scholarly journals Peer Review #2 of "Microanatomy and paleohistology of the intercentra of North American metoposaurids from the Upper Triassic of Petrified Forest National Park (Arizona, USA) with implications for the taxonomy and ontogeny of the group (v0.1)"

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Houssaye
Keyword(s):  
Peer Review ◽  
North American ◽  
National Park ◽  
Upper Triassic ◽  
Petrified Forest National Park ◽  
Petrified Forest

scholarly journals Osteology of the Late Triassic aetosaur Scutarx deltatylus (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia)

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
William G Parker
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Vertebral Column ◽  
Upper Triassic ◽  
Late Triassic ◽  
Chinle Formation ◽  
Petrified Forest National Park ◽  
Petrified Forest

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.

scholarly journals Osteology of the Late Triassic aetosaur Scutarx deltatylus (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia)

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
William G Parker
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Vertebral Column ◽  
Upper Triassic ◽  
Late Triassic ◽  
Chinle Formation ◽  
Petrified Forest National Park ◽  
Petrified Forest

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.

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