Re: [dinosaur] 'Rauisuchian' material from Late Triassic Lower Elliot Formation of South Africa (free pdf)

Now officially published:

Frederick Tolchard, Sterling J. Nesbitt, Julia B. Desojo, Pia Viglietti,
Richard Butler & Jonah N. Choiniere (2019)
'Rauisuchian' material from the Lower Elliot Formation of South Africa:
implications for Late Triassic biogeography and biostratigraphy.
Journal of African Earth Sciences 160 (December 2019) Article 103610 : 1-13
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On Mon, Aug 26, 2019 at 9:12 PM Ben Creisler <[email protected]> wrote:

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> Ben Creisler
> [email protected]
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> A new paper:
>
> Frederick Tolchard, Sterling J. Nesbitt, Julia B. Desojo, Pia Viglietti,
> Richard Butler & Jonah N. Choiniere (2019)
> 'Rauisuchian' material from the Lower Elliot Formation of South Africa:
> implications for Late Triassic biogeography and biostratigraphy.
> Journal of African Earth Sciences Article 103610 (advance online
> publication)
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__doi.org_10.1016_j.jafrearsci.2019.103610&d=DwIFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=Ry_mO4IFaUmGof_Yl9MyZgecRCKHn5g4z1CYJgFW9SI&m=KzpvTR1-1SxLWZ5kXfq_u7Sn0tpfKWh9kvXg6f0iAKc&s=ijH-8o8FNfWwUhM_Z4MwTMbi1Fy3Cwu8P1L4EbPH3Z4&e= 
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> HIGHLIGHTS
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> We identify fossils of 'rauisuchians' from South Africa’s Elliot Formation.
> This is the first record of large carnivores from the lower Elliot
> Formation.
> The five specimens represent at least two distinct taxa.
> They are among the youngest and highest palaeolatitude record of the group.
> This research provides insight into the Late Triassic ecosystems of South
> Africa.
>
> Abstract
>
> 'Rauisuchians' are non-crocodylomorph pseudosuchian archosaurs that played
> important roles in terrestrial Triassic ecosystems. Because they are
> generally considered to have gone extinct in the end-Triassic mass
> extinction, they are potentially useful for relative dating of terrestrial
> strata. Despite the abundance of fossils of this group in South America,
> East Africa and Laurasia, there is currently no published definitive
> rauisuchian fossil record from southern Africa. However, several
> fragmentary archosaurian remains representing potential members of this
> grade have been recovered from the latest Triassic lower Elliot Formation
> of South Africa. Here, we critically review this material and show that it
> represents a modest diversity of rauisuchians. These records are the
> southernmost palaeolatitudes that these animals are known to have occurred
> and the first definitive remains from southern Africa.
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