Triassic faunal successions of the Paraná Basin, southern Brazil

CL Schultz, AG Martinelli, MB Soares… - Journal of South …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Paraná Basin was filled by a sedimentary package deposited in successive
sedimentation episodes related to the tectonic events that hit the SW portion of the …

Ontogeny of the Early Triassic Cynodont Thrinaxodon liorhinus (Therapsida): Cranial Morphology

SC Jasinoski, F Abdala, V Fernandez - The Anatomical Record, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The cranial morphology of 68 Thrinaxodon liorhinus specimens, ranging in size from 30 to
96 mm in basal skull length, is investigated using both qualitative and quantitative analyses …

Distribution and diversity patterns of Triassic cynodonts (Therapsida, Cynodontia) in Gondwana

F Abdala, AM Ribeiro - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2010 - Elsevier
Cynodonts are an important component of Triassic tetrapod faunas and are frequently one of
the dominant groups. A summary of their record during the Triassic of Gondwana is …

Mammalian face as an evolutionary novelty

H Higashiyama, D Koyabu… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
The anterior end of the mammalian face is characteristically composed of a semimotile nose,
not the upper jaw as in other tetrapods. Thus, the therian nose is covered ventrolaterally by …

[HTML][HTML] The African cynodont Aleodon (Cynodontia, Probainognathia) in the Triassic of southern Brazil and its biostratigraphic significance

AG Martinelli, CF Kammerer, TP Melo, VD Paes Neto… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
In this contribution we report the first occurrence of the enigmatic African probainognathian
genus Aleodon in the Middle-early Late Triassic of several localities from the state of Rio …

Non-mammaliaform cynodonts from western Gondwana and the significance of Argentinean forms in enhancing understanding of the group

F Abdala, LC Gaetano, AG Martinelli, MB Soares… - Journal of South …, 2020 - Elsevier
Terrestrial Triassic assemblages are an important component of the heritage of Argentina,
particularly because of their diverse record of fossil vertebrates. Triassic basins from western …

Skull anatomy and paleoneurology of a new traversodontid from the Middle‐Late Triassic of Brazil

L Kerber, L Roese‐Miron, TGM Medina… - The Anatomical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Traversodontidae, a clade of gomphodont cynodonts, thrived during the Middle and Late
Triassic, displaying a wide geographical distribution. During fieldwork in 2009, a new …

Phylogeny and taxonomy of the Traversodontidae

J Liu, F Abdala - Early evolutionary history of the Synapsida, 2014 - Springer
We review the taxonomic history of traversodontid cynodont genera and species and the
previous classifications and phylogenetic analyses of the group. 17 genera and 22 species …

On the occurrence of the traversodontid Massetognathus ochagaviae (Synapsida, Cynodontia) in the early late Triassic Santacruzodon Assemblage Zone (Santa …

MR Schmitt, AG Martinelli, TP Melo… - Journal of South American …, 2019 - Elsevier
The traversodontid cynodont Massetognathus ochagaviae is confirmed for the first time in
the Santacruzodon Assemblage Zone (Carnian) of the Upper Santa Maria Supersequence …

Biostratigraphic significance of a new record of Protuberum cabralense, a bizarre traversodontid cynodont from the Middle‑Late Triassic of Southern Brazil

RT Müller, AG Martinelli, FP de Bem, MR Schmitt… - Historical …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Traversodontid cynodonts are one of the most abundant and diverse groups of tetrapods in
the Triassic assemblages of Brazil. These cynodonts are distributed across four Brazilian …