A new recumbirostran 'microsaur' from the lower Permian Bromacker locality, Thuringia, Germany, and its fossorial adaptations.

ABSTRACT: Several recumbirostran 'microsaurs' are known from early Permian sites across Germany, including the Tambach Formation in Thuringia, central Germany. The only 'microsaur' thus far described from the Tambach Formation was the ostodolepid recumbirostran Tambaroter carrolli. However, there is also the documented presence of an undescribed recumbirostran 'microsaur' at the well-known Bromacker locality. The Bromacker locality is highly recognized and best known for its very diverse and extremely well-preserved terrestrial tetrapod assemblage combined with the co-occurrence of an exceptional vertebrate ichnofossil record. Here we describe a second new recumbirostran taxon from the Tambach Formation, which is also the first from the Bromacker locality itself. Phylogenetic analysis indicates that

SUBMITTER: MacDougall MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10879142 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature