The stratigraphic puzzle of the permo-mesozoic southwestern Gondwana: The Paraná Basin record in geotectonic and palaeoclimatic context

CMS Scherer, AD Reis, BLD Horn, G Bertolini… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
The compilation of stratigraphic, sedimentologic, paleontologic and geochronological data
allows the proposal of a regional stratigraphic framework for the Late Permian to Lower …

Review of the fossil record of early dinosaurs from South America, and its phylogenetic implications

FE Novas, FL Agnolin, MD Ezcurra, RT Müller… - Journal of South …, 2021 - Elsevier
Triassic beds from Argentina and Brazil provide the most relevant fossil record of early
dinosauriforms in terms of numerical abundance and taxonomic diversity. This record …

Triassic climate and the rise of the dinosaur empire in South America

L Corecco, MJ Kohn, CL Schultz - Journal of South American Earth …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Triassic period (251.9 to 201.4 Ma) is the first period of the Mesozoic Era,
initiating after the Permian-Triassic mass extinction and ending at the Triassic-Jurassic mass …

Endocranial anatomy of the early prozostrodonts (Eucynodontia: Probainognathia) and the neurosensory evolution in mammal forerunners

L Kerber, L Roese‐Miron, JM Bubadué… - The Anatomical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Prozostrodon brasiliensis and Therioherpeton cargnini are non‐mammaliaform cynodonts
that lived~ 233 million years ago (late Carnian, Late Triassic) in western Gondwana. They …

A complete skull of a stem mammal from the Late Triassic of Brazil illuminates the early evolution of prozostrodontian cynodonts

M Stefanello, AG Martinelli, RT Müller… - Journal of Mammalian …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Triassic cynodonts from South America are key taxa in the investigation of the
emergence of mammalian characters. One of the most iconic species from the Carnian is …

A new early‐diverging probainognathian cynodont and a revision of the occurrence of cf. Aleodon from the Chañares Formation, northwestern Argentina: New clues on the …

AG Martinelli, MD Ezcurra, LE Fiorelli… - The Anatomical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Chañares Formation (Ischigualasto‐Villa Unión Basin) is worldwide known by
its exquisitely preserved fossil record of latest Middle‐to‐early Late Triassic tetrapods …

Old fossil findings in the Upper Triassic rocks of southern Brazil improve diversity of traversodontid cynodonts (Therapsida, Cynodontia)

MR Schmitt, AG Martinelli, JFL Kaiuca… - The Anatomical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In this contribution we describe a new genus and species of gomphodontosuchine cynodont
from the Late Triassic Hyperodapedon Assemblage Zone (AZ) of the Santa Maria …

A new archosauriform species from the Panchet Formation of India and the diversification of Proterosuchidae after the end-Permian mass extinction

MD Ezcurra, S Bandyopadhyay… - Royal Society …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Proterosuchidae represents the oldest substantial diversification of Archosauromorpha and
plays a key role in understanding the biotic recovery after the end-Permian mass extinction …

Bone histology supports gregarious behavior and an early ontogenetic stage to Decuriasuchus quartacolonia (Pseudosuchia: Loricata) from the Middle‐Late Triassic …

BDM de Farias, JB Desojo, IA Cerda… - The Anatomical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Decuriasuchus quartacolonia is a middle‐sized basal “rauisuchian”(Pseudosuchia,
Loricata) from the Triassic beds of Brazil, whose original description was based on 10 …

Brazilian fossils reveal homoplasy in the oldest mammalian jaw joint

JRG Rawson, AG Martinelli, PG Gill, MB Soares… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The acquisition of the load-bearing dentary–squamosal jaw joint was a key step in
mammalian evolution,,,–. Although this innovation has received decades of study, questions …