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cf.
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<emphasis id="B915DF1D27756A7DAF63FA31E143D419" bold="true" box="[878,1113,1522,1549]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="372">Cherninia megarhina</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="EFF07EFE27756A7DA86AFA30E09CD419" author="CHERNIN S. & COSGRIFF J. W." box="[1127,1414,1522,1549]" pageId="9" pageNumber="372" pagination="143 - 148" refId="ref6843" refString="CHERNIN S. & COSGRIFF J. W. 1975. - Further consideration of the capitosaurids from the Upper Luangwa Valley, Zambia. Palaeontologia Africana 18: 143 - 148. http: // hdl. handle. net / 10539 / 16281" type="journal article" year="1975">Chernin & Cosgriff, 1975</bibRefCitation>
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REFERRED MATERIAL. —
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. NHCC LB676, a partial but elongate left dentary of an adult individual based on its well-developed ornamentation (e.g.,
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). It was found by one of us (ST) in 2007, associated with many specimens of the bivalve
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<emphasis id="B915DF1D27756A7DA972F978E690D4F9" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="372">Unio karooensis</emphasis>
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Locality L66 near the village of Sitwe, upper horizon of the Ntawere Formation, Middle-?Late Triassic (e.g.,
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="EFF07EFE27756A7DAFBEF8F9E121D546" author="HANCOX P. J." box="[947,1083,1850,1874]" pageId="9" pageNumber="372" pagination="1285 - 1324" refId="ref7534" refString="HANCOX P. J. 2000. - The continental Triassic of South Africa. Zentralblatt fur Geologie und Palaontologie, Teil 1: 1285 - 1324." type="journal article" year="2000">Hancox 2000</bibRefCitation>
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Peecook
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<emphasis id="B915DF1D27756A7DA893F8F8E1D4D546" box="[1182,1230,1850,1874]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="372">et al.</emphasis>
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2018
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) of the Luangwa Basin (sensu
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Barbolini
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<emphasis id="B915DF1D27756A7DA800F896E126D578" box="[1037,1084,1876,1900]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="372">et al.</emphasis>
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2016
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This partial dentary corresponds to the anterior half of the element. Its face is weathered with many broken teeth alongside their sockets, but it is not deformed by compaction. Its bears at least 50 laterally compressed teeth or tooth sockets. In lingual view (
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), the dentary is elongate (L =
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).
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<paragraph id="8BDE030F27766A7EAC89FCCBE682D13B" blockId="10.[132,1455,706,815]" pageId="10" pageNumber="373">
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FIG. 7. — Partial left dentary of cf.
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<taxonomicName id="4C61788C27766A7EAD97FCCBE606D10D" authority="(Chernin & Cosgriff, 1975)" authorityName="Damiani" authorityYear="2001" baseAuthorityName="Chernin & Cosgriff" baseAuthorityYear="1975" box="[410,796,776,793]" class="Amphibia" family="Mastodonsauridae" genus="Cherninia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Temnospondyli" pageId="10" pageNumber="373" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="megarhina">
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<emphasis id="B915DF1D27766A7EAD97FCCBE75ED10D" box="[410,580,776,793]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="373">Cherninia megarhina</emphasis>
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="EFF07EFE27766A7EAE40FCCBE602D10D" author="CHERNIN S. & COSGRIFF J. W." box="[589,792,776,793]" pageId="10" pageNumber="373" pagination="143 - 148" refId="ref6843" refString="CHERNIN S. & COSGRIFF J. W. 1975. - Further consideration of the capitosaurids from the Upper Luangwa Valley, Zambia. Palaeontologia Africana 18: 143 - 148. http: // hdl. handle. net / 10539 / 16281" type="journal article" year="1975">Chernin & Cosgriff,1975</bibRefCitation>
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)
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</taxonomicName>
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(NHCC LB676) from the Triassic (?Anisian) of Zambia (Luangwa Basin) in lingual (
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<emphasis id="B915DF1D27766A7EAC84FCDDE58CD13B" bold="true" box="[137,150,798,815]" pageId="10" pageNumber="373">A</emphasis>
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) and dorsal (
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<emphasis id="B915DF1D27766A7EAD0FFCDDE415D13B" bold="true" box="[258,271,798,815]" pageId="10" pageNumber="373">B</emphasis>
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) views. Abbreviations:
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<emphasis id="B915DF1D27766A7EADC2FCDDE4C0D13B" bold="true" box="[463,474,798,815]" pageId="10" pageNumber="373">d</emphasis>
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, dentary;
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<emphasis id="B915DF1D27766A7EAE22FCDDE74ED13B" bold="true" box="[559,596,798,815]" pageId="10" pageNumber="373">sym</emphasis>
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, symphyseal suture. Scale bar: 10 cm.
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<paragraph id="8BDE030F27766A7EAC89FB57E42ED6B8" blockId="10.[130,776,1172,1708]" box="[132,308,1172,1198]" pageId="10" pageNumber="373">IDENTIFICATION</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BDE030F27766A7EAC89FB77E4B8D4B8" blockId="10.[130,776,1172,1708]" pageId="10" pageNumber="373">
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Laterally compressed teeth are a stereospondyl synapomorphy (e.g.,
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<bibRefCitation id="EFF07EFE27766A7EACCFFB17E4AAD6FA" author="YATES A. M. & WARREN A. A." box="[194,432,1236,1262]" pageId="10" pageNumber="373" pagination="77 - 121" refId="ref10229" refString="YATES A. M. & WARREN A. A. 2000. - The phylogeny of the ' higher' temnospondyls (Vertebrata: Choanata) and its implications for the monophyly and origins of the Stereospondyli. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 128: 77 - 121. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.2000. tb 00650. x" type="journal article" year="2000">Yates & Warren 2000</bibRefCitation>
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), whereas an elongate symphyseal suture is a common feature in
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<taxonomicName id="4C61788C27766A7EAE0EFB30E7D3D719" authorityName="Lydekker" authorityYear="1885" box="[515,713,1267,1293]" class="Amphibia" family="Mastodonsauridae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Temnospondyli" pageId="10" pageNumber="373" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">Mastodonsauridae</taxonomicName>
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(e.g.,
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<bibRefCitation id="EFF07EFE27766A7EAC8BFAD0E42AD739" author="DAMIANI R. J." box="[134,304,1299,1325]" pageId="10" pageNumber="373" pagination="379 - 499" refId="ref7045" refString="DAMIANI R. J. 2001 b. - A systematic revision and phylogenetic analysis of Triassic mastodonsauroids (Temnospondyli, Stereospondyli). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 133: 379 - 499. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.2001. tb 00635. x" type="journal article" year="2001">Damiani 2001b</bibRefCitation>
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). The semi-circular curvature of the dentary in dorsal view, together with its very large size, suggests a possible attribution of this specimen to
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<taxonomicName id="4C61788C27766A7EADF9FA90E7D7D779" authorityName="Damiani" authorityYear="2001" baseAuthorityName="Chernin & Cosgriff" baseAuthorityYear="1975" box="[500,717,1363,1389]" class="Amphibia" family="Mastodonsauridae" genus="Cherninia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Temnospondyli" pageId="10" pageNumber="373" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="megarhina">
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<emphasis id="B915DF1D27766A7EADF9FA90E7D7D779" box="[500,717,1363,1389]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="373">Cherninia megarhina</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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. This taxon is characterized by a very large skull and a semi-circular snout (
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<bibRefCitation id="EFF07EFE27766A7EACC2FA50E472D7B9" author="CHERNIN S." box="[207,360,1427,1453]" pageId="10" pageNumber="373" pagination="29 - 55" refId="ref6700" refString="CHERNIN S. 1974. - Capitosaurid amphibians from the Upper Luangwa Valley, Zambia. Palaeontologia Africana 17: 29 - 55. http: // hdl. handle. net / 10539 / 16048" type="journal article" year="1974">Chernin 1974</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="EFF07EFE27766A7EAD79FA50E706D7B9" author="DAMIANI R. J." box="[372,540,1427,1453]" pageId="10" pageNumber="373" pagination="41 - 52" refId="ref6998" refString="DAMIANI R. J. 2001 a. - Cranial anatomy of the giant Middle Triassic Temnospondyl Cherninia megarhina and a review of feeding in Mastodonsaurids. Palaeontologia Africana 37: 41 - 52. http: // hdl. handle. net / 10539 / 16366" type="journal article" year="2001">Damiani 2001a</bibRefCitation>
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), and the proportions and shape match those of NHCC LB676. Moreover, the
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material of
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<taxonomicName id="4C61788C27766A7EACF6FA10E49CD7F9" authorityName="Damiani" authorityYear="2001" baseAuthorityName="Chernin & Cosgriff" baseAuthorityYear="1975" box="[251,390,1491,1517]" class="Amphibia" family="Mastodonsauridae" genus="Cherninia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Temnospondyli" pageId="10" pageNumber="373" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="megarhina">
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<emphasis id="B915DF1D27766A7EACF6FA10E49CD7F9" box="[251,390,1491,1517]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="373">C. megarhina</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(BP/1/4223, a partial skull) was collected in the same region from time-equivalent strata (the
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<typeStatus id="54DABDAD27766A7EAED7FA30E612D419" box="[730,776,1523,1549]" pageId="10" pageNumber="373">type</typeStatus>
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locality is “Locality 15” of
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<bibRefCitation id="EFF07EFE27766A7EADA0F9D1E7D5D438" author="DRYSDALL A. R. & KITCHING J. W." box="[429,719,1554,1581]" pageId="10" pageNumber="373" pagination="1 - 62" refId="ref7299" refString="DRYSDALL A. R. & KITCHING J. W. 1963. - A re-examination of the Karroo succession and fossil localities of part of the upper Luangwa Valley. Memoirs of the Geological Survey Department of Northern Rhodesia, Lusaka 1: 1 - 62." type="journal article" year="1963">Drysdall & Kitching 1963</bibRefCitation>
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, also near the village of Sitwe). However, because the mandible of
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<taxonomicName id="4C61788C27766A7EAC89F990E409D478" authorityName="Damiani" authorityYear="2001" baseAuthorityName="Chernin & Cosgriff" baseAuthorityYear="1975" box="[132,275,1618,1645]" class="Amphibia" family="Mastodonsauridae" genus="Cherninia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Temnospondyli" pageId="10" pageNumber="373" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="megarhina">
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<emphasis id="B915DF1D27766A7EAC89F990E409D478" box="[132,275,1618,1645]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="373">C. megarhina</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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described by
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<bibRefCitation id="EFF07EFE27766A7EADA5F991E74ED479" author="CHERNIN S." box="[424,596,1618,1645]" pageId="10" pageNumber="373" pagination="79 - 100" refId="ref6789" refString="CHERNIN S. 1978. - Three capitosaurs from the Triassic of South Africa: Parotosuchus africanus (Broom 1909); Kestrosaurus dreyeri Haughton 1925, and Parotosuchus dirus sp. nov. Palaeontologia Africana 21: 79 - 100. http: // hdl. handle. net / 10539 / 16252" type="journal article" year="1978">Chernin (1978)</bibRefCitation>
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does not belong to the
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material, we cautiously assign NHCC LB676 to “cf.
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<taxonomicName id="4C61788C27766A7EACA2F951E495D4B8" authorityName="Damiani" authorityYear="2001" baseAuthorityName="Chernin & Cosgriff" baseAuthorityYear="1975" box="[175,399,1682,1708]" class="Amphibia" family="Mastodonsauridae" genus="Cherninia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Temnospondyli" pageId="10" pageNumber="373" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="megarhina">
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<emphasis id="B915DF1D27766A7EACA2F951E495D4B8" box="[175,399,1682,1708]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="373">Cherninia megarhina</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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”.
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