2015_in_archosaur_paleontology

2015 in archosaur paleontology

2015 in archosaur paleontology

Overview of the events of 2015 in archosaur paleontology


This article records new taxa of fossil archosaurs of every kind that are scheduled described during the year 2015, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleontology of archosaurs that are scheduled to occur in the year 2015.

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Pseudosuchians

Research

  • Revision of the type material of Rauisuchus tiradentes is published by Lautenschlager and Rauhut (2015).[1]
  • A study on the changes in the morphology of vertebrae caused by increased adaptation to aquatic locomotion in the evolution of crocodylomorphs is published by Molnar et al. (2015).[2]
  • A study of the evolutionary history of the clade Crocodyliformes is published by Bronzati, Montefeltro and Langer (2015).[3]
  • A study of impact of the climate changes on the evolution and biodiversity of pseudosuchian archosaurs is published by Mannion et al. (2015).[4]
  • A study on the phylogenetic position of thalattosuchians within Crocodylomorpha is published by Wilberg (2015).[5]
  • A review of the diagnostic features of the species assigned to the genus Machimosaurus is published by Martin, Vincent & Falconnet (2015).[6]
  • An isolated metriorhynchid tooth is described from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian) Hybla Formation (Sicily, Italy) by Chiarenza et al. (2015), extending the known geological range of Metriorhynchidae and Thalattosuchia by approximately 7–8 million years;[7] Fischer et al. (2015) subsequently caution that it might potentially be a pliosaurid tooth instead.[8]

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Non-avian dinosaurs

Research

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Birds

Research

  • Balaur bondoc, originally interpreted as a member of Dromaeosauridae, is argued to be a basal member of Avialae by Cau, Brougham and Naish (2015).[61]
  • Estimates of likely mass and flight capability of the extinct Chatham duck (Anas chathamica), as indicated by measurements of major bones, are published by Williams (2015).[62]
  • New cranial material of the Oligo-Miocene relative of flamingos, Harrisonavis croizeti, is described by Torres et al. (2015).[63]
  • New specimens of the Eocene relative of swifts, Scaniacypselus szarskii, are described by Mayr (2015).[64]
  • A specimen of a stem-coliiform Masillacolius brevidactylus with preserved skull is described by Mayr (2015).[65]
  • A study of the phylogenetic relationships of Psittacopes, Pumiliornis and Morsoravis, indicating their close relationship to the passerines and extinct family Zygodactylidae, is published by Mayr (2015); the author also introduced a new name, Parapasseres, for the clade containing Passeriformes and Zygodactylidae but not Psittacopes.[66]
  • A study of preserved specimens of the Puerto Rican conure (previously considered to be an extinct subspecies of the Hispaniolan parakeet) is published by Olson (2015), who raises it to the rank of a separate species Psittacara maugei.[67]
  • A Dwarf Emu was found in the Miocene of Alcoota in Central Australia.[68]
  • Jones et al. (2015) describe a distal end of the left tibiotarsus of a member of the genus Caracara of uncertain specific assignment from the late Pleistocene of Argentina, estimated to be the largest member of the family Falconidae described thus far.[69]
  • A description of the skeletal anatomy of two well-preserved specimens of the dodo is published by Claessens, Meijer and Hume (2015).[70]

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Pterosaurs

Research

  • A study on the terrestrial locomotion of non-pterodactyloid pterosaurs is published by Witton (2015).[121]
  • A specimen of Rhamphorhynchus muensteri with preserved soft tissues or impressions of soft tissues, stomach contents and possibly a coprolite is described by Hone et al. (2015).[122]
  • Eleutério et al. (2015) study the bone microstructure characterization of two pterosaurs belonging to the group Anhangueria.[123]
  • The paleoenvironments of azhdarchid pterosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of Kazakhstan are studied by Averianov et al. (2015).[124]
  • Martill et al. (2015) describe a jaw bone attributed to the mid-Cretaceous pterosaur species Alanqa saharica from the Kem Kem beds of Morocco.[125]

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References

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  2. Julia L. Molnar; Stephanie E. Pierce; Bhart-Anjan S. Bhullar; Alan H. Turner; John R. Hutchinson (2015). "Morphological and functional changes in the vertebral column with increasing aquatic adaptation in crocodylomorphs". Royal Society Open Science. 2 (11): 150439. Bibcode:2015RSOS....250439M. doi:10.1098/rsos.150439. PMC 4680616. PMID 26716001.
  3. Mario Bronzati; Felipe C. Montefeltro; Max C. Langer (2015). "Diversification events and the effects of mass extinctions on Crocodyliformes evolutionary history". Royal Society Open Science. 2 (5): 140385. doi:10.1098/rsos.140385. PMC 4453258. PMID 26064649.
  4. Philip D. Mannion; Roger B. J. Benson; Matthew T. Carrano; Jonathan P. Tennant; Jack Judd; Richard J. Butler (2015). "Climate constrains the evolutionary history and biodiversity of crocodylians". Nature Communications. 6: Article number 8438. Bibcode:2015NatCo...6.8438M. doi:10.1038/ncomms9438. PMC 4598718. PMID 26399170.
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  6. Alfio A. Chiarenza; Davide Foffa; Mark T. Young; Gianni Insacco; Andrea Cau; Giorgio Carnevale; Rita Catanzariti (2015). "The youngest record of metriorhynchid crocodylomorphs, with implications for the extinction of Thalattosuchia". Cretaceous Research. 56: 608–616. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2015.07.001. hdl:2318/1537833.
  7. Valentin Fischer; Maxim S. Arkhangelsky; Ilya M. Stenshin; Gleb N. Uspensky; Nikolay G. Zverkov; Roger B. J. Benson (2015). "Peculiar macrophagous adaptations in a new Cretaceous pliosaurid". Royal Society Open Science. 2 (12): 150552. Bibcode:2015RSOS....250552F. doi:10.1098/rsos.150552. PMC 4807462. PMID 27019740.
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  26. Francisco J. Verdú; Rafael Royo-Torres; Alberto Cobos; Luis Alcalá (2015). "Perinates of a new species of Iguanodon (Ornithischia: Ornithopoda) from the lower Barremian of Galve (Teruel, Spain)". Cretaceous Research. 56: 250–264. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2015.05.010.
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  31. José Miguel Gasulla; Fernando Escaso; Iván Narváez; Francisco Ortega; José Luis Sanz (2015). "A New Sail-Backed Styracosternan (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Early Cretaceous of Morella, Spain". PLOS ONE. 10 (12): e0144167. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1044167G. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0144167. PMC 4691198. PMID 26673161.
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  33. José L. Carballido; Diego Pol; Mary L. Parra Ruge; Santiago Padilla Bernal; María E. Páramo-Fonseca; Fernando Etayo-Serna (2015). "A new Early Cretaceous brachiosaurid (Dinosauria, Neosauropoda) from northwestern Gondwana (Villa de Leiva, Colombia)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 35 (5): e980505. doi:10.1080/02724634.2015.980505. S2CID 129498917.
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  40. Chris R. Torres; Vanesa L. De Pietri; Antoine Louchart; Marcel van Tuinen (2015). "New cranial material of the earliest filter-feeding flamingo Harrisonavis croizeti (Aves, Phoenicopteridae) informs the evolution of the highly specialized filter feeding apparatus". Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 15 (3): 609–618. doi:10.1007/s13127-015-0209-7. S2CID 18198929.
  41. Gerald Mayr (2015). "Skeletal morphology of the middle Eocene swift Scaniacypselus and the evolutionary history of true swifts (Apodidae)". Journal of Ornithology. 156 (2): 441–450. doi:10.1007/s10336-014-1142-9. S2CID 14282557.
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