A new anuran family from the fossil sites of Langebaanweg and Cooper's Cave, South Africa

被引：4
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作者：
Matthews, Thalassa [1 ]
Steininger, Christine [2 ]
机构：
[1] Iziko Museums South Africa, Cape Town, South Africa
[2] Univ Witwatersrand, GENUS DSI NRF Ctr Excellence Palaeosci, Johannesburg, South Africa
来源：
AFRICAN JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY | 2023年 / 72卷 / 02期
基金：
新加坡国家研究基金会;
关键词：
Langebaanweg; Cooper's Cave; ilium; microfauna; anuran; ILIO-SACRAL ARTICULATION; WESTERN CAPE; E-QUARRY; FROGS; EVOLUTION; IDENTIFICATION; MICROMAMMALS; MORPHOLOGY; COMMUNITY; PROVINCE;
D O I：
10.1080/21564574.2023.2251502
中图分类号：
Q95 [动物学];
学科分类号：
071002 ;
摘要：
Enigmatic frog ilia were recovered from two geographically and temporally disparate fossil sites in South Africa, namely the Early Pliocene (5.1 Ma) fossil site of Langebaanweg (south-western Cape), and Cooper's Cave D (Northern province), which dates to around 1.38 Ma. The fossil ilia appear to represent an extinct anuran genus that subsisted in southern Africa over several million years, had a previously undocumented mode of locomotion, and possibly exceptional jumping ability. Relative to extant anurans, the fossil ilia show a unique suite of characteristics pertaining to the acetabulum, dorsal protuberance, ventral ridge of the shaft, and dorsal crest; features which would have facilitated and stabilised jumping.
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页码：163 / 189
页数：27
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