A partial skeleton of the tritheledontid Pachygenelus (Therapsida: Cynodontia)
| dc.contributor.author | Gow, Chris E | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-01-09T13:18:48Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-01-09T13:18:48Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2001 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Tritheledontids are advanced cynodonts that are considered the sister group of Mammalia. To date the postcranial skeleton has remained largely unknown, so that cladistic analyses are based on cranial characters only. This paper describes a specimen of the tritheledontid Pachygenelus which has most of the skull and vertebral column, a complete shoulder girdle, and most of the forelimb. The girdle and limb are closely comparable to those of Massetognathusand Eozostrodon, and unlike these elements in tritylodontids, which are more derived for fossorial specialisations. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.sponsorship | The Council's Research Committee, University of the Witwatersrand; National Research Foundation (NRF); Palaeo-Anthropology Scientific Trust (PAST) | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0078-8554 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10539/16367 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Therapsida | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Pachygenelus | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | postcranial skeleton | en_ZA |
| dc.title | A partial skeleton of the tritheledontid Pachygenelus (Therapsida: Cynodontia) | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Article | en_ZA |