Pamelaria, the Glossary
Pamelaria is an extinct genus of allokotosaurian archosauromorph reptile known from a single species, Pamelaria dolichotrachela, from the Middle Triassic of India.[1]
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56 relations: Allokotosauria, Andhra Pradesh, Apomorphy and synapomorphy, Archosauriformes, Archosauromorpha, Azendohsaurus, Basal (phylogenetics), Caudofemoralis, Cervical vertebrae, Champsosaurus, Clade, Cladogram, Coronoid process of the mandible, Dinosaur, Early Triassic, Facet joint, Femur, Genus, Greek language, Haemal arch, Holotype, Jugal bone, Lepidosauromorpha, Lizard, Macrocnemus, Megalancosaurus, Mesosuchus, Middle Triassic, Nostril, Orbit (anatomy), Palate, Pamela Lamplugh Robinson, Paraphyly, Permian, Phylogenetics, Polyphyly, Prolacerta, Prolacertidae, Protorosauria, Protorosaurus, Quadrate bone, Rhynchosaur, Rhynchosaurus, Sacrum, Sauropodomorpha, Shoulder girdle, Tanystropheidae, Tanystropheus, Temporal fenestra, Triassic, ... Expand index (6 more) »
- Azendohsaurids
- Middle Triassic reptiles of Asia
- Triassic India
Allokotosauria
Allokotosauria is a clade of early archosauromorph reptiles from the Middle to Late Triassic known from Asia, Africa, North America and Europe.
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Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh (abbr. AP) is a state in the southern coastal region of India.
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Apomorphy and synapomorphy
In phylogenetics, an apomorphy (or derived trait) is a novel character or character state that has evolved from its ancestral form (or plesiomorphy).
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Archosauriformes
Archosauriformes (Greek for 'ruling lizards', and Latin for 'form') is a clade of diapsid reptiles encompassing archosaurs and some of their close relatives.
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Archosauromorpha
Archosauromorpha (Greek for "ruling lizard forms") is a clade of diapsid reptiles containing all reptiles more closely related to archosaurs (such as crocodilians and dinosaurs, including birds) rather than lepidosaurs (such as tuataras, lizards, and snakes).
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Azendohsaurus
Azendohsaurus is an extinct genus of herbivorous archosauromorph reptile from roughly the late Middle to early Late Triassic Period of Morocco and Madagascar. Pamelaria and Azendohsaurus are Azendohsaurids and Prehistoric reptile genera.
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Basal (phylogenetics)
In phylogenetics, basal is the direction of the base (or root) of a rooted phylogenetic tree or cladogram.
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Caudofemoralis
The caudofemoralis (from the Latin cauda, tail and femur, thighbone) is a muscle found in the pelvic limb of mostly all animals possessing a tail.
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Cervical vertebrae
In tetrapods, cervical vertebrae (vertebra) are the vertebrae of the neck, immediately below the skull.
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Champsosaurus
Champsosaurus is an extinct genus of crocodile-like choristodere reptile, known from the Late Cretaceous and early Paleogene periods of North America and Europe (Campanian–Paleocene). Pamelaria and Champsosaurus are Prehistoric reptile genera.
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Clade
In biological phylogenetics, a clade, also known as a monophyletic group or natural group, is a grouping of organisms that are monophyletic – that is, composed of a common ancestor and all its lineal descendants – on a phylogenetic tree.
Cladogram
A cladogram (from Greek clados "branch" and gramma "character") is a diagram used in cladistics to show relations among organisms.
Coronoid process of the mandible
In human anatomy, the mandible's coronoid process (from Greek korōnē, denoting something hooked) is a thin, triangular eminence, which is flattened from side to side and varies in shape and size.
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Dinosaur
Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles of the clade Dinosauria.
Early Triassic
The Early Triassic is the first of three epochs of the Triassic Period of the geologic timescale.
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Facet joint
The facet joints (also zygapophysial joints, zygapophyseal, apophyseal, or Z-joints) are a set of synovial, plane joints between the articular processes of two adjacent vertebrae.
Femur
The femur (femurs or femora), or thigh bone is the only bone in the thigh.
Genus
Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.
Greek language
Greek (Elliniká,; Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean.
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Haemal arch
A haemal arch, also known as a chevron, is a bony arch on the ventral side of a tail vertebra of a vertebrate.
Holotype
A holotype is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described.
Jugal bone
The jugal is a skull bone found in most reptiles, amphibians and birds.
Lepidosauromorpha
Lepidosauromorpha (in PhyloCode known as Pan-Lepidosauria) is a group of reptiles comprising all diapsids closer to lizards than to archosaurs (which include crocodiles and birds).
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Lizard
Lizard is the common name used for all squamate reptiles other than snakes (and to a lesser extent amphisbaenians), encompassing over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains.
Macrocnemus
Macrocnemus is an extinct genus of archosauromorph reptile known from the Middle Triassic (Late Anisian to Ladinian) of Europe and China. Pamelaria and Macrocnemus are middle Triassic reptiles of Asia and Prehistoric reptile genera.
Megalancosaurus
Megalancosaurus is a genus of extinct reptile from the Late Triassic Dolomia di Forni Formation and Zorzino Limestone of northern Italy, and one of the best known drepanosaurids. Pamelaria and Megalancosaurus are Prehistoric reptile genera.
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Mesosuchus
Mesosuchus ("middle crocodile") is an extinct genus of basal rhynchosaur from early Middle Triassic (early Anisian stage) deposits of Eastern Cape, South Africa. Pamelaria and Mesosuchus are Prehistoric reptile genera.
Middle Triassic
In the geologic timescale, the Middle Triassic is the second of three epochs of the Triassic period or the middle of three series in which the Triassic system is divided in chronostratigraphy.
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Nostril
A nostril (or naris,: nares) is either of the two orifices of the nose.
Orbit (anatomy)
In anatomy, the orbit is the cavity or socket/hole of the skull in which the eye and its appendages are situated.
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Palate
The palate is the roof of the mouth in humans and other mammals.
Pamela Lamplugh Robinson
Pamela Lamplugh Robinson (18 December 1919 – 24 October 1994) was a British paleontologist who worked extensively on the fauna of the Triassic and Early Jurassic of Gloucestershire and later worked in India on the Mesozoic and Gondwanan fauna.
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Paraphyly
Paraphyly is a taxonomic term describing a grouping that consists of the grouping's last common ancestor and some but not all of its descendant lineages.
Permian
The Permian is a geologic period and stratigraphic system which spans 47 million years from the end of the Carboniferous Period million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Triassic Period 251.902 Mya.
Phylogenetics
In biology, phylogenetics is the study of the evolutionary history and relationships among or within groups of organisms.
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Polyphyly
A polyphyletic group is an assemblage that includes organisms with mixed evolutionary origin but does not include their most recent common ancestor.
Prolacerta
Prolacerta is a genus of archosauromorph from the lower Triassic of South Africa and Antarctica. Pamelaria and Prolacerta are Prehistoric reptile genera.
Prolacertidae
Prolacertidae is an extinct family of archosauromorph reptiles that lived during the Early Triassic epoch.
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Protorosauria
Protorosauria is an extinct, likely paraphyletic group of basal archosauromorph reptiles from the latest Middle Permian (Capitanian stage) to the end of the Late Triassic (Rhaetian stage) of Asia, Europe and North America.
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Protorosaurus
Protorosaurus (from πρότερος, 'earlier' and σαῦρος, 'lizard') is an extinct genus of reptile. Pamelaria and Protorosaurus are Prehistoric reptile genera.
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Quadrate bone
The quadrate bone is a skull bone in most tetrapods, including amphibians, sauropsids (reptiles, birds), and early synapsids.
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Rhynchosaur
Rhynchosaurs are a group of extinct herbivorous Triassic archosauromorph reptiles, belonging to the order Rhynchosauria.
Rhynchosaurus
Rhynchosaurus (beaked lizard) is a genus of rhynchosaur that lived during the Middle Triassic period. Pamelaria and Rhynchosaurus are Prehistoric reptile genera.
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Sacrum
The sacrum (sacra or sacrums), in human anatomy, is a large, triangular bone at the base of the spine that forms by the fusing of the sacral vertebrae (S1S5) between ages 18 and 30.
Sauropodomorpha
Sauropodomorpha (from Greek, meaning "lizard-footed forms") is an extinct clade of long-necked, herbivorous, saurischian dinosaurs that includes the sauropods and their ancestral relatives.
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Shoulder girdle
The shoulder girdle or pectoral girdle is the set of bones in the appendicular skeleton which connects to the arm on each side.
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Tanystropheidae
Tanystropheidae is an extinct family of archosauromorph reptiles that lived throughout the Triassic Period, often considered to be "protorosaurs".
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Tanystropheus
Tanystropheus (~ 'long' + 'hinged') is an extinct genus of archosauromorph reptile which lived during the Triassic Period in Europe, Asia, and North America. Pamelaria and Tanystropheus are Prehistoric reptile genera.
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Temporal fenestra
Temporal fenestrae are openings in the temporal region of the skull of some amniotes, behind the orbit (eye socket).
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Triassic
The Triassic (sometimes symbolized 🝈) is a geologic period and system which spans 50.5 million years from the end of the Permian Period 251.902 million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Jurassic Period 201.4 Mya.
Trilophosauridae
Trilophosaurs are lizard-like Triassic allokotosaur reptiles related to the archosaurs.
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Trilophosaurus
Trilophosaurus (Greek for "lizard with three ridges") is a lizard-like trilophosaurid allokotosaur known from the Late Triassic of North America. Pamelaria and Trilophosaurus are Prehistoric reptile genera.
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Vertebra
Each vertebra (vertebrae) is an irregular bone with a complex structure composed of bone and some hyaline cartilage, that make up the vertebral column or spine, of vertebrates.
Yarasuchus
Yarasuchus (meaning "red crocodile") is an extinct genus of avemetatarsalian archosaur that lived during the Anisian stage of the Middle Triassic of India. Pamelaria and Yarasuchus are Fossils of India, middle Triassic reptiles of Asia, Prehistoric reptile genera and Triassic India.
Yerrapalli Formation
The Yerrapalli Formation is a Triassic rock formation consisting primarily of mudstones that outcrops in the Pranhita–Godavari Basin in southeastern India. Pamelaria and Yerrapalli Formation are Triassic India.
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2003 in paleontology
German paleontologist and stratigrapher Heinz Walter Kozur (1942-2013) described the conodont genus Carnepigondolella.
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See also
Azendohsaurids
Middle Triassic reptiles of Asia
- Anshunsaurus
- Atopodentatus
- Austronaga
- Barracudasauroides
- Bharitalasuchus
- Chinchenia
- Diandongosuchus
- Dianopachysaurus
- Dinocephalosaurus
- Eumetabolodon
- Fenhosuchus
- Fuyuansaurus
- Glyphoderma
- Gracilicollum
- Keichousaurus
- Kwangsisaurus
- Kyrgyzsaurus
- Largocephalosaurus
- Litorosuchus
- Longisquama
- Lotosaurus
- Luxisaurus
- Macrocnemus
- Mesodapedon
- Mixosaurus
- Nanchangosaurus
- Pamelaria
- Panzhousaurus
- Pectodens
- Qianosuchus
- Qianxisaurus
- Sanchiaosaurus
- Shansisuchus
- Sharovipterygidae
- Sharovipteryx
- Shringasaurus
- Sinosaurosphargis
- Turfanosuchus
- Wangisuchus
- Wangosaurus
- Wumengosaurus
- Yarasuchus
- Youngosuchus
Triassic India
- Capulomala
- Colossosuchus
- Compsocerops
- Inditherium
- Jaklapallisaurus
- Kranosaura
- Kuttycephalus
- Lower Maleri Formation
- Malerisaurus
- Nambalia
- Ophiceras
- Pamelaria
- Panchet Formation
- Panthasaurus
- Parasuchus
- Ruberodon
- Shringasaurus
- Tiki Formation
- Tikiodon
- Upper Maleri Formation
- Volcanosuchus
- Wadiasaurus
- Yarasuchus
- Yerrapalli Formation
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamelaria
Also known as Pamelaria dolichotrachela.
, Trilophosauridae, Trilophosaurus, Vertebra, Yarasuchus, Yerrapalli Formation, 2003 in paleontology.