Synapsid tracks with skin impressions illuminate the
terrestrial tetrapod diversity in the earliest Permian of
equatorial Pangea

J 2023

Synapsid tracks with skin impressions illuminate the terrestrial tetrapod diversity in the earliest Permian of equatorial Pangea

CALÁBKOVÁ, Gabriela, Jakub BŘEZINA, Vojtěch NOSEK and Daniel MADZIA

Basic information

Original name

Synapsid tracks with skin impressions illuminate the terrestrial tetrapod diversity in the earliest Permian of equatorial Pangea

Authors

CALÁBKOVÁ, Gabriela (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Jakub BŘEZINA (203 Czech Republic), Vojtěch NOSEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Daniel MADZIA (203 Czech Republic)

Edition

Scientific Reports, Nature Research, 2023, 2045-2322

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10505 Geology

Country of publisher

Germany

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 4.600 in 2022

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/23:00130214

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-27939-z

UT WoS

000985396000059

Keywords in English

Synapsida; Dimetropus; fossil tracks; Asselian; Boskovice Basin; Pangea

Abstract

V originále

Lower Permian deposits of the Boskovice Basin in the Czech Republic have long been renowned for extraordinarily abundant specimens of discosauriscid seymouriamorphs, some of which showing exceptional preservation, including widespread soft tissues. The only other tetrapods from the strata are represented by rare temnospondyls. However, recent fieldwork in the Asselian (lowermost Permian) of the Boskovice Basin has yielded a diverse assemblage of tetrapod tracks, illuminating a hidden terrestrial tetrapod diversity. Here, we describe well-preserved isolated tracks, manus-pes couples, and a slab with trackways composed of approximately 20 tracks in at least four different directions belonging to early-diverging, or ‘pelycosaur-grade’, synapsids. The material originates from three localities situated within the Letovice and Padochov formations and is assignable to the ichnotaxon Dimetropus. The best-preserved specimen further shows rare skin impressions, which have not been observed from the hands or feet of early-diverging mammal-line amniotes before. The new material adds to the scarce record of synapsids from the Carboniferous/Permian transitional interval of equatorial Pangea. At the same time, it highlights the significance of the ichnological record of the Boskovice Basin which has long been neglected despite offering evidence for the presence of diverse faunal components that have not been reported from these basinal deposits before.

Citovat

CALÁBKOVÁ, Gabriela, Jakub BŘEZINA, Vojtěch NOSEK and Daniel MADZIA. Synapsid tracks with skin impressions illuminate the terrestrial tetrapod diversity in the earliest Permian of equatorial Pangea. Scientific Reports. Nature Research, 2023, vol. 13, No 1, p. 1-13. ISSN 2045-2322. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-27939-z.

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CALÁBKOVÁ, Gabriela, Jakub BŘEZINA, Vojtěch NOSEK and Daniel MADZIA. Synapsid tracks with skin impressions illuminate the terrestrial tetrapod diversity in the earliest Permian of equatorial Pangea. \textit{Scientific Reports}. Nature Research, 2023, vol.~13, No~1, p.~1-13. ISSN~2045-2322. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-27939-z.

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