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Post by thesporerex on Dec 24, 2013 19:45:46 GMT
Niassodon mfumukasi
Abstract: "Dicynodontia represent the most diverse tetrapod group during the Late Permian. They survived the Permo-Triassic extinction and are central to understanding Permo-Triassic terrestrial ecosystems. Although extensively studied, several aspects of dicynodont paleobiology such as, neuroanatomy, inner ear morphology and internal cranial anatomy remain obscure. Here we describe a new dicynodont (Therapsida, Anomodontia) from northern Mozambique: Niassodon mfumukasi gen. et sp. nov. The holotype ML1620 was collected from the Late Permian K5 formation, Metangula Graben, Niassa Province northern Mozambique, an almost completely unexplored basin and country for vertebrate paleontology. Synchrotron radiation based micro-computed tomography (SRµCT), combined with a phylogenetic analysis, demonstrates a set of characters shared with Emydopoidea. All individual bones were digitally segmented allowing a 3D visualization of each element. In addition, we reconstructed the osseous labyrinth, endocast, cranial nerves and vasculature. The brain is narrow and the cerebellum is broader than the forebrain, resembling the conservative, “reptilian-grade” morphology of other non-mammalian therapsids, but the enlarged paraflocculi occupy the same relative volume as in birds. The orientation of the horizontal semicircular canals indicates a slightly more dorsally tilted head posture than previously assumed in other dicynodonts. In addition, synchrotron data shows a secondary center of ossification in the femur. Thus ML1620 represents, to our knowledge, the oldest fossil evidence of a secondary center of ossification, pushing back the evolutionary origins of this feature. The fact that the specimen represents a new species indicates that the Late Permian tetrapod fauna of east Africa is still incompletely known. "
Paper: www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0080974
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2013 14:54:01 GMT
That is one really weird looking animal but hey there have been so much discoveries this year i could care less
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Post by thesporerex on Dec 27, 2013 14:58:02 GMT
That is one really weird looking animal but hey there have been so much discoveries this year i could care less Its like half mammal half reptile. The unscientific word is mammal like reptile but the real term is Synapsid. They are like one of the ancestors of mammals but are reptiles.
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Post by raptorx863 on Dec 27, 2013 17:04:07 GMT
That is one really weird looking animal but hey there have been so much discoveries this year i could care less Its like half mammal half reptile. The unscientific word is mammal like reptile but the real term is Synapsid. They are like one of the ancestors of mammals but are reptiles. Synapsids are not reptiles; that is a misconception made up by the simple fact that they had a reptile-like biology. People familiar with the phylogenies of early reptiles and mammals get really pissed when people address them as such. Reptiles are all the members of Sauropsida, while mammals and stem mammals (what synapsids are properly called) are part of the Synapsida. It's equivalent to calling something like a Simiiforme a Hominoid-like Strepsirrhini, and if you don't know what that means, look it up, because it makes absolutely no sense.
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Post by thesporerex on Dec 27, 2013 17:39:53 GMT
Its like half mammal half reptile. The unscientific word is mammal like reptile but the real term is Synapsid. They are like one of the ancestors of mammals but are reptiles. Synapsids are not reptiles; that is a misconception made up by the simple fact that they had a reptile-like biology. People familiar with the phylogenies of early reptiles and mammals get really pissed when people address them as such. Reptiles are all the members of Sauropsida, while mammals and stem mammals (what synapsids are properly called) are part of the Synapsida. It's equivalent to calling something like a Simiiforme a Hominoid-like Strepsirrhini, and if you don't know what that means, look it up, because it makes absolutely no sense. Oh, ok. I am not familiar with Synapsids and their phylogenies and taxonomy so excuse my arrogance.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2013 17:02:31 GMT
lol pwned not that i knew that at all lol
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Post by thesporerex on Dec 28, 2013 17:17:58 GMT
Walking with monsters lied to me
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