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University of Birmingham a Re-Evaluation of Goniopholidid University of Birmingham A re-evaluation of goniopholidid crocodylomorph material from Central Asia Halliday, Thomas J.D.; Brandalise De Andrade, Marco; Benton, Michael J.; Efimov, Mikhail B. 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Efimov Published in Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 2015 60 (2): 291-312. http://dx.doi.org/10.4202/app.2013.0018 Character coding for redescribed material, and changes to E. delfsi Changes in coding of Eutretauranosuchus delfsi Character coding for redescribed material, and changes to E. delfsi All characters and character states are as found in Andrade et al. (2011). The following are the states assigned to Kansajsuchus extensus, “Sunosuchus” cf thailandicus (formerly “Sunosuchus” shartegensis), PIN 2229 (formerly Turanosuchus aralensis) and some changes to Eutretauranosuchus delfsi. Kansajsuchus extensus: 1[1/2]?1[1/2]???00110?????10000????00?200??1??10?0???????????1 ?12011121?3??????110010??????1??????1?????????01001??00- 300010010????0???????11012011?0??100?10010?0??[1/2]0?????????? ??????????????????????00?11?????11???????1??????2????????????? ??????????????????????0?0?100?0?????00?000111?000??1??00001220 0000?000010?20??????????????1????????????????????????????????? 0201000100?????0000021011?????000??0[1/2]?1??0???????????????0 ??00??000??????1011????????????????01?????1????????0???2?????0 1011???????? PIN 4174-1 1[1/5]??[1/2]0[0/1]10010???111?0000000?0??2???????????1??1??0? 1??10120????10???????110010?111101?100111?0?????0000?????????? ??00????????00?????110010?01?1???????????????????????????????? ??????????????????????????????0[1/2]0??11??0??????0??????????? ???????????????????????????????????????0?????????????000?12?0? 000?001?????????02[1/2]0211100?1100100001100??0???11100?000??? 00???1????????0110000000011?0?00[0/1]0000011?2?02[0/1]000????? ??00?00???00?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????? PIN 2229 ?????[0/1]??0010????1110?0???????????????????????????????10??? ??????????????[1/2]0?0??011?????????1????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????0??????00? ???????????????????11?0????00110021????110??????????02?101???? ???????????????????????????????0[1/2]0000[0/1]01200?????0????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????[1/2]??????1? ?1???????? Changes in coding of Eutretauranosuchus delfsi 2 – Skull geometry: relative position of tooth row, quadrate articular facet and occipital condyle – (? Unknown to 1 tooth row at a lower level than quadrate, aligned to occipital condyle) 3 – Skull geometry: relative position of tooth row and occipital condyle – (? Unknown to 0 unaligned) 4 – Skull geometry: relative position of quadrate and occipital condyles (? Unknown to 1 aligned) 8 – Rostrum: relation with the skull at maturity in lateral view (? Unknown to ½ Smooth decrease in height from skull/a poor fit) 28 – Foramen at premaxilla-maxilla suture (? Unknown to 0 absent) 29 – Perinarial crests: presence and morphology (? Unknown to 0 absent, surface even) 31 – Naris: orientation in the sagittal plane (? Unknown to 2 dorsal) 32 – Shape of naris (? Unknown to 0 subcircular) 33 – Naris distance to snout (? Unknown to 0 close) 34 – Presence of anterior narial notch (? Unknown to 0 absent) 35 – Presence of lateral narial notch (? Unknown to 0 absent) 36 – Composition of naris posterior border (? Unknown to 1 premaxilla) 37 – Presence and morphology of narial bar (? Unknown to 0 absent) 38 – Projection of internarial bar relative to premaxilla (? Unknown to – inapplicable) 39 – Presence of dorsal projection of anterior rami of premaxilla (? Unknown to 0 does not project) 59 – Presence of posterodorsal process of premaxilla at contact with maxilla and nasal (? Unknown to 1 present) 60 – Morphology of premaxilla-maxilla suture (? Unknown to 1 complex with anterior directed process from maxilla) 61 – Rostrum: presence of wedge like maxillary process (? Unknown to 1 present) 62 – Premaxilla morphology anterior to naris (? Unknown to 2 broadly meet at vertical wall) 65 – Shape of premaxilla in dorsal view (? Unknown to 3 paddle shaped) 95 – Lacrimal proportional length (? Unknown to 0 AP/ML closer to 2 or smaller) 97 – Posteroventral process of the lacrimal (? Unknown to 0 absent) 99 – Prefrontal-lacrimal crest dorsal to orbit (? Unknown to 0 absent) 100 – Transverse rostral crest: presence (? Unknown to 0 absent) 101 – Transverse frontal crest: presence (? Unknown to 0 absent) 104 – Crests margining the border of the sup-temp-fen (0 absent to 1 present) 160 – Orbit composition of anterior border (? Unknown to 2 lacrimal and prefrontal) 184 – Jugal fit to maxilla (? Unknown to 0 continuous) 196 – Postorbital bar: number of projections (? Unknown to [1/2] one/two projections) 204 – Quadratojugal participation in intertemporal foramen (? Unknown to 0 participates) 257 – Ectopterygoid posterior ramus (? Unknown to 0 reaches posterior tip) 335 – Participation of splenial in symphysis (? Unknown to 1 present) 340 – Dentary distal end (? Unknown to 1 long, reaches posteriorly to the orbit) 345 – Extension of surangular anterior lateral ramus (? Unknown to 1 long) 368/9 – Tooth cross-section (? Unknown to 1 circular) 370/1 – Faceted/laminar teeth (? Unknown to 0 absent) 378 – Carinae (1 present to 0 absent) .
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