Footprints of the earliest reptiles : Notalacerta missouriensis : Ichnotaxonomy, potential trackmakers, biostratigraphy, palaeobiogeography and palaeoecology

• Autorzy: Marchetti Lorenzo , Voigt Sebastian , Lucas Spencer G. , Stimson Matthew R. , King Olivia A. , Calder John H.

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.14241/asgp.2020.13

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The origin of reptiles in the tetrapod footprint record has always been a debated topic, despite the great potential of fossiliferous ichnosites to shed much light on reptile origins when compared to the much less extensive skeletal record. This is in part due to an unclear ichnotaxonomy of the earliest tracks attributed to reptiles that has resulted in unreliable trackmaker attributions. We comprehensively revise the earliest supposed reptile ichnotaxon, Notalacerta missouriensis, based on a neotype and a selection of well-preserved material from the type locality and other sites. A synapomorphy-based track-trackmaker attribution suggests eureptiles and, more specifically, ́protorothyridids ́ such as Paleothyris as the most probable trackmakers. A revision of the entire Pennsylvanian-Cisuralian record of this ichnotaxon unveils an unexpected abundance and a wide palaeogeographical distribution. The earliest unequivocal occurrence of Notalacerta is in the middle Bashkirian (early Langsettian) at the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Joggins Fossil Cliffs (Joggins, Nova Scotia, Canada). This occurrence also coincides with the earliest occurrence of reptile body fossils (Hylonomus lyelli), which are found at the same site. Notalacerta is abundant and widely distributed during the Bashkirian, mostly in sediments deposited in tidal palaeoenvironments, and less common in the Moscovian and Kasimovian. During the Gzhelian and Asselian, Notalacerta occurrences are unknown, but it occurs again during the Sakmarian and is widespread but not abundant during the Artinskian, mostly in fully continental palaeoenvironments.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Carboniferous; Permian; eptile tracks; Notalacerta; ichnotaxonomy; trackmaker

• Wydawca: Polskie Towarzystwo Geologiczne
• Czasopismo: Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae
• Rocznik: 2020
• Tom: Vol. 90, No. 3
• Strony: 271--290
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 72 poz., fot., rys., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Marchetti Lorenzo

• Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung, Berlin, Germany

autor

Voigt Sebastian

• Urweltmuseum GEOSKOP/Burg Lichtenberg (Pfalz), Thallichtenberg, Germany

autor

Lucas Spencer G.

• New Mexico Museum of Natural History, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

autor

Stimson Matthew R.

• Steinhammer Paleontological Laboratories, Geology/Paleontology section, Natural History Department, New Brunswick Museum, Saint John New Brunswick, Canada
• Saint Mary’s University, Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada

autor

King Olivia A.

• Steinhammer Paleontological Laboratories, Geology/Paleontology section, Natural History Department, New Brunswick Museum, Saint John New Brunswick, Canada
• Saint Mary’s University, Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada

autor

Calder John H.

• Saint Mary’s University, Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada
• Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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