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IRMNG name detailsBlattoidealestes Boonstra, 1954 †
11929448 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:11929448)
uncertain > nomen dubium
Genus
fossil only
Not documented
Taxonomic remark From Kammerer, 2023: Boonstra (1954a) described Blattoidealestes gracilis as a new ‘scaloposaurid’ from the...
Taxonomic remark From Kammerer, 2023: Boonstra (1954a) described Blattoidealestes gracilis as a new ‘scaloposaurid’ from the Tapinocephalus Zone. At the time, Scaloposauridae encompassed a broad array of small-bodied therocephalian taxa spanning the middle Permian through Early Triassic. More recent work, however, has shown that these ‘scaloposaurids’ sensu lato represent a heterogeneous assemblage of juvenile therocephalians, rather than any kind of coherent evolutionary unit ... The presence of serrated canines indicates that SAM-PK-4321 [the holotype] is an early therocephalian, and its combination of a high tooth count (probably I6/C1/PC8) and relatively elongate snout indicates that it is a scylacosaurid rather than a lycosuchid. Based on available data, however, this specimen is specifically indeterminate (as previously noted by Huttenlocker & Smith [2017]), and should be considered a nomen dubium (Scylacosauridae indet.) [details]
IRMNG (2023). Blattoidealestes Boonstra, 1954 †. Accessed at: https://irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=11929448 on 2024-11-21
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Taxonomic remark From Kammerer, 2023: Boonstra (1954a) described Blattoidealestes gracilis as a new ‘scaloposaurid’ from the Tapinocephalus Zone. At the time, Scaloposauridae encompassed a broad array of small-bodied therocephalian taxa spanning the middle Permian through Early Triassic. More recent work, however, has shown that these ‘scaloposaurids’ sensu lato represent a heterogeneous assemblage of juvenile therocephalians, rather than any kind of coherent evolutionary unit ... The presence of serrated canines indicates that SAM-PK-4321 [the holotype] is an early therocephalian, and its combination of a high tooth count (probably I6/C1/PC8) and relatively elongate snout indicates that it is a scylacosaurid rather than a lycosuchid. Based on available data, however, this specimen is specifically indeterminate (as previously noted by Huttenlocker & Smith [2017]), and should be considered a nomen dubium (Scylacosauridae indet.) [details]
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