Peer Review #1 of "Description and phylogenetic relationships of a new species of Torvoneustes (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) from the Kimmeridgian of Switzerland (v0.1)"

Published: July 19, 2023

Metriorhynchids are marine crocodylomorphs found across Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous deposits of Europe Central South America.Despite being one the oldest fossil families named in paleontology, phylogenetic relationships within Metriorhynchidae have been subject to many revisions over past fifteen years.Herein, we describe a new metriorhynchid from Kimmeridgian Porrentruy, Switzerland.The material consists relatively complete, disarticulated skeleton preserving pieces skull, including frontal, prefrontals, right postorbital, nasals, maxillae, premaxillae nearly entire mandible, remains axial appendicular such as cervical, dorsal, caudal vertebrae, ribs, left ischium, femur, fibula.This specimen is referred species Torvoneustes jurensis sp.nov.as part large-bodied macrophagous tribe Geosaurini.Torvoneustes presents unique combination cranial dental characters smooth cranium, frontal shape, acute ziphodont teeth, an enamel ornamentation made numerous apicobasal ridges shifting small forming anastomosed pattern toward apex crown touching carina.The description this allows take look at currently proposed evolutionary trends genus provides information on evolution clade.Thalattosuchia Fraas, 1901 clade mostly that lived Early had near global distribution eastern margins Tethys, opening Atlantic Ocean, down coasts America, China

Language: Английский

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Peer Review #3 of "Description and phylogenetic relationships of a new species of Torvoneustes (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) from the Kimmeridgian of Switzerland (v0.1)"

Published: July 19, 2023

Metriorhynchids are marine crocodylomorphs found across Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous deposits of Europe Central South America.Despite being one the oldest fossil families named in paleontology, phylogenetic relationships within Metriorhynchidae have been subject to many revisions over past fifteen years.Herein, we describe a new metriorhynchid from Kimmeridgian Porrentruy, Switzerland.The material consists relatively complete, disarticulated skeleton preserving pieces skull, including frontal, prefrontals, right postorbital, nasals, maxillae, premaxillae nearly entire mandible, remains axial appendicular such as cervical, dorsal, caudal vertebrae, ribs, left ischium, femur, fibula.This specimen is referred species Torvoneustes jurensis sp.nov.as part large-bodied macrophagous tribe Geosaurini.Torvoneustes presents unique combination cranial dental characters smooth cranium, frontal shape, acute ziphodont teeth, an enamel ornamentation made numerous apicobasal ridges shifting small forming anastomosed pattern toward apex crown touching carina.The description this allows take look at currently proposed evolutionary trends genus provides information on evolution clade.Thalattosuchia Fraas, 1901 clade mostly that lived Early had near global distribution eastern margins Tethys, opening Atlantic Ocean, down coasts America, China

Language: Английский

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Peer Review #3 of "Description and phylogenetic relationships of a new species of Torvoneustes (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) from the Kimmeridgian of Switzerland (v0.2)"

Published: July 19, 2023

Metriorhynchids are marine crocodylomorphs found across Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous deposits of Europe Central South America.Despite being one the oldest fossil families named in paleontology, phylogenetic relationships within Metriorhynchidae have been subject to many revisions over past fifteen years.Herein, we describe a new metriorhynchid from Kimmeridgian Porrentruy, Switzerland.The material consists relatively complete, disarticulated skeleton preserving pieces skull, including frontal, prefrontals, right postorbital, nasals, maxillae, premaxillae nearly entire mandible, remains axial appendicular such as cervical, dorsal, caudal vertebrae, ribs, left ischium, femur, fibula.This specimen is referred species Torvoneustes jurensis sp.nov.as part large-bodied macrophagous tribe Geosaurini.Torvoneustes presents unique combination cranial dental characters smooth cranium, frontal shape, acute ziphodont teeth, an enamel ornamentation made numerous apicobasal ridges shifting small forming anastomosed pattern toward apex crown touching carina.The description this allows take look at currently proposed evolutionary trends genus provides information on evolution clade.Thalattosuchia Fraas, 1901 clade mostly that lived Early had near global distribution eastern margins Tethys, opening Atlantic Ocean, down coasts America, China

Language: Английский

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Peer Review #2 of "Description and phylogenetic relationships of a new species of Torvoneustes (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) from the Kimmeridgian of Switzerland (v0.1)"

Published: July 19, 2023

Metriorhynchids are marine crocodylomorphs found across Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous deposits of Europe Central South America.Despite being one the oldest fossil families named in paleontology, phylogenetic relationships within Metriorhynchidae have been subject to many revisions over past fifteen years.Herein, we describe a new metriorhynchid from Kimmeridgian Porrentruy, Switzerland.The material consists relatively complete, disarticulated skeleton preserving pieces skull, including frontal, prefrontals, right postorbital, nasals, maxillae, premaxillae nearly entire mandible, remains axial appendicular such as cervical, dorsal, caudal vertebrae, ribs, left ischium, femur, fibula.This specimen is referred species Torvoneustes jurensis sp.nov.as part large-bodied macrophagous tribe Geosaurini.Torvoneustes presents unique combination cranial dental characters smooth cranium, frontal shape, acute ziphodont teeth, an enamel ornamentation made numerous apicobasal ridges shifting small forming anastomosed pattern toward apex crown touching carina.The description this allows take look at currently proposed evolutionary trends genus provides information on evolution clade.Thalattosuchia Fraas, 1901 clade mostly that lived Early had near global distribution eastern margins Tethys, opening Atlantic Ocean, down coasts America, China

Language: Английский

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