RT Journal Article
T1 An articulated sauropterygian marine reptile from the Middle Triassic of the South-Iberian Palaeomargin, Betic Cordillera, Southeastern Spain
A1 Berrocal Casero, Melani
A1 Pérez Valera, Juan Alberto
A1 Reolid, Matías
A1 Gea, Ginés A. de
A1 Espín De Gea, Antonio
A1 Peñalver Aroca, Francisco Manuel
A1 Pérez Valera, Fernando
AB A new Triassic small marine reptile has been found in the locality of Cehegín (Murcia, Southeastern Spain). The fossil remains mainly comprise moulds of the bones and some osseous fragments still embedded in the rock. These correspond to an articulated sauropterygian, being distinguishable the cervical vertebrae in one rock, while the other rock preserves the middle-inferior part of the body, being differentiated some dorsal, sacral and caudal vertebrae, the ribs, the gastralia, part of one forelimb, part of the hindlimbs and some pelvic elements that can be also intuited. The moulds of dorsal vertebrae, the ribs and the gastralia are overlapped, but it can be distinguished that the ribs are pachiostotic and the gastral ribs are constituted by different components (partite gastral ribs). The features of this reptile permit to refer it to Eosauropterygia. This discovery constitutes the most complete sauropterygian found, to date, in the South-Iberian Palaeomargin of the Tethys, and adds new information about the diversity and palaeogeographical distribution of Sauropterygia in the Middle Triassic, indicating that it was greater than previously believed.
PB Taylor & Francis
SN 0024-1164
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/73094
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/73094
LA eng
NO Universidad Complutense de Madrid
NO Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad
NO Universidad de Alcalá
NO Universidad de Jaén
DS Docta Complutense
RD 9 abr 2025