Evidence of large terrestrial seymouriamorphs in the lowermost Permian of the Czech Republic
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00094862%3A_____%2F22%3AN0000057" target="_blank" >RIV/00094862:_____/22:N0000057 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216224:14310/22:00125604
Result on the web
<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/spp2.1428" target="_blank" >https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/spp2.1428</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/spp2.1428" target="_blank" >10.1002/spp2.1428</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Evidence of large terrestrial seymouriamorphs in the lowermost Permian of the Czech Republic
Original language description
Lower Permian strata of the Boskovice Basin in the Czech Republic have yielded hundreds of largely complete seymouriamorph individuals, some of which are exceptionally preserved and have noticeable soft tissues, such as external gills and eye structures. The vast majority of these finds are referable to Discosauriscus austriacus, and almost exclusively represent larvae and juveniles tied to aquatic environments. Only one of the specimens discovered to date has been interpreted as an early adult, although late juvenile and early sub-adult stages have been proposed for it as well. Regardless, no other seymouriamorph adults have been reported from the Boskovice Basin so far. Here we present the first comprehensive assessment of seymouriamorph tracks and a trackway from the Asselian (lowermost Permian) of the Boskovice Basin. The morphology of the tracks is congruent with that of the ichnotaxon Amphisauropus and indicates an attribution to Discosauriscidae or that they belong to as yet unrecognized large seymouriamorphs. All tracks were made by individuals much larger than the largest discosauriscid known from bodily preserved material and are interpreted as those of adults tied to terrestrial environments, thus apparently documenting a habitat shift that occurred relatively late in the ontogenetic development of these seymouriamorphs. Furthermore, the largest track is preserved in extraordinary detail and includes soft part impressions such as digital, palmar and plantar flexion creases, making the specimen one of the best preserved seymouriamorph tracks described to date. Finally, one of the tracks originates from the lowermost Asselian and is therefore among the oldest known records of seymouriamorphs worldwide.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10506 - Paleontology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Papers in Palaeontology
ISSN
2056-2799
e-ISSN
2056-2802
Volume of the periodical
8
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
20
Pages from-to
1-20
UT code for WoS article
000773451300001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85128786786