Permian Reptilian Fauna from India

Kutty, T. S.

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“…Chatterjee and Hotton (1986) concluded that India always has been physically very close to Asia, not to Australia and Antarctica, and the vertebrate data fully support their conclusions. Kutty's (1972) study of Permian tetrapods and the investigations of Gayet et al (1984) latest Cretaceous-Paleocene taxa led to an identical conclusion. Triassic.…”

Section: Indian Subcontinent-western Chinamentioning

confidence: 64%

Phanerozoic faunal and floral realms of the Earth; the intercalary relations of the Malvinokaffric and Gondwana faunal realms with the Tethyan faunal realm

Meyerhoff¹,

Boucot²,

Hull³

et al. 1996

Phanerozoic Faunal and Floral Realms of the Earth: The Intercalary Relations of the Malvinokaffric and Gondwana Faunal Realms W

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Biogeographical data comprise a largely neglected but potentially powerful tool for deciphering the tectonic evolution of the Phanerozoic Earth. This is true because the borders of biogeographical realms, regions, provinces, and subprovinces are natural barriers, some of them tectonic in origin. Yet most major biogeographical realm boundaries, based on floral and faunal distributions, do not coincide with the partly tectonic, partly computer-generated boundaries of plate tectonics.Instead, the paleontologic record shows that (1) a broad intercalary zone separates "northern" from "southern" biogeographical realms, and (2) this broad zone has existed during most, if not all, of Phanerozoic time. Within this intercalary zone, whose width ranges from several hundred to 5,000 km, strata bearing "northern" biotas are intercalated with strata bearing "southern" biotas and, in many areas, admixtures of "northern" and "southern" taxa are present within the same beds.During the Middle and Late Cambrian, the southern realm is the Atlantic Realm. (A globally low Early Cambrian climatic gradient does not permit easy definition of a southern realm.) Following the Cambrian, the two principal southern realms are the Malvinokaffric Realm (Ordovician-early Middle Devonian) and its successor, the Gondwana Realm (Early Permian-Early Cretaceous). The two are separated in time by the later Devonian, an interval of rather cosmopolitan biotas.

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Section: Indian Subcontinent-western Chinamentioning

confidence: 64%

Phanerozoic faunal and floral realms of the Earth; the intercalary relations of the Malvinokaffric and Gondwana faunal realms with the Tethyan faunal realm

Meyerhoff¹,

Boucot²,

Hull³

et al. 1996

Phanerozoic Faunal and Floral Realms of the Earth: The Intercalary Relations of the Malvinokaffric and Gondwana Faunal Realms W

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“…The Kundaram Formation is well known for its multitaxic accumulation of Permian tetrapods, with the major faunal components being dicynodonts. The non‐dicynodont members include a small captorhinid reptile (Kutty ) and a medium‐sized gorgonopsian (Ray & Bandyopadhyay ). The dicynodont assemblage includes Endothiodon, Dicynodontoides (= ‘ Kingoria’ ) , Pristerodon (Ray , ) and the new taxon of cistecephalid described here.…”

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A new taxon of cistecephalid dicynodont from the upper Permian Kundaram Formation of India

Kammerer

Bandyopadhyay

Ray

2016

Papers in Palaeontology

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A new cistecephalid dicynodont, Sauroscaptor tharavati gen. et sp. nov., is described from the upper Permian Kundaram Formation of India. This taxon is represented by specimens formerly referred to the African dicynodont genera Cistecephalus and Emydops. Sauroscaptor can be distinguished from other cistecephalids by the extremely posterior position of the pineal foramen (overhanging the edge of the occiput), bipartite nuchal crest, and relatively narrow skull roof. The recognition of Sauroscaptor as a distinct cistecephalid taxon adds to the increasing evidence for high levels of basinal endemism in this family. However, dicynodont biogeographical patterns are complex, and there is no simple relationship between inferred dispersal ability based on body size and levels of endemicity within clades.

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“…The stratigraphy of Late Permian Indian deposits has been summarized by Kutty et al (1987): Anomodonts are found in Lithozone 3 of the Infra-Kamthi Formation. Endothioda, Cisfecephalus (Kutty 1972), Pristerodon and ?Oudenodon (King, and Gordonin (synonymized with Dicynodon by King, 1988). It is possible that a tuskless genus, probably Oudenodon, also exists kom this locality (King, 1988: 93 North China (Sun, 1989).…”

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The palaeobiogeography of Permian anomodonts

King

1992

Terra Nova

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It is generally considered that the oldest anomodont mammal‐like reptiles are known from Late Permian sediments of the USSR and that during the rest of the Late Permian distribution of these fossils widens to encompass nearly all geographical areas by the end of the Period. This study reviews the occurrence of anomodont genera in Permian sediments and reassesses the conventionally accepted distribution pattern. A broad correlation of terrestrial Permian rocks from different continents is attempted. Using recent reconstructions of Permian continental positions the effect of latitude on anomodont distribution is investigated. Some explanations for the restrictions operating on anomodont distribution are suggested.

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Permian Reptilian Fauna from India

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Phanerozoic faunal and floral realms of the Earth; the intercalary relations of the Malvinokaffric and Gondwana faunal realms with the Tethyan faunal realm

Phanerozoic faunal and floral realms of the Earth; the intercalary relations of the Malvinokaffric and Gondwana faunal realms with the Tethyan faunal realm

A new taxon of cistecephalid dicynodont from the upper Permian Kundaram Formation of India

The palaeobiogeography of Permian anomodonts

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