Sophineta cf. cracoviensis Evans and Borsuk-Białynicka, 2009

Borsuk-Białynicka, Magdalena, 2018, Diversity of diapsid fifth metatarsals from the Lower Triassic karst deposits of Czatkowice, southern Poland - functional and phylogenetic implications, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 63 (3), pp. 417-434 : 422

Sophineta cf. cracoviensis Evans and Borsuk-Białynicka, 2009

Morphotype Y

Fig. 4C .

Material.—MttV: ZPAL RV/1989, left bone ( Fig. 4C ); ZPAL RV/1343, proximal half of the left MttV. All from early late Olenekian, Czatkowice I, southern Poland.

Description.—Morphologically the morphotype Y of MttV falls within the variability range of Sophineta but is twice as large. Specimen ZPAL RV/1989 is 8.6 mm in length, the estimated length of ZPAL RV/1343 is about the same.

Figures

Fig. 4. Lepidosauromorph saurian Sophineta cracoviensis Evans and Borsuk-Białynicka, 2009 (A, B) and morphotype Y (C) from the Lower Triassic of Czatkowice, southern Poland and Macrocnemus bassani (Nopcsa, 1930) (D, E) from the Middle Triassic of Switzerland. A. ZPAL RV/1990, left MttV in dorsal (A1) and medial (A2) views. B. ZPAL RV/1353, right MttV in plantar (B1) and lateral (B2) views. C. ZPAL RV/1989, left MttV in plantar view. D. PIMZ T 2816, left MttV (reversed) in plantar view. E. PIMZ T 2472, right MttV in plantar view. A–C, SEM stereo-pairs. D, E not to scale, after Rieppel (1989: fig. 8B, E).