Taubateia, Malabarba & Lundberg, 2007
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.1590/S1679-62252007000300005 |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6495100 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EDAB54-FFDC-AE42-FC14-192EC3A8F9B6 |
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treatment provided by |
Carolina |
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scientific name |
Taubateia |
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gen. nov. |
Taubateia , new genus
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Type species. Taubateia paraiba , new species.
Diagnosis. Mesethmoid with shallow median cleft, flanked by reduced and anteriorly rounded cornua ( Fig. 4 View Fig ); mesethmoid ventral disk small, ball-shaped and subterminal ( Fig. 4 View Fig ); mesethmoid shaft wide ( Fig. 3a View Fig ); anterior tip of prevomer forms spike-like sutural joint with mesethmoid ( Fig. 3a View Fig ); posterolateral corner of the lateral ethmoid greatly expanded ( Figs. 2 View Fig , 3a View Fig ); ventral ridge on lateral ethmoid low and rounded ( Figs. 2 View Fig , 3a View Fig ); parasphenoid wide and flat ( Figs. 2 View Fig , 3a View Fig ); pterotic approximately square and widest at ventral margin( Figs. 2 View Fig , 3a View Fig , 5 View Fig ); transverse process of Weberian complex centrum not contacting the ossified transcapular ligament and reaching the border of the pterotic ( Fig. 5 View Fig ); ossified transcapular ligament forming a short transverse shelf medially reaching the basiocciptal lateral process ( Fig. 5 View Fig ); aortic groove extending at least to the ninth vertebrae ( Fig. 3a View Fig ); absence of pleural ribs posterior to sixth vertebrae ( Fig. 2 View Fig ).
Etymology. Taubateia from the name Taubate, in reference to the basin where the fossil comes from, with the suffix “ ia ” from the Latin and Greek, denoting pertaining to; gender feminine.
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