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Reisz Et Al Euconcordia.Indd Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology 3:1-6 1 ISSN 2292-1389 Euconcordia nom. nov., a replacement name for the captorhinid eureptile Concordia Müller and Reisz, 2005 (non Kingsley, 1880), with new data on its dentition Robert R. Reisz*,1, Yara Haridy1, and Johannes Müller2 1Department of Biology, University of Toronto Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga Rd. N., Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6, Canada, [email protected], [email protected] 2Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung, Invalidenstraße 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany, [email protected] Abstract: The oldest known captorhinid reptile, and the only Carboniferous representative of this important clade of early eureptiles was named Concordia cunninghami. This was done on the basis of the cranial material from two specimens, but the name is preoccupied by an extant hippolytid crustacean. We therefore coined the new name, Euconcordia, as a replacement name for this taxon, and the new combination is Euconcordia cunninghami. In addition, the recent significant increases in our understanding of dental anatomy in early amniotes in general, and captorhinid reptiles in particular, has allowed us to reinter- pret the anatomy of the marginal and palatal teeth of this taxon. http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E31E05A9-C673-426E-A024-F5335BDBC6CB Key Words: Carboniferous; Kansas; Pennsylvanian INTRODUCTION of Latreutes parvulus (Stimpson, 1871) (Ledoyer 1986). Although Concordia Kingsley, 1880 is not currently Müller and Reisz (2005) described a new taxon of capto- considered a valid genus, the name nevertheless remains rhinid reptile (Concordia cunninghami) from the Hamilton unavailable, necessitating the establishment of a replace- Quarry, a Pennsylvanian Lagerstätte in Greenwood County, ment name for the captorhinid C. cunninghami. Kansas (Schultze 1996). Concordia cunninghami is the earliest-known member of Captorhinidae and remains the only Carboniferous record of this important, otherwise SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY Permian clade. This small reptile is particularly important EUREPTILIA Olson, 1947 because its discovery has allowed palaeontologists to follow CAPTORHINIDAE Case, 1911 the evolutionary history of this clade, as it gradually transi- Euconcordia nom. nov. tioned from small insectivorous and carnivorous amniotes to Concordia Müller and Reisz, 2005, non Kingsley, 1880 omnivores (as seen in basal captorhinids) and eventually the Type Species: Concordia cunninghami Müller and Reisz, 2005. highly derived herbivores (moradisaurine captorhinids) that Holotype: KUVP 87102a & b, (Fig. 1 A, B) dorsally we see in the Late Permian. There is convincing evidence preserved skull and its counterpart, a partial, ventrally that captorhinids are the first group of eureptiles to diversify preserved braincase (originally erroneously indicated as significantly during the initials stages of amniote evolution KUVP 8702a & b). (LeBlanc et al. 2015; Modesto et al. 2014). Referred Specimens: KUVP 96164a & b, (Fig. 2 A, B) Unfortunately, the name Concordia is preoccupied by an skull preserved in palatal view, and its counterpart, a partial extant hippolytid crustacean, Concordia Kingsley, 1880. skull roof preserved in dorsal view (originally erroneously The hippolytid Concordia is currently considered a junior indicated as KUVP 96/64). synonym of Latreutes Stimpson, 1860, with the sole spe- Horizon and Locality: Calhoun Shale, Shawnee cies Concordia gibberosus Kingsley, 1880 in the synonymy Group, Virgilian Series, Upper Pennsylvanian; Hamilton *corresponding author Quarry near Hamilton, Greenwood County, Kansas, USA. Published November 9, 2016. © 2016 by the authors Emended Diagnosis: Small captorhinid eureptile char- submitted Sept. 22, 2016; accepted with revisions Oct. 17, 2016; acterized by the presence of teeth on the medial and lateral revisions received Nov. 4 2016. Handling editor: Robert Holmes. edges of the vomer, and an extensive field of teeth on the DOI 10.18435/B53W22 cultriform process of the parasphenoid. In addition, there is Copyright by the author(s). This open access work is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License, which permits non- commercial use, distribution, and reproduction provided no modifications are made and the original author and source are credited. For other permissions, contact the author(s). Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology 3:1-6 Figure 1. Euconcordia cunninghami, holotype, KUVP 87102a & b. A, skull roof exposed in dorsal view, with left mandible partially exposed and moved anterolaterally, with quadrate bone still partly in articulation with the articular bone. B, its counterpart, a partial, ventrally exposed braincase (This specimen was originally erroneously identified as KUVP 8702a & b). Abbreviations used in figures: ar, articular; bo, basioccipital; d, dentary; f, frontal; l, lacrimal; m, maxilla; n, nasal; op, opisthot- ic; p, parietal; pf, postfrontal; pal, palatine; pm, premaxilla; po, postorbital; pp, postparietal; ps, parasphenoid; pt, pterygoid; q, quadrate; s, stapes; sa, surangular; so, suprapccipital; sq, squamosal; st, supratemporal; v, vomer. Scale bars = 1cm a longitudinal ridge on the mandible along the dorsal edge morphology of Euconcordia cunninghami, and also provide of the sculptured lateral surface of the dentary and surangu- more complete visual information on the remarkable cra- lar bones. On the pterygoid, the large fields of palatal teeth nial remains of this taxon. covering the transverse flange of the pterygoid and the an- The marginal dentition was originally described as pointed, terior palatal process of the bone are separated by a narrow conical teeth, with places for up to five small teeth on the edentulous groove. Differs from all other captorhinids in premaxilla, and up to 18 places on the maxilla, with no true having posteriorly embayed parietals, reduced heterodonty, caniniform. The four anterior-most teeth are distinctly more lacking a downturned premaxilla with enlarged anterior elongated than the more posterior members of the series. The teeth, lack of a retroarticular process, and absence of a med- dentary has places for 17 teeth, uniform in shape, slender ial alary process on the jugal. with recurved apices. Our interpretation, based on careful Etymology: An alteration of the previous name reexamination of the marginal dentition, differs from the Concordia, by adding the prefix Eu, meaning true. original description in a number of impactful ways. The right premaxillary teeth (Fig. 3A) exposed in medial NEW COMPARATIVE ANATOMICAL view are indeed slender, but are quite long, extending nearly the same distance above the alveolar shelf of the bone as the INFORMATION anterior maxillary teeth. In addition, the first premaxillary Recent studies of dental development and evolution tooth appears to be slightly longer than the fifth tooth, based among captorhinid eureptiles and Early Permian pararep- on the distance between the tip of the tooth and the edge of tiles (LeBlanc and Reisz 2015) have now allowed us to the alveolar shelf. Apically, the teeth curve slightly medially, reinterpret the dental anatomy of this basal captorhinid. have a delicate lingual ridge that extends to the central apex, We therefore take this opportunity to reexamine the dental and on either side of the tip, there are delicate carinae. 2 Reisz et al. — Euconcordia replacement name Figure 2. Euconcordia cunninghami, referred specimen KUVP 96164a & b. A, the skull roof preserved in dorsal view. B, its counterpart, skull preserved in palatal view. This specimen was originally erroneously labeled as KUVP 96/64 (Müller and Reisz 2005). Abbreviations as in Figure 1. Scale bars = 1cm The outline of the maxillary teeth (Fig. 3A, B) also differs bulbous dentition in combination with the carinae may from their original description. The teeth are not simple have been ideally suited for feeding on a wider variety of cones, but are slightly bulbous at the base, with crowns foods than basal eureptiles. However, based on size and that are not conically pointed but rather are more complex, body shape, it is unlikely that Euconcordia and other early with anterior and posterior carinae restricted to the apex of single tooth-rowed captorhinids were high fiber herbiroves. the tooth and forming an obtuse triangular cutting blade. That feeding behavior is most likely present in the moradi- The crown portion of each tooth is covered by enamel and saurine captorhinids (Reisz and Fröbisch 2014). curves gently medially, and slightly posteriorly, although it The dentary teeth (Fig. 3C) are plesiomorphic in being lacks the distinct recurvature that characterizes basal eurep- less heterodont than the maxillary teeth, and lack the tiles (Carroll 1964). The posterior maxillary teeth are not typical captorhinid condition of greatly enlarged first conical either, but exhibit a slightly bulbous base or with and second teeth. In fact, the first tooth of the dentary is parallel sides, and the relatively broad crowns of these teeth comparatively small, and the space for the second tooth display delicate apical carinae. These teeth are reminiscent suggests that the tooth occupying it would also have to of the marginal teeth of other basal captorhinids (Modesto be small. The largest teeth of the dentary are located in 1996), including Captorhinus laticeps, and differ from the mid-region of the tooth row, occupying tooth pos- the teeth in the basal eureptiles
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