Tracking ‘transitional’ diadectomorphs in the earliest Permian
of equatorial Pangea

J 2023

Tracking ‘transitional’ diadectomorphs in the earliest Permian of equatorial Pangea

CALÁBKOVÁ, Gabriela, Daniel MADZIA, Vojtěch NOSEK and Martin IVANOV

Basic information

Original name

Tracking ‘transitional’ diadectomorphs in the earliest Permian of equatorial Pangea

Authors

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

Edition

PeerJ, England, PeerJ Inc. 2023, 2167-8359

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10506 Paleontology

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 2.700 in 2022

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/23:00132427

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16603

UT WoS

001120111100001

Keywords in English

Paleontology; Diadectomorpha; Ichniotherium; Footprints; Permian; Boskovice Basin; Czech Republic

Abstract

V originále

Diadectomorpha was a clade of large-bodied stem-amniotes or possibly early-diverging synapsids that established a successful dynasty of late Carboniferous to late Permian high-fiber herbivores. Aside from their fairly rich record of body fossils, diadectomorphs are also well-known from widely distributed tracks and trackways referred to as Ichniotherium. Here, we provide detailed description of a diadectomorph trackway and a manus-pes couple originating from two different horizons in the Asselian (lowermost Permian) of the Boskovice Basin in the Czech Republic. The specimens represent two distinct ichnotaxa of Ichniotherium, I. cottae and I. sphaerodactylum. Intriguingly, the I. cottae trackway described herein illustrates a ‘transitional’ stage in the posture evolution of diadectomorphs, showing track morphologies possibly attributable to a Diadectes-like taxon combined with distances between the successive manus and pes imprints similar to those observable in earlier-diverging diadectomorphs, such as Orobates. In addition, this trackway is composed of 14 tracks, including six well-preserved manus-pes couples, and thus represents the most complete record of Ichniotherium cottae described to date from the Asselian strata. In turn, the manus-pes couple, attributed here to I. sphaerodactylum, represents only the second record of this ichnotaxon from the European part of Pangea. Our study adds to the diversity of the ichnological record of Permian tetrapods in the Boskovice Basin which had been essentially unexplored until very recently.

Links

MUNI/A/1420/2022, interní kód MU

Name: Archeologické terénní prospekce, exkavace a dokumentace III

Investor: Masaryk University, Archaeological field prospecting, excavation and documentation III

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CALÁBKOVÁ, Gabriela, Daniel MADZIA, Vojtěch NOSEK and Martin IVANOV. Tracking ‘transitional’ diadectomorphs in the earliest Permian of equatorial Pangea. PeerJ. England: PeerJ Inc., 2023, vol. 11, December 2023, p. 1-21. ISSN 2167-8359. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16603.

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CALÁBKOVÁ, Gabriela, Daniel MADZIA, Vojtěch NOSEK and Martin IVANOV. Tracking ‘transitional’ diadectomorphs in the earliest Permian of equatorial Pangea. \textit{PeerJ}. England: PeerJ Inc., 2023, vol.~11, December 2023, p.~1-21. ISSN~2167-8359. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16603.

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