Triassic Tetrapods of Russia
Abstract
This paper presents the results of a revision and synthesis of data on Triassic tetrapods of Russia, collected and studied over more than a century and a half. An annotated catalog of the species encountered has been compiled, with information on the systematic position and synonymy provided for each of them, the holotype indicated, and in each case, references to the main works and illustrations are given. The accepted reconstruction of Triassic tetrapod succession of European Russia expressing the recovery of terrestrial biota after the Permian crisis is discussed. The level of resolution available for recognizing the events recorded in this faunal succession has no comparable equivalents for other land areas, so in many respects, the resulting scheme can serve as a kind of standard for intercontinental correlations. Analysis of local distinctions shown by a number of coeval tetrapod communities from different areas of European Russia enabled the identification of three distinct regions, differing in their zoogeographical connections, or, in some cases, in features of the biotopes inhabited, or in the proximity of these biotopes to the diversification centers. A catalog of all Triassic tetrapod localities known on the territory of Russia is provided, with a revised list of taxa found in each of them and collection numbers of all identifiable fossils.
- Publication:
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Paleontological Journal
- Pub Date:
- February 2024
- DOI:
- 10.1134/S0031030123120067
- Bibcode:
- 2024PalJ...57.1353S
- Keywords:
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- Lower Triassic;
- Middle Triassic;
- tetrapods;
- temnospondyl amphibians;
- chroniosuchians;
- procolophonians;
- dicynodonts;
- thecodonts;
- theriodonts;
- sauropterygians;
- biostratigraphy;
- zoogeography;
- localities;
- Russia;
- East European Platform;
- Cis-Urals