Biology:Desmatosuchinae
| Desmatosuchinae Temporal range: Late Triassic
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| Desmatosuchus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Missing taxonomy template (fix): | Archosauria/Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Order: | †Aetosauria |
| Family: | †Stagonolepididae |
| Subfamily: | †Desmatosuchinae Huene 1942 sensu Heckert and Lucas, 2000 |
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Desmatosuchinae is a major subfamily of aetosaurs within the clade Desmatosuchia.[1] It is a stem-based taxon defined as all aetosaurs more closely related to Desmatosuchus than to Stagonolepis,[2] Aetosaurus, or Paratypothorax.[1]
The clade Desmatosuchinae has often been restricted to a few closely related aetosaurs with spiny armor, such as Desmatosuchus, Longosuchus, and Lucasuchus.[3] It was later expanded to include a number of Stagonolepis-like aetosaurs with less specialized armor. Under this more expansive usage, the strongly-supported clade encompassing "traditional" desmatosuchines (sensu stricto) was given a new name, Desmatosuchini.[1] Synapomorphies that diagnose this clade can be found in the osteoderms. These include tongue-and-groove articulations for lateral plates present in dorsal presacral paramedian plates and large spikes on the lateral cervical, dorsal, and caudal plates.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Parker, William G. (2016-01-21). "Revised phylogenetic analysis of the Aetosauria (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia); assessing the effects of incongruent morphological character sets" (in en). PeerJ 4: e1583. doi:10.7717/peerj.1583. ISSN 2167-8359. PMID 26819845.
- ↑ Heckert, A. B.; Lucas, S. G. (2000). "Taxonomy, phylogeny, biostratigraphy, biochronology, paleobiogeography, and evolution of the Late Triassic Aetosauria (Archosauria: Crurotarsi).". Zentralblatt für Geologie und Paläontologie, Teil I 11-12: 1539–1587. https://www.academia.edu/1175956.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Parker, W. G. (2007). "Reassessment of the aetosaur Desmatosuchus' chamaensis with a reanalysis of the phylogeny of the Aetosauria (Archosauria:Pseudosuchia)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology '5: 41–68. doi:10.1017/S1477201906001994. http://www.miketaylor.org.uk/dino/nm/Parker2007-Heliocanthus.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q3494921 entry
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