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

被引：4

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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