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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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.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10506 Paleontology
Country of publisher United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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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
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Abstract
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.
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MUNI/A/1420/2022, interní kód MUName: Archeologické terénní prospekce, exkavace a dokumentace III
Investor: Masaryk University, Archaeological field prospecting, excavation and documentation III
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