The orientation of the adductor crest relative to the fibular and tibial condyles should be revised according to the actual location of these condyles - see comment to figure 5.
…read more, vote or answerThe orientation of the adductor crest relative to the fibular and tibial condyles should be revised according to the actual location of these condyles - see comment to figure 5.
…read more, vote or answerFibular condyles and tibial condyles reversed on all figures. Fibular condyle located posteriorly, ventral to fibular fossa. Tibial condyle located mostly anteriorly but also a bit posteriorly.
…read more, vote or answer"cap" on figure B should be "ect".
…read more, vote or answerThe holotype and only known skull of Ko. prima is horribly overprepared; I don't think the former presence of lateral-line grooves can be determined.
Bulanov VV. 2003. Evolution and systematics of seymouriamorph parareptiles. Paleontological Journal 37:S1–S105.
Thanks for alerting me of Bulanov (2002), by the way; that's a reference I had overlooked!
…read more, vote or answerSure, Coloraderpeton was (lateral-line canals: Pardo et al., 2017), but phlegethontiids (of which Sillerpeton is one) were not – two have been found on a fossil forest floor that was covered by volcanic ash, without any water being involved in the deposition. References and some discussion in Marjanović & Laurin (2019).
…read more, vote or answerKlembara J. 2009. New cranial and dental features of Discosauriscus austriacus (Seymouriamorpha, Discosauriscidae) and the ontogenetic conditions of Discosauriscus. Special Papers in Palaeontology 81:61–69.
Lateral-line grooves lost, quadrate ossified, neural arches swollen. Very incomplete specimen, though.
…read more, vote or answer"(but see Marjanović & Laurin, 2019 for alternative phylogenetic placement)"
We found the seymouriamorphs in the exact same position as almost everyone else. Instead, what got an "alternative phylogenetic placement" were the lissamphibians; they are what determines whether the branch the seymouriamorphs are on is the amniote stem or the tetrapod stem.
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