Postcranial morphology of the South African middle Permian pareiasaurs from the Karoo Basin of South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorvan den Brandt, Marc J.
dc.contributor.authorBenoit, Julien
dc.contributor.authorAbdala, Fernando
dc.contributor.authorRubidge, Bruce S.
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-19T07:53:01Z
dc.date.available2021-05-28T07:53:01Z
dc.date.issued2021-05-28
dc.description.abstractPareiasaurs were relatively abundant and globally distributed herbivorous parareptiles of the middle to late Permian. The basal-most pareiasaurs, the Bradysauria, are restricted to the middle Permian of South Africa and went extinct at the end of the Guadalupian (Capitanian) at the top of the Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone. Currently, three genera are recognized in this group: Bradysaurus, Embrithosaurus and Nochelesaurus, but their postcrania are poorly known, and consequently poorly understood. In this paper, our third contribution designed to improve understanding of the Bradysauria, we present a detailed comparative postcranial description and updated diagnoses for Bradysaurus baini, Embrithosaurus schwarzi and Nochelesaurus alexanderi. Bradysaurus baini has one postcranial autapomorphy: anterior dorsal osteoderms smooth and strongly convex, with an incipient central boss, and very light ornamentation. Three pelvic autopomorphies of Embrithosaurus schwarzi are confirmed: anterior portion of the iliac blades flat and vertical (not everted or upturned); iIiac blades diverge anteriorly, oriented at 45–60° off the sagittal plane; and a very thick pelvic symphysis. For Nochelesaurus alexanderi we remove all three of the postcranial autapomorphies previously proposed. To the diagnoses of each species, we have added several new distinguishing postcranial features, within the local group of middle Permian pareiasaurs. The results reinforce our previous cranial studies concluding that three valid species of pareiasaurs are represented in the South African middle Permian.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianJNC2021en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipBi-national Cooperation Project (Russia-South Africa) NRF South Africa Centre of Excellence, Palaeosciences Palaeontological Scientific Trust CONICETen_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2410-4418
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/31290
dc.journal.titlePalaeontologia africanaen_ZA
dc.journal.volume55en_ZA
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.orcid.id0000-0002-4967-7827en_ZA
dc.orcid.id0000-0001-5378-3940en_ZA
dc.orcid.id0000-0001-9838-2497en_ZA
dc.orcid.id0000-0003-2477-1873en_ZA
dc.publisherEvolutionary Studies Instituteen_ZA
dc.rightsCopyright 2021 the Authorsen_ZA
dc.subjectCapitanianen_ZA
dc.subjectGuadalupianen_ZA
dc.subjectParareptiliaen_ZA
dc.subjectTapinocephalus Assemblage Zoneen_ZA
dc.subjectPareiasauriaen_ZA
dc.titlePostcranial morphology of the South African middle Permian pareiasaurs from the Karoo Basin of South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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