The stratigraphic puzzle of the permo-mesozoic southwestern Gondwana: The Paraná Basin record in geotectonic and palaeoclimatic context

CMS Scherer, AD Reis, BLD Horn, G Bertolini… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
The compilation of stratigraphic, sedimentologic, paleontologic and geochronological data
allows the proposal of a regional stratigraphic framework for the Late Permian to Lower …

The fossil record of plant-insect interactions and associated entomofaunas in Permian and Triassic floras from southwestern Gondwana: A review and future prospects

B Cariglino, P Moisan, MB Lara - Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
Plant-insect interactions are among the most common biotic relationships, both in diversity
and abundance. The fossil record reflects these associations as damage traces on the …

A complete skull of a stem mammal from the Late Triassic of Brazil illuminates the early evolution of prozostrodontian cynodonts

M Stefanello, AG Martinelli, RT Müller… - Journal of Mammalian …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Triassic cynodonts from South America are key taxa in the investigation of the
emergence of mammalian characters. One of the most iconic species from the Carnian is …

Systematic and organ relationships of Neocalamites (Halle) Vladimirovicz, and Nododendron (Artabe and Zamuner) emend. from the Triassic of Patagonia …

AS Villalva, S Gnaedinger, AM Zavattieri - Review of Palaeobotany and …, 2023 - Elsevier
We present descriptions of Neocalamites carrerei and Nododendron suberosum
(Equisetales incertae sedis) from the Cañadón Largo Formation (late Ladinian–early …

South American Triassic geochronology: Constraints and uncertainties for the tempo of Gondwanan non-marine vertebrate evolution

RB Irmis, R Mundil, AC Mancuso… - Journal of South …, 2022 - Elsevier
Gondwanan sedimentary deposits preserve a rich archive of Triassic non-marine vertebrate
evolution. This fossil record is integral to understanding early Mesozoic global change …

A reinterpretation of taphonomy and palaeoecology of the early Carnian Santacruzodon Assemblage Zone type-locality from the Santa Maria Supersequence, Brazil

F Battista, AM Ribeiro, TP Melo, CL Schultz - Palaeogeography …, 2024 - Elsevier
Sampling bias and repeated resampling can lead to misinterpretation of the taphonomic
history of a fossiliferous deposit. This is the case of the Schoenstatt Sanctuary site (Santa …

Paleoenvironmental and biotic changes in the Late Triassic of Argentina: testing hypotheses of abiotic forcing at the basin scale

AC Mancuso, RB Irmis, TE Pedernera… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Paleoenvironmental factors such as climate change are often hypothesized as critical for
ecosystem changes over evolutionary time scales. Theoretically, these changes should be …

Evolution of postcanine complexity in Gomphodontia (Therapsida: Cynodontia)

C Hendrickx, F Abdala, FS Filippini, S Wills… - The Anatomical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Gomphodonts form a Triassic radiation of small to medium‐bodied (< 0.5–2.5 m in length)
quadrupedal cynodonts characterized by labiolingually expanded gomphodont postcanines …

New evidence from high-resolution computed microtomography of Triassic stem-mammal skulls from South America enhances discussions on turbinates before the …

PHM Fonseca, AG Martinelli, PG Gill, EJ Rayfield… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The nasal cavity of living mammals is a unique structural complex among tetrapods,
acquired along a series of major morphological transformations that occurred mainly during …

Body mass estimation in Triassic cynodonts from Argentina based on limb variables

FS Filippini, NF Abdala, GH Cassini - 2022 - ri.conicet.gov.ar
Body mass estimations for extinct taxa are fundamental in palaeobiological reconstructions,
but little work has been done on this topic for non-mammaliaform cynodonts (NMC), the …