Early Permian bipedal reptile

被引：79
作者：
Berman, DS
Reisz, RR [1 ]
Scott, D
Henrici, AC
Sumida, SS
Martens, T
机构：
[1] Univ Toronto, Dept Zool, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6, Canada
[2] Carnegie Museum Nat Hist, Sect Vertebrate Paleontol, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA
[3] Calif State Univ San Bernardino, Dept Biol, San Bernardino, CA 92407 USA
[4] Museum Nat Gotha, Abt Palaeontol, D-99853 Gotha, Germany
来源：
SCIENCE | 2000年 / 290卷 / 5493期
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D O I：
10.1126/science.290.5493.969
中图分类号：
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号：
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要：
A 290-million-year-old reptilian skeleton from the Lower Permian (Asselian) of Germany provides evidence of abilities for cursorial bipedal locomotion, employing a parasagittal digitigrade posture. The skeleton is of a small bolosaurid, Eudibamus cursoris, gen. et sp. nov., and confirms the widespread distribution of Bolosauridae across Laurasia during this early stage of amniote evolution. E. cursoris is the oldest known representative of Parareptilia, a major clade of reptiles.
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页码：969 / 972
页数：4
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