A. B. Busbey 1986
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A. B. Busbey. 1986. New material of Sebecus cf. huilensis (Crocodilia: Sebecosuchidae) from the Miocene La Venta Formation of Colombia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 6(1):20-27 [A. Cárdenas/L. Mora-Rojas/P. Mannion]
Metadata
| ID number: | 62495 |
| Created: | 2017-06-21 08:53:20 |
| Modified: | 2018-10-30 13:57:44 |
| Publication type: | journal article |
| Taxonomy: | stated with evidence |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1080/02724634.1986.10011595 |
| Comments: Sebecus huilensis, an advanced sebecosuchian crocodilian , was first described by Langston (1965) based on a fragmentary lower jaw from the Miocene La Venta Formation of Colombia. New skeletal fragments from the same unit are referable to S. cf. huilensis and add to our knowledge of sebecosuchian cranial and postcranial anatomy. These fragments indicate that the skull was more laterally compressed than that of the Eocene S. icaeorhinus (based on comparison with the type of the latter). S. cf. huilensis is the first sebecosuchian for which a complete retroarticular process is known. The posterior portion of the retroarticular process is unlike that of any known crocodilian, with a ventral deflection of the medial edge, indicating significant changes in muscle size. A single, unusual osteoscute also may be referred to this animal, suggesting that sebecosuchians had some dermal osteoscutes. Comparison with the type of S. huilensis also suggests that Buffetaut and Hotfstetter (1977) may have been in error in assigning a Miocene Peruvian sebecosuchian to this species. | |
Taxonomic opinions (3) - view classification
'Sebecidae belongs to Crocodylia' according to A. B. Busbey 1986
'Sebecus huilensis belongs to Sebecus' according to A. B. Busbey 1986
'Sebecus belongs to Sebecidae' according to A. B. Busbey 1986
'Sebecus huilensis belongs to Sebecus' according to A. B. Busbey 1986
'Sebecus belongs to Sebecidae' according to A. B. Busbey 1986