A tiny Triassic saurian from Connecticut and the early evolution of the diapsid feeding apparatus

A tiny Triassic saurian from Connecticut and the early evolution of the diapsid feeding apparatus

The Triassic fossil record is biased towards large species, obscuring the anatomical diversity of small species. Here, the authors describe a new species, Colobops noviportensis, based on a 2.5 cm-long skull with proportionally large attachments for jaw muscles, expanding the known diversity of earl...

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Main Authors: Adam C. Pritchard, Jacques A. Gauthier, Michael Hanson, Gabriel S. Bever, Bhart-Anjan S. Bhullar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03508-1
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spelling doaj-b1edd3a72b294d7e88edb09006e67a422021-05-11T10:08:56ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232018-03-019111010.1038/s41467-018-03508-1A tiny Triassic saurian from Connecticut and the early evolution of the diapsid feeding apparatusAdam C. Pritchard0Jacques A. Gauthier1Michael Hanson2Gabriel S. Bever3Bhart-Anjan S. Bhullar4Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale UniversityDepartment of Geology and Geophysics, Yale UniversityDepartment of Geology and Geophysics, Yale UniversityCenter for Functional Anatomy and Evolution, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins UniversityDepartment of Geology and Geophysics, Yale UniversityThe Triassic fossil record is biased towards large species, obscuring the anatomical diversity of small species. Here, the authors describe a new species, Colobops noviportensis, based on a 2.5 cm-long skull with proportionally large attachments for jaw muscles, expanding the known diversity of early diapsids.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03508-1
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Jacques A. Gauthier
Michael Hanson
Gabriel S. Bever
Bhart-Anjan S. Bhullar
A tiny Triassic saurian from Connecticut and the early evolution of the diapsid feeding apparatus
Nature Communications
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Jacques A. Gauthier
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title A tiny Triassic saurian from Connecticut and the early evolution of the diapsid feeding apparatus
title_short A tiny Triassic saurian from Connecticut and the early evolution of the diapsid feeding apparatus
title_full A tiny Triassic saurian from Connecticut and the early evolution of the diapsid feeding apparatus
title_fullStr A tiny Triassic saurian from Connecticut and the early evolution of the diapsid feeding apparatus
title_full_unstemmed A tiny Triassic saurian from Connecticut and the early evolution of the diapsid feeding apparatus
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series Nature Communications
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publishDate 2018-03-01
description The Triassic fossil record is biased towards large species, obscuring the anatomical diversity of small species. Here, the authors describe a new species, Colobops noviportensis, based on a 2.5 cm-long skull with proportionally large attachments for jaw muscles, expanding the known diversity of early diapsids.
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