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| image_caption = [[Holotype]] partial skull and explanatory drawings |
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| parent_authority = Smith, Araújo & [[Octávio Mateus|Mateus]], [[2012 in paleontology|2012]] |
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'''''Lusonectes''''' (meaning "[[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] swimmer") is an [[extinct]] [[genus]] of [[Microcleididae|microcleidid]] [[plesiosaur]] from the [[Early Jurassic]] ([[Toarcian]]) [[São Gião Formation]] of [[Portugal]]. |
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'''''Lusonectes''''' (meaning "Portuguese swimmer") is an [[extinct]] [[genus]] of [[plesiosaurid]] from Lower [[Jurassic]] ([[Toarcian]] stage) deposits of [[Alhadas]], [[Portugal]]. It is known from the [[holotype]] [[Museu Geológico, Lisbon, Portugal|MG33]], a partial [[skull]] and articulated [[mandible]]. It was found by [[Henri Émile Sauvage]], a French paleontologist, in the 19th century from the [[São Gião Formation]], near [[Murtede]], Portugal. It was first named by Adam S. Smith, Ricardo Araújo and [[Octávio Mateus]] in [[2012 in paleontology|2012]] and the [[type species]] is ''Lusonectes sauvagei''. The generic name is derived from the prefix ''Luso'' meaning "Portuguese" and ''nectes'' ("swimmer" in [[Greek language|Greek]]). The [[specific name (zoology)|specific name]] honors Henri Émile Sauvage. It is based on a single autapomorphy, a broad triangular parasphenoid cultriform process that is as long as the posterior interpterygoid vacuities, and also on a unique character combination. [[Cladistic]] analysis of Jurassic plesiosauroids found ''Lusonectes'' to be "microcleidid elasmosaurs", equivalent to the clade [[Plesiosauridae]] after Ketchum and Benson, 2010. ''Lusonectes'' is the only diagnostic plesiosaur from Portugal to date.<ref name=Lusonectes>{{cite journal |authors=Adam S. Smith, Ricardo Araújo and Octávio Mateus |year=2012 |title=A new plesiosauroid from the Toarcian (Lower Jurassic) of Alhadas, Portugal |url=http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app57/app20110023.pdf |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 57 (2): 257–266.|volume=in press |issue= |pages= |doi=10.4202/app.2011.0023 }}</ref> |
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== Etymology == |
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The generic name is derived from the prefix ''Luso'' meaning "Portuguese" and ''nectes'' ("swimmer" in [[Greek language|Greek]]). The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]] honors [[Henri Émile Sauvage]], who was the first person to describe the [[Holotype|holotype specimen]]. |
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== Discovery and naming == |
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[[File:Palate_and_basicranium_of_Lusonectes.jpg|left|thumb|200x200px|Rear of the [[palate]] and [[basicranium]]]] |
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The holotype, [[Museu Geológico, Lisbon, Portugal|'''MG33''']], a partial [[skull]] and articulated [[mandible]], was discovered possibly by [[geologist]] [[Paul Choffat]] and his team during the 19th century within rocks from the [[São Gião Formation]] near [[Murtede]], [[Portugal]].<ref name="Lusonectes">{{cite journal |author1=Adam S. Smith |author2=Ricardo Araújo |author3=Octávio Mateus |year=2012 |title=A new plesiosauroid from the Toarcian (Lower Jurassic) of Alhadas, Portugal |url=http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app57/app20110023.pdf |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=57 |issue=2 |pages=257–266 |doi=10.4202/app.2011.0023 |s2cid=55764533 |doi-access=free}}</ref> |
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Sauvage (1898) described MG33 as belonging to an unknown species of ''[[Plesiosaurus]]''.<ref>Sauvage, H.E. (1897–1898). Vertébrés fossiles du Portugal. Contribution à l’étude des poissons et des reptiles du Jurassique et du Crétacique. ''Memó− rias Commissão do Serviço Geológico de Portugal'' 1897–1898: 1–46.</ref> Other authors, including Bardet ''et al.'' (2008)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bardet |first=Nathalie |last2=Fernández |first2=Marta |last3=Garciáa-Ramos |first3=José Carlos |last4=Suberbiola |first4=Xabier Pereda |last5=Piñuela |first5=Laura |last6=Ruiz-Omeñaca |first6=José Ignacio |last7=Vincent |first7=Peggy |date=2008-03-12 |title=A juvenile plesiosaur from the Pliensbachian (Lower Jurassic) of Asturias, Spain |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[258:ajpftp]2.0.co;2 |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=28 |issue=1 |pages=258–263 |doi=10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[258:ajpftp]2.0.co;2 |issn=0272-4634}}</ref> and Ruiz−Omeñaca ''et al.'' (2009)<ref>Ruiz−Omeñaca, J.I., Bardet, N., Piñuela, L., José Carlos García−Ramos, J.C., and Pereda−Suberbiola, X. (2009). El fósil de plesiosaurio (Sauro− pterygia) más antiguo de la Peninsula Ibérica: una vértebra procedente del Hettangiense−Sinemuriense de Asturias. ''Geogaceta'' 46: 79–82.</ref> also classified MG33 within ''Plesiosaurus''. Castanhinha and [[Octávio Mateus|Mateus]] (2007)<ref>Castanhinha, R. and Mateus, O. (2007). Short review on the marine reptiles of Portugal: ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs and mosasaurs. ''Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology'' 27: 57A.</ref> and Smith & Vincent (2010)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Smith |first=Adam. S. |last2=Vincent |first2=Peggy |date=2010-09-16 |title=A new genus of pliosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Lower Jurassic of Holzmaden, Germany: NEW PLIOSAUR FROM GERMANY |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00975.x |journal=Palaeontology |language=en |volume=53 |issue=5 |pages=1049–1063 |doi=10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00975.x}}</ref> instead classified the specimen as an indeterminate member of [[Plesiosaur|Plesiosauria]]. |
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The specimen was described and named by Adam S. Smith, Ricardo Araújo and [[Octávio Mateus]] in [[2012 in paleontology|2012]] as ''Lusonectes sauvagei''.<ref name="Lusonectes" /> ''Lusonectes'' was described as the first diagnostic plesiosaur species discovered in Portugal to date.<ref name="Lusonectes" /> |
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== Description == |
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It is based on a single autapomorphy, a broad triangular parasphenoid cultriform process that is as long as the posterior interpterygoid vacuities, and also on a unique character combination.<ref name="Lusonectes" /> |
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== Classification == |
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Smith, Araújo and [[Octávio Mateus|Mateus]] (2012) found ''Lusonectes'' to belong to the [[Microcleididae]]<ref name="Lusonectes" /> when placed within a cladogram created by Ketchum and Benson (2010).<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ketchum |first=Hilary F. |last2=Benson |first2=Roger B. J. |date=2010-04-12 |title=Global interrelationships of Plesiosauria (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) and the pivotal role of taxon sampling in determining the outcome of phylogenetic analyses |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-185x.2009.00107.x |journal=Biological Reviews |volume=85 |issue=2 |pages=361–392 |doi=10.1111/j.1469-185x.2009.00107.x |issn=1464-7931}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
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* [[List of plesiosaur genera]] |
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* [[Timeline of plesiosaur research]] |
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==References== |
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Latest revision as of 21:28, 30 March 2024
Lusonectes Temporal range: Early Jurassic,
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Holotype partial skull and explanatory drawings | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
Order: | †Plesiosauria |
Family: | †Microcleididae |
Genus: | †Lusonectes Smith, Araújo & Mateus, 2012 |
Species: | †L. sauvagei
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†Lusonectes sauvagei Smith, Araújo & Mateus, 2012
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Lusonectes (meaning "Portuguese swimmer") is an extinct genus of microcleidid plesiosaur from the Early Jurassic (Toarcian) São Gião Formation of Portugal.
Etymology
[edit]The generic name is derived from the prefix Luso meaning "Portuguese" and nectes ("swimmer" in Greek). The specific name honors Henri Émile Sauvage, who was the first person to describe the holotype specimen.
Discovery and naming
[edit]The holotype, MG33, a partial skull and articulated mandible, was discovered possibly by geologist Paul Choffat and his team during the 19th century within rocks from the São Gião Formation near Murtede, Portugal.[1]
Sauvage (1898) described MG33 as belonging to an unknown species of Plesiosaurus.[2] Other authors, including Bardet et al. (2008)[3] and Ruiz−Omeñaca et al. (2009)[4] also classified MG33 within Plesiosaurus. Castanhinha and Mateus (2007)[5] and Smith & Vincent (2010)[6] instead classified the specimen as an indeterminate member of Plesiosauria.
The specimen was described and named by Adam S. Smith, Ricardo Araújo and Octávio Mateus in 2012 as Lusonectes sauvagei.[1] Lusonectes was described as the first diagnostic plesiosaur species discovered in Portugal to date.[1]
Description
[edit]It is based on a single autapomorphy, a broad triangular parasphenoid cultriform process that is as long as the posterior interpterygoid vacuities, and also on a unique character combination.[1]
Classification
[edit]Smith, Araújo and Mateus (2012) found Lusonectes to belong to the Microcleididae[1] when placed within a cladogram created by Ketchum and Benson (2010).[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Adam S. Smith; Ricardo Araújo; Octávio Mateus (2012). "A new plesiosauroid from the Toarcian (Lower Jurassic) of Alhadas, Portugal" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 57 (2): 257–266. doi:10.4202/app.2011.0023. S2CID 55764533.
- ^ Sauvage, H.E. (1897–1898). Vertébrés fossiles du Portugal. Contribution à l’étude des poissons et des reptiles du Jurassique et du Crétacique. Memó− rias Commissão do Serviço Geológico de Portugal 1897–1898: 1–46.
- ^ Bardet, Nathalie; Fernández, Marta; Garciáa-Ramos, José Carlos; Suberbiola, Xabier Pereda; Piñuela, Laura; Ruiz-Omeñaca, José Ignacio; Vincent, Peggy (2008-03-12). "A juvenile plesiosaur from the Pliensbachian (Lower Jurassic) of Asturias, Spain". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 28 (1): 258–263. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[258:ajpftp]2.0.co;2. ISSN 0272-4634.
- ^ Ruiz−Omeñaca, J.I., Bardet, N., Piñuela, L., José Carlos García−Ramos, J.C., and Pereda−Suberbiola, X. (2009). El fósil de plesiosaurio (Sauro− pterygia) más antiguo de la Peninsula Ibérica: una vértebra procedente del Hettangiense−Sinemuriense de Asturias. Geogaceta 46: 79–82.
- ^ Castanhinha, R. and Mateus, O. (2007). Short review on the marine reptiles of Portugal: ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs and mosasaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27: 57A.
- ^ Smith, Adam. S.; Vincent, Peggy (2010-09-16). "A new genus of pliosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Lower Jurassic of Holzmaden, Germany: NEW PLIOSAUR FROM GERMANY". Palaeontology. 53 (5): 1049–1063. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00975.x.
- ^ Ketchum, Hilary F.; Benson, Roger B. J. (2010-04-12). "Global interrelationships of Plesiosauria (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) and the pivotal role of taxon sampling in determining the outcome of phylogenetic analyses". Biological Reviews. 85 (2): 361–392. doi:10.1111/j.1469-185x.2009.00107.x. ISSN 1464-7931.