{"title":"Torreites milovanovici Grubić, 1979, the first report of the Torreites genus in Iran","authors":"Mehdi Ghaedi , Ebrahim Mohammadi , Saeed Abdolahi","doi":"10.1016/j.annpal.2023.102615","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annpal.2023.102615","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>Late Cretaceous </span><em>Torreites milovanovici</em>, pertaining to Hippuritids (rudists) as marine heterodont bivalves, from SW Iran (northern Shiraz), is the centerpiece of this study. It is the first specimen of the <em>Torreites</em> genus recorded in Iran. More than 25 <em>Torreites</em><span> specimens were collected from the medium-bedded carbonate layer of the Upper Cretaceous succession of the study area. As well as in Iran, </span><em>T</em>. <em>milovanovici</em><span> specimens are recorded from Oman, and United Arab Emirates (UAE), although other species are found in Cuba, Jamaica, and Mexico. The </span><em>Torreites</em>-bearing bed is attributed to the clastic lower unit of the Tarbur Formation in Zagros Basin which is overlain by the carbonate upper unit of this Formation. Referring to field and laboratory observations as well as different previous references the <em>Torreites</em><span>-bearing carbonate layer in the study section can be ascribed to the Campanian. </span><em>T</em>. <em>milovanovici</em> specimens in Iran are compared with those recorded in Oman and UAE, using some determinative parameters. They show similarities in angles and size. Finding the species in a new area can be inspiring for future studies. It enhances the paleobiogeographical distribution of Family Torreitidae in the world and matching them chronologically can reveal some new evolutionary trends.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50780,"journal":{"name":"Annales de Paleontologie","volume":"109 2","pages":"Article 102615"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43680622","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anek Ram Sankhyan , Sayyed Ghyour Abbas , Muhammad Akbar Khan , Muhammad Adeeb Babar , Amir Yasin
{"title":"Diversity of hipparionines (Perissodactyla: Equidae) from the late Miocene–Pliocene Siwalik deposits at Haritalyangar, India","authors":"Anek Ram Sankhyan , Sayyed Ghyour Abbas , Muhammad Akbar Khan , Muhammad Adeeb Babar , Amir Yasin","doi":"10.1016/j.annpal.2023.102602","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annpal.2023.102602","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The present work is focused on the hipparionine remains from the late Miocene to early Pliocene deposits of the Haritalyangar areas, Himachal Pardesh, India. These remains are taxonomically ranked to five genera (<em>Plesiohipparion</em>, <em>Proboscidipparion</em>, <em>Cormohipparion</em>, <em>Sivalhippus</em>, and <em>Eurygnathohippus</em>) and seven species. The described taxa are predominantly known from China, Africa and the Indian subcontinent. Among these, <em>Proboscidipparion</em> is reported for the first time from the Siwaliks; the material assigned to <em>Plesiohipparion</em> sp. is a potential candidate for a new species. Hipparionines from this area have long been poorly known and are helpful to understand the palaeontological context of the Indian Siwalik mammalian fauna. The hipparionines suggest a wide variety of environmental conditions ranging from grasslands to forests.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50780,"journal":{"name":"Annales de Paleontologie","volume":"109 2","pages":"Article 102602"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48594560","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pliensbachian succession and brachiopod fauna from the Central Unit of the South Riffian Ridges (northwestern Morocco)","authors":"Mohamed Benzaggagh","doi":"10.1016/j.annpal.2023.102614","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annpal.2023.102614","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The Pliensbachian succession of the Central Unit of the South Riffian Ridges domain consists of four formations. The second one, the Jebela Formation, is rich in brachiopods especially at Jbel Dhar N'Sour Anticline. Twenty-three species belonging to three orders (Spiriferida, Rhynchonellida and Terebratulida), and eight genera have been identified in addition of seven species of bivalves. Most of the studied brachiopod taxa are described and illustrated for the first time from the Pliensbachian succession of the South Riffian Ridges domain and Morocco in general. Several of these taxa have wide geographic distributions in the Peritethyan basins of the northern and the southern margins of the western Tethys and the Subboreal Domain of NW Europe.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50780,"journal":{"name":"Annales de Paleontologie","volume":"109 2","pages":"Article 102614"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48134075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Some rare helical Ammonoidea from the lower Aptian (Lower Cretaceous) of the Paris Basin (NE France)","authors":"Stéphane Bersac , Didier Bert","doi":"10.1016/j.annpal.2023.102601","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annpal.2023.102601","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In the present paper, we describe and figure some rare lower Aptian (Lower Cretaceous) helical ammonoids from the <em>Deshayesites deshayesi</em> Zone of the <em>Argiles à Plicatules</em> Formation (Paris Basin, NE France). Those are the only helical ammonoids known in this zone so far. They were only occasionally evoked in literature and this is probably on the basis of the specimens here described that, according to us, the genus <em>Toxoceratoides</em> (Helicancylidae) was wrongly regarded as possessing an early helical spiral part. We demonstrate here that these specimens are not belonging to <em>Toxoceratoides</em> nor Helicancylidae: they are interpreted as ‘abnormally’ helical representatives of the genus <em>Ancyloceras</em> (Ancyloceratidae) or a new taxon of Ancyloceratidae.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50780,"journal":{"name":"Annales de Paleontologie","volume":"109 2","pages":"Article 102601"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49786747","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New data on the Devonian and Carboniferous Graptolithina (Dendroidea) from Belgium with notes on possible occurrences of Rhabdopleuridae in the Belgian Carboniferous","authors":"Bernard Mottequin , Jörg Maletz , Stijn Goolaerts","doi":"10.1016/j.annpal.2023.102612","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annpal.2023.102612","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>An old find of a graptolite from the Eifelian Jemelle Formation, combined with the recent discovery of an exceptionally well-preserved specimen from the Upper Frasnian (Matagne Formation), allow documentation of the geologically oldest and youngest dendroid fossils from the Devonian of Belgium. Both are ascribed to the long-ranging genus </span><em>Callograptus</em> (Acanthograptidae). These records enlarge the sparse knowledge of graptolite diversity and occurrences along the southern margin of Laurussia during the mid-Paleozoic. In Belgium, Devonian dendroids are exclusively known from the Dinant Synclinorium. The Devonian dendroid faunas previously reported from the Eifelian, Givetian and Frasnian of the Ardenne–Rhenish massifs (Belgium and Germany) are of low diversity (one to five species per locality). The specimens, generally inedaquatelly preserved, were ascribed to the genera <em>Callograptus</em>, <em>Dictyonema</em>, <em>Palaeodictyota</em>?, and <em>Ruedemannograptus</em>? In these massifs, Carboniferous dendroids are only known from the Viséan (Moliniacian) Denée Konservat-Lagerstätte. Other but undocumented reports of dendroids (and rhabdopleurids) are from the historical type area of the Tournaisian Stage (Tournai area, Brabant Parautochthon). Rhabdopleuridae from the Viséan–Serpukhovian of the Campine Basin (Turnhout borehole) remain incompletely known in the absence of the previously described material.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50780,"journal":{"name":"Annales de Paleontologie","volume":"109 2","pages":"Article 102612"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42660514","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Records and palaeoenvironmental conditions of Early Miocene scleractinian corals from the Fırat formation (Diyarbakır, Turkey)","authors":"İhsan Ekin , Nikolaos Tsaparas","doi":"10.1016/j.annpal.2023.102613","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annpal.2023.102613","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Miocene scleractinian corals were documented for the first time in the Fırat Formation of Sarıca village, Eğil district of Diyarbakır, SE Turkey. The fauna consists of four hermatypic species belonging to three families: <em>Diploastrea taurinensis</em> (d’Achiardi, 1868), <em>Tarbellastraea reussiana</em> (Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1850), <em>Echinopora gemmacea</em> (Lamarck, 1816) and <em>Montastraea pelouaensis</em> (Chevalier, 1954). The morphospecies described here are typical of the early Miocene (Aquitanian-Burdigalian) and show that the Fırat Formation coral community was composed of shallow and subtropical reefs of Mediterranean Tethys palaeobiogeographical affinity. The examined species are reef components found in tropical and subtropical oceans, as are the majority of zooxanthellae. The species were upper photic zone related, had massive colonial growth morphology, and lived in a shallow tropical-subtropical marine palaeoenvironment at a depth of up to 50<!--> <!-->m. They grew on hard ground, clean water, and normal salinity and required a minimum seawater temperature of 18<!--> <!-->̊C; however, they were most abundant at water temperatures ranging from 22 to 26<!--> <!-->̊C in high-moderate water energy. Consequently, this fossil assemblage will not only improve our knowledge of scleractinian coral diversity and morphological variation in SE Turkey but will also provide an important background for future studies of coral taxonomy, diversity and biogeography of the region.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50780,"journal":{"name":"Annales de Paleontologie","volume":"109 2","pages":"Article 102613"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46895625","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"First record of hybodont egg capsules from the Jurassic of Thailand","authors":"Gilles Cuny , Phornphen Chanthasit","doi":"10.1016/j.annpal.2023.102652","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annpal.2023.102652","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Two egg capsules of <em>Palaeoxyris</em> sp. are reported from the Jurassic Phu Kradung Formation in the Khorat Plateau, northeastern Thailand. As the record of this genus remains rare in the Jurassic, it complements its stratigraphic distribution. Most importantly, it represents the first unambiguous evidence that some hybodont sharks from the Mesozoic of Thailand were able to reproduce in fresh waters, even if it is not yet possible to identify which species in particular.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50780,"journal":{"name":"Annales de Paleontologie","volume":"109 4","pages":"Article 102652"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140585472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pauline Basilia , Justyna J. Miszkiewicz , Julien Louys , Unggul Prasetyo Wibowo , Gerrit D. van den Bergh
{"title":"Insights into dwarf stegodon (Stegodon florensis florensis) palaeobiology based on rib histology","authors":"Pauline Basilia , Justyna J. Miszkiewicz , Julien Louys , Unggul Prasetyo Wibowo , Gerrit D. van den Bergh","doi":"10.1016/j.annpal.2023.102654","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annpal.2023.102654","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div><em>Stegodon florensis florensis</em> is an example of a diminutive insular stegodon from the early Middle Pleistocene bonebeds of Mata Menge, So’a Basin (Flores, Indonesia). We report the first insights into this <em>Stegodon</em>'s bone histology, which furthers our understanding of this species’ palaeobiology, and evaluate the micro-anatomy and metabolic microstructural products retained in well-preserved rib bone tissue. A proximal rib fragment selected from a larger assemblage was sampled at three anatomical regions from which histological sections were produced. The sampling regions differed in cortical width size ranging from relatively thick to thin (17.94<!--> <!-->mm to 6.31<!--> <!-->mm). Bone tissue arrangement and histomorphometric variables measuring histological products of adult bone remodelling processes (secondary osteon population density and area, bone area, and Haversian canal percentage) were examined. The preservation of bone histology was very good, showing widespread Haversian bone with indication of several generations of remodelling processes, multiple resorption cavities, and the presence of ‘super’ (unusually large) osteons. Secondary osteon density and geometry varied with cortical width through the serial sections whereby the section with the narrowest cortex produced the highest secondary osteon density but also the largest osteon area. The effects of medullary cavity infilling on the endocortical region in the <em>Stegodon</em> rib may also relate to the adjacent periocortical region. The rib histology of this intermediate-sized dwarfed species shows, for the first time, a degree of secondary bone active remodelling in a <em>Stegodon</em> that indicates this was possibly a long-lived individual. Microscopic bone characteristics shared with other extinct and extant proboscideans may be useful in identifying <em>Stegodon</em> from fragmented mixed fossil assemblages.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50780,"journal":{"name":"Annales de Paleontologie","volume":"109 4","pages":"Article 102654"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140585541","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Meyrick U. Tablizo , Rebekka Volmer , Allan Gil S. Fernando , Juan C. Rofes
{"title":"Luzon predators: Clues from a fossil with bite marks","authors":"Meyrick U. Tablizo , Rebekka Volmer , Allan Gil S. Fernando , Juan C. Rofes","doi":"10.1016/j.annpal.2023.102649","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annpal.2023.102649","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Luzon Island remained isolated throughout its emergent history with its paleofauna often considered depauperate. However, the terrestrial vertebrate fossil record of the island is still poorly known. A new fossil-bearing paleochannel deposit was discovered in La Union Province, northwestern Luzon, Philippines. This paleochannel is inferred to be of Pleistocene age and has yielded fossils tentatively classified as a bovid (<span><em>Bubalus</em></span> sp.), a cervid (<span><em>Rusa</em></span> sp.), a suid (<em>Sus</em><span> sp.), and a large crocodile (Crocodylidae). Interestingly, a proximal fragment of the left tibia of a cervid shows multiple bite marks. This study analyzes the bite marks and modifications on the specimen to infer its possible trace maker and explore its implications in understanding the ancient predatory guild of Luzon. Three sets of modifications were recognized on the specimen, namely the bite marks, the broken proximal end and the dry bone fractures. A crocodilian agent for the bite marks is supported by the bisections, their occurrence in the paleofaunal assemblage and the fluvial setting of the deposit. However, an unknown carnivoran agent interpretation cannot be fully disregarded given the ambiguity of bisected marks and the possibly gnawed proximal end of the specimen. Unfortunately, given the lack of in situ context and apparent overprinting, the extent of the peri- and post-mortem modification remains uncertain which hinders the identification of the predatory agent. Verification of the observations reported in this study would require the systematic collection and detailed taphonomic analysis of additional fossil specimens from the deposit.</span></div></div>","PeriodicalId":50780,"journal":{"name":"Annales de Paleontologie","volume":"109 4","pages":"Article 102649"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140585574","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Morphology of teleosaurid osteoderms from the Phu Kradung Formation of Thailand","authors":"Supanut Bhuttarach , Uthumporn Deesri , Prapasiri Warapeang , Nonthiwat Taesuk , Komsorn Lauprasert","doi":"10.1016/j.annpal.2023.102653","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annpal.2023.102653","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This is a morphological analysis of the osteoderm patterns of <em>Indosinosuchus</em> from the Late Jurassic Phu Noi excavation site in Kalasin Province, Thailand. Data on 203 specimens indicated that 197 osteoderms belongs to the teleosaurid genus <em>Indosinosuchus</em>. Out of 203 total, 109 specimens are dorsal osteoderm morphotypes (M1 to M5) with sub-square, sub-rectangular, or rhomboidal in shape, including keel and peg. Another 88 are ventral osteoderms (M6 and M7) with rectangular or sub-square osteoderms, obscure keel and peg. Large subcircular ellipsoid pits with an anterior facet bar are discovered in both dorsal and ventral osteoderms. Data on morphological features enabled osteoderm positions of <em>Indosinosuchus</em> to be described. The anterior cervical osteoderms are characterized by an obscure keel and a small sub-square shape (M1). In the posterior trunk region, the osteoderms increase in width and adopt a sub-rectangular shape (M2). These osteoderms decrease in size at the sacral level (M3) with a more pronounced keel. The osteoderms gradually decrease in size as they adopt a rhombus shape towards the caudal region (M4) until the caudal end (M5). The ventral osteoderms, with a lack of keel and peg, exhibit a rectangular shape in the central region (M6), while a square or sub-square shape is observed along its lateral margin (M7). Six specimens are could not be assigned to <em>Indosinosuchus</em> and were described as morphotype 8 (M8). This morphotype has distinct characteristics resembling the ventral osteoderms of Mesoeucrocodylia that are yet to be described. The discovery of <em>Indosinosuchus</em> and Mesoeucrocodylia osteoderms suggests a diverse range of crocodyliformes in the Phu Noi fossil excavation site with potential for future studies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50780,"journal":{"name":"Annales de Paleontologie","volume":"109 4","pages":"Article 102653"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140585949","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}