Abstract:An unusual tetrapod tooth was discovered in the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation of southeastern Utah. In this paper, we compare MNA V10668 to other known fossil tooth crowns from the Chinle Formation and assign the tooth to the least inclusive clade currently available, Archosauriformes, based on the presence of mesial and distal serrations, a distal keel, and a conical mesiodistal profile. Using data found in other publications and pictures of other teeth, we compare this specimen to other Triassic dental taxa. MNA V10668 shares some similarities with Crosbysaurus, Tecovasaurus, and several other named taxa, including a teardrop-shaped labiolingual profile, but possesses a unique combination of characteristics not found in other archosauromorph teeth thus observed. This increases the known diversity of archosauromorphs from the Chinle Formation and represents the first tooth of this morphotype to be found from Utah in the Late Triassic.PeerJ PrePrints | https://dx.doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1110v3 | CC-BY 4.0 Open Access | rec:

Abstract:An unusual tetrapod tooth was discovered in the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation of southeastern Utah. In this paper, we compare MNA V10668 to other known fossil tooth crowns from the Chinle Formation and assign the tooth to the least inclusive clade currently available, Archosauriformes, based on the presence of mesial and distal serrations, a distal keel, and a conical mesiodistal profile. Using data found in other publications and pictures of other teeth, we compare this specimen to other Triassic dental taxa. MNA V10668 shares some similarities with Crosbysaurus, Tecovasaurus, and several other named taxa, including a teardrop-shaped labiolingual profile, but possesses a unique combination of characteristics not found in other archosauromorph teeth thus observed. This increases the known diversity of archosauromorphs from the Chinle Formation and represents the first tooth of this morphotype to be found from Utah in the Late Triassic.PeerJ PrePrints | https://dx.doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1110v3 | CC-BY 4.0 Open Access | rec:

An unusual tetrapod tooth was discovered in the Late Triassic Chinle Formation of southeastern Utah. The tooth was originally thought to belong to Revueltosaurus but further investigations have rejected that hypothesis. In this paper we compare MNA V10668 to other known fossil teeth found in the Chinle Formation and identify the least inclusive clade it may belongs to. Using data found in other publications and pictures of other teeth, we compare this specimen to other Triassic dental taxa. MNA V10668 shares some similarities with Crosbysaurus, Tecovasaurus, and several other named taxa but possesses unique characteristics not found in other diapsid teeth. We conclude that it is most likely an archosauromorph and probably an archosauriform. This increases the known diversity of tetrapods from the Chinle Formation and represents the first tooth morphotype completely unique to Utah in the Late Triassic Period.

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Abstract:An unusual tetrapod tooth was discovered in the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation of southeastern Utah. In this paper, we compare MNA V10668 to other known fossil tooth crowns from the Chinle Formation and assign the tooth to the least inclusive clade currently available, Archosauriformes, based on the presence of mesial and distal serrations, a distal keel, and a conical mesiodistal profile. Using data found in other publications and pictures of other teeth, we compare this specimen to other Triassic dental taxa. MNA V10668 shares some similarities with Crosbysaurus, Tecovasaurus, and several other named taxa, including a teardrop-shaped labiolingual profile, but possesses a unique combination of characteristics not found in other archosauromorph teeth thus observed. This increases the known diversity of archosauromorphs from the Chinle Formation and represents the first tooth of this morphotype to be found from Utah in the Late Triassic.PeerJ PrePrints | https://dx.doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1110v3 | CC-BY 4.0 Open Access | rec: