 87–108.
  42. Farlow, J.O., Hurlburt, G.R., Elsey, R.M., Britton, A.R.C. & Langston, W. Jr 2005: Femoral dimensions and body size of Alligator mississippiensis: estimating the size of extinct mesoeucrocodylians. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25, 354–369. · DOI · Paper page
  43. Fiorillo, A.R., Padian, K. & Musikasinthorn, C. 2000: Taphonomy and depositional setting of the Placerias Quarry (Chinle Formation: Late Triassic, Arizona). Palaios 15, 373–386. · DOI
  44. França, M.A., Ferigolo, J. & Langer, M.C. 2011: Associated skeletons of a new middle Triassic ‘Rauisuchia’ from Brazil. Die Naturwissenchaften 98, 389–395. · DOI
  45. Gower, D.J. 2000: Rauisuchian archosaurs (Reptilia, Diapsida): an overview. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 218, 447–488. · DOI
  46. Groenewald, G.H., Welman, J. & MacEachern, J.A. 2001: Vertebrate burrow complexes from the Early Triassic Cynognathus Zone (Driekoppen Formation, Beaufort Group) of the Karoo Basin, South Africa. Palaios 16, 148–160. · DOI
  47. Hillson S. 1990: Teeth 376 pp. Cambridge University Press Cambridge.
  48. Hopson, J.A. & Sues, H.-D. 2006: A traversodont cynodont from the Middle Triassic (Landian) of Baden-Württemberg (Germany). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 80, 124–129. · DOI
  49. Irmis, R.B., Mundil, R., Martz, J.W. & Parker, W.G. 2011: High-resolution U-Pb ages from the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation (New Mexico, USA) support a diachronous rise of dinosaurs. Earth & Planetary Science Letters 309, 258–267. · DOI
  50. Janis C. 1990: Correlation of cranial and dental variables with body size in ungulates and macropodoids. In Damuth J. & MacFadden B.J. (eds): Body Size in Mammalian Paleobiology: Estimation and Biological Implications 255–299. Cambridge University Press Cambridge.
  51. Jenkins, F. Jr 1970: The Chañares (Argentina) Triassic reptile fauna. VII. The postcranial skeleton of the traversodontid Massetognathus pascuali (Therapsida-Cynodontia). Breviora 352, 1–28.
  52. Kemp T.S. 1982: Mammal-like Reptiles and the Origin of Mammals 363 pp. Academic Press London.
  53. Kemp T.S. 2005: The Origin and Evolution of Mammals 331 pp. Oxford University Press Oxford. · DOI
  54. Langer M.C. Ribeiro A.M. Schultz C.L. & Ferigolo J. 2007: The continental tetrapod-bearing Triassic of south Brazil. In Lucas S.G. & Spielmann J.A. (eds): The Global Triassic 201–218. New Mexico Museum of History and Science Bulletin 41.
  55. Leardi, J.M. 2012: New paracrocodylomorph (Archosauria, Pseudosuchia) remains from the Chañares Formation (Middle Triassic) from La Rioja, Argentina. Ameghiniana 49, 49R.
  56. Lecuona, A. & Desojo, J.B. 2011: Hind limb osteology of Gracilisuchus stipanicicorum (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia). Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 102, 105–128. · DOI
  57. Lucas, S.G. 1998: Global Triassic tetrapod biostratigraphy and biochronology. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 143, 347–384. · DOI
  58. Lyman R.L. 1994: Vertebrate Taphonomy 524 pp. Cambridge University Press Cambridge. · DOI
  59. Mancuso A.C. 2005a: Tafonomía en ambientes lacustres: estudio integral de las asociaciones fósiles de las secuencias lacustres del Triásico Medio de la Cuenca de Ischigualasto-Villa Unión (formaciones Chañares Los Rastros e Ischichuca). Unpublished PhD thesis Universidad de Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Argentina 208 pp.
  60. Mancuso, A.C. 2005b: Revisión y aportes a la estratigrafía de la sección inferior del Grupo Agua de la Peña (Triásico Medio, Argentina). XVI Congreso Geológico Argentino, La Plata, Argentina, Actas 3, 415–422.
  61. Mancuso, A.C. & Caselli, A.T. 2012: Paleolimnology evolution in rift basins: the Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin (Central-Western Argentina) during the Triassic. Sedimentary Geology 275–276, 38–54, <http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo> [accessed 2012 07 12]. · DOI
  62. Mancuso, A. & Marsicano, C.A. 2008: Paleoenvironments and taphonomy of a Triassic lacustrine system (Los Rastros Formation, central-western Argentina). Palaios 23, 535–547. · DOI
  63. Mancuso, A.C., Caselli, A.T., Barredo, S. & Marsicano, C.A. 2004: Análisis de facies de la sección inferior de la Formación Ischichuca (Triásico Medio) en el Cerro Bola, provincia de La Rioja, Argentina. X Reunión Argentina de Sedimentología, Actas, 91 pp.
  64. Marsicano, C.A., Domnanovich, N. & Mancuso, A. 2007: Dinosaur origins: evidence from the footprint record. Historical Biology 19, 83–91. · DOI
  65. 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.03.009 · DOI
  66. Martinez, R.N., Sereno, P.C., Alcober, O.A., Colombi, C.E., Renne, P.R., Montañez, I.P. & Currie, B.S. 2011: A basal dinosaur from the dawn of the dinosaur era in southwestern Pangaea. Science 331, 206–210. · DOI
  67. Massare, J.A. 1987: Tooth morphology and prey preference of Mesozoic marine reptiles. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 7, 130–131. · DOI
  68. McNaughton, S.J. 1986: Grazing lawns: animals in herds, plant form, and coevolution. The American Naturalist 124, 863–886. · DOI · Paper page
  69. Nesbitt, S.J. 2011: The early evolution of archosaurs: relationships and the origin of major clades. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 352, 1–292. · DOI
  70. 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00530.x · DOI
  71. Nesbitt, S.J., Sidor, C.A., Irmis, R.B., Angielczyk, K.D., Smith, R.M.H. & Tsuji, L.A. 2010: Ecologically distinct dinosaurian sister group shows early diversification of Ornithodira. Nature 464, 95–98. · DOI
  72. Ogg J.G. 2012: Triassic. In Gradstein F.M. Ogg J.G. Schmitz M. & Ogg G. (eds): The Geologic Timescale 681–730. Elsevier Amsterdam. · DOI
  73. de Oliveira Bueno A. 2012: Evidências de gregarismo e construção de toca em Dinodontosaurus turpior (Therapsida Anomodontia) do Triássico Médio do Rio Grande do Sul Brasil. Master thesis. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. 51 pp.
  74. de Oliveira Bueno, A., Cisneros, J.C. & Schultz, C.L. 2011: Evidence of gregarious and burrowing habits in Dinodontosaurus turpior (Therapsida, Dicynodontia) from the Triassic Santa Maria Formation of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Ameghiniana 48, R39.
  75. Oliveira, T.V., Schultz, C.L. & Soares, M.B. 2009: A partial skeleton of Chiniquodon (Cynodontia, Chiniquodontidae) from the Brazilian Middle Triassic. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 12, 113–122. · DOI
  76. 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2009.01137.x · DOI
  77. Pol, D., Leardi, J.M., Lecuona, A. & Krause, M. 2012: Postcranial anatomy of Sebecus icaeorhinus (Crocodyliformes, Sebecidae) from the Eocene of Patagonia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32, 328–354. · DOI
  78. Ray, S. & Chinsamy, A. 2003: Functional aspects of the postcranial anatomy of the Permian dicynodont Diictodon and their ecological implications. Palaeontology 46, 151–183. · DOI
  79. Rogers R.R. 1994: Collecting taphonomic data from vertebrate localities. In Leigi P. & May P. (eds): Vertebrate Paleontological Techniques 47–58. Cambridge University Press Cambridge.
  80. Rogers, R.R., Arcucci, A.B., Abdala, F., Sereno, P.C., Forster, C.A. & May, C.L. 2001: Paleoenvironment and taphonomy of the Chañares Formation tetrapod assemblage (Middle Triassic), northwestern Argentina: spectacular preservation in volcanogenic concretions. Palaios 16, 461–481. · DOI
  81. Romer, A. 1966: The Chañares (Argentina) Triassic reptile fauna. I. Introduction. Breviora 247, 1–14.
  82. Romer, A. 1967: The Chañares (Argentina) Triassic reptile fauna. III. Two new gomphodonts. Massetognathus pascuali and Massetognathus terugii. Breviora 264, 1–25.
  83. Romer, A. 1969: The Chañares (Argentina) Triassic reptile fauna. V. A new chiniquodontid cynodont. Probelesodon lewisi. Cynodont ancestry. Breviora 333, 1–24.
  84. Romer, A. 1971a: The Chañares (Argentina) Triassic reptile fauna. IX. The Chañares Formation. Breviora 377, 1–8.
  85. Romer, A. 1971b: The Chañares (Argentina) Triassic reptile fauna. XI. Two new long-snouted thecodonts. Chanaresuchus and Gualosuchus. Breviora 379, 1–22.
  86. Romer, A. 1972a: The Chañares (Argentina) Triassic reptile fauna. XVII. The Chañares gomphodonts. Breviora 396, 1–9.
  87. Romer, A. 1972b: The Chañares (Argentina) Triassic reptile fauna. XVI. Thecodont classification. Breviora 395, 1–24.
  88. Romer, A. 1973: The Chañares (Argentina) Triassic reptile fauna. XX. Summary. Breviora 413, 1–20.
  89. Romer, A. & Jensen, J. 1966: The Chañares (Argentina) Triassic reptile fauna. II. Sketch of the geology of the Rio Chañares. Rio Gualo region. Breviora 252, 1–20.
  90. Romer, A. & Lewis, A. 1973: The Chañares (Argentina) Triassic reptile fauna. XIX Postcranial materials of the cynodonts Probelesodon and Probainognathus. Breviora 407, 1–26.
  91. Santi Malnis, P., Colombi, C.E., Kent, D.V., Alcober, O.A. & Martínez, R. 2011: Assesing the age of Los Colorados Formation, Ischigualasto-Villa Union Basin, Argentina. Temporal implications for Coloradian fauna. Ameghiniana 48, R203–R204.
  92. Schoch, R.R. 2006: A complete trematosaurid amphibian from the Middle Triassic of Germany. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26, 29–43. · DOI
  93. Schoch, R.R. 2011a: A procolophonid-like tetrapod from the German Middle Triassic. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 259, 251–255. · DOI
  94. Schoch, R.R. 2011b: New archosauriform remains from the German Lower Keuper. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 260, 87–100. · DOI
  95. Schultz, C.L., Scherer, C.M.S. & Barberena, M.C. 2000: Biostratigraphy of southern Brazilian Middle–Upper Triassic. Revista Brasileira de Geociências 30, 495–498. · DOI
  96. Scott K. 1990: Postcranial dimensions of ungulates as predictors of body mass. In Damuth J. & MacFadden B.J. (eds): Body Size in Mammalian Paleobiology: Estimation and Biological Implications 301–335. Cambridge University Press Cambridge.
  97. Sereno, P.C. 1991: Basal archosaurs: Phylogenetic relationships and Functional implications. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 2, 1–53. · DOI
  98. Sereno, P.C. & Arcucci, A.B. 1993: Dinosaurian precursors from the Middle Triassic of Argentina: Lagerpeton chanarensis. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 13, 385–399. · DOI
  99. Sereno, P.C. & Arcucci, A.B. 1994: Dinosaurian precursors from the Middle Triassic of Argentina: Marasuchus Lilloensis, gen.nov. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 14, 53–73. · DOI
  100. Shishkin M.A. Ochev V.G. Lozovskii V.R. & Novikov I.V. 2000: Tetrapod biostratigraphy of the Triassic of Eastern Europe. In Benton M.J. Shishkin M.A. Unwin D.M. & Kurochkin E.N. (eds): The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia 120–139. Cambridge University Press New York NY.
  101. Sill, W.D. 1967: Proterochampsa barrionuevoi and the early evolution of the Crocodilia. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 135, 415–446.
  102. Smith, R.M.H. & Swart, R. 2002: Changing fluvial environments and vertebrate taphonomy in response to climatic drying in a Mid-Triassic rift valley fill: the Omingonde Formation (Karoo Supergroup) of central Namibia. Palaios 17, 249–267. · DOI
  103. Soares, M., Abdala, F. & Bertoni-Machado, C. 2011: A sectorial toothed cynodont (Therapsida) from the Triassic Santa Cruz do Sul fauna, Santa Maria Formation, Southern Brazil. Geodiversitas 33, 265–278. · DOI
  104. Stipanicic, P. & Bonaparte, J.F. 1979: Cuenca triásica de Ischigualasto-Villa Unión (Provincias de La Rioja y San Juan). II Simposio de Geología Argentina 1, 523–575.
  105. Surkov, M.V. & Benton, M.J. 2008: Head kinematics and feeding adaptations of the Permian and Triassic dicynodonts. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28, 1120–1129. · DOI
  106. 10.1144/SP379.19 · DOI
  107. Tałanda, M., Dzięcioł, S., Sulej, T. & Niedźwiedzki, G. 2011: Vertebrate burrow system from the Upper Triassic of Poland. Palaios 26, 99–105. · DOI
  108. Terry, D.O., LaGarry, H.E. & Hunt, R.M. Jr 1998: Depositional environments, lithostratigraphy, and biostratigraphy of the White River and Arikaree Groups: (Late Eocene to Early Miocene, North America). The Geological Society of America Special Paper 325, 211.
  109. Troost, T.A., Kooi, B.W. & Dieckmann, U. 2008: Joint evolution of predator body size and prey-size preference. Evolutionary Ecology 22, 771–799. · DOI
  110. Trotteyn, M.J. & Desojo, J.B. 2011: Tamaño corporal de los proterochámpsidos de la Formación Ischigualasto (Triásico Tardío-Carniano) de Argentina. IV Congreso Latino-Americano de Paleontología de Vertebrados, Actas, 224 pp.
  111. Uliana, M.A. & Biddle, K. 1988: Mesozoic-Cenozoic paleogeographic and geodynamic evolution of southern South America. Revista Brasileira de Geociências 18, 172–190. · DOI
  112. van Valkenburgh B. 1990: Skeletal and dental predictors of body mass in carnivores. In Damuth J. & MacFadden B.J. (eds): Body Size in Mammalian Paleobiology: Estimation and Biological Implications 181–205. Cambridge University Press Cambridge.
  113. Voorhies M.R. 1969: Taphonomy and population dynamics of the early Pliocene vertebrate fauna Knox County Nebraska. Contributions to Geology University of Wyoming Special Paper 1 69. · DOI
  114. Weems, R.E. 1980: An unusual newly discovered archosaur from the Upper Triassic of Virginia, U.S.A. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series 70, 1–53. · DOI

Cited by

Sorted by citations

Metadata

Authors
Mancuso, A. C., Gaetano, L. C., Leardi, J. M., Abdala, F., & Arcucci, A. B.
Affiliations
  • Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (AR)
  • University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)
  • National University of San Luis (AR)
ORCID
Venue
Lethaia
Publisher
Scandinavian University Press
Published
2014-04
Volume
47
Issue
2
Pages
244-265
ISSN
  • 0024-1164 (ISSN-L)
  • 1502-3931
DOI
10.1111/let.12055
OpenAlex
W2084803211
Cited by
71
References
0
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 3
FWCI
3.16
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • Lethaia (publishedVersion)
  • CONICET Digital (CONICET) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
Funders
  • PIP CONICET (0535/98, 5120, 0209/10)
  • UBACyT (20020100100728)
  • Jurassic Foundation (PICT 32236)
  • Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
  • National Research Foundation of South Africa
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
Keywords
Chañares Formation, Middle Triassic, Ladinian, paleoecology, taphonomy, trophic structure, archosauriforms, dicynodonts, cynodonts, therapsids, body mass estimation, faunal composition, Laurasian, Gondwana

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review