The revision of the baphetids from the Middle Pennsylvanian of the Czech Republic
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| Year of publication | 2024 |
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| Description | Here we provide a morphological revision of all available baphetid material from the late Carboniferous of the Czech Republic, including one newly described specimen represented by a well-preserved isolated right dentary with teeth. The presumably lost type specimen of Loxomma bohemicum was rediscovered and shown to represent a poorly preserved lower jaw fragment of the large temnospondyl amphibian Capetus palustris. The all remaining material can be attributed to various ontogenetic stages of Baphetes orientalis, which is characterized by the postorbital with a very thin and sharply pointed postfrontal process and a slightly elongate rectangular lateral process of the bone. The most comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of the Baphetoidea to date has been performed, the results of which indicate that the monogeneric subfamily Baphetinae may be polyphyletic. “Loxomma” lintonensis from the Moscovian of Linton (Ohio, USA), which was recently found to be a member of Loxommatinae (Milner et al. 2009), has been recovered as more closely related to Baphetes orientalis in the present analysis, indicating that its reference to the genus Loxomma is doubtful. |
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