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<taxonomicName id="73DA4D3AFFA6FF9F19E5F9FA2015571C" authority="Agnolin 2005" authorityName="Agnolin" authorityYear="2005" box="[151,579,1597,1624]" class="Amphibia" family="Ceratophryidae" genus="Ceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="49" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rusconii">
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<emphasis id="86AEEAABFFA6FF9F19E5F9FA23C0571C" bold="true" box="[151,406,1597,1624]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="49">Ceratophrys rusconii</emphasis>
Agnolín 2005
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Agnolín (2005) named
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<emphasis id="86AEEAABFFA6FF9F18ECF94220D857D4" box="[414,654,1669,1695]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="49">Ceratophrys rusconii</emphasis>
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on the basis of a single, incomplete skull (MACN 19744;
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) from the vicinity of the city of Mar del Plata in the province of
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,
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. This specimen was collected at Playa Dorada, a locality north of Mar del Plata (
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, locality 8), in the basal third of the cliff where the sediments are exposed. The recent geological analyses of this locality, also known as Playa
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, indicated that these sediments have been deposited since the Plio-Pleistocene (
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Cione
<emphasis id="86AEEAABFFA6FF9F1A95F8D126765664" box="[999,1056,1813,1839]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="49">et al.</emphasis>
2007
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;
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<emphasis id="86AEEAABFFA6FF9F1DECF8D126815664" box="[1182,1239,1813,1839]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="49">et al.</emphasis>
2015
</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="D04B4B48FFA6FF9F1C57F8D222AE5618" author="Prevosti, F. J. &amp; Dondas, A. &amp; Isla, F. I." pageId="12" pageNumber="49" pagination="245 - 250" refId="ref24699" refString="Prevosti, F. J., Dondas, A. &amp; Isla, F. I. (2004) Revision del registro de Theriodictis Mercerat, 1891 (Carnivora, Canidae) y descripcion de un nuevo ejemplar de Theriodictis platensis Mercerat, 1891 del Pleistoceno de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (Argentina). Ameghiniana, 41, 245 - 250." type="journal article" year="2004">
Prevosti
<emphasis id="86AEEAABFFA6FF9F1CFAF8D122E25618" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="49">et al.</emphasis>
2004
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).
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<emphasis id="86AEEAABFFA6FF9F19B5F89A23915633" bold="true" box="[199,455,1885,1912]" pageId="12" pageNumber="49">Osteological features.</emphasis>
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19744 is a well-ossified skull that is incompletely preserved (
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), and resembling the general morphology of all
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<emphasis id="86AEEAABFFA6FF9F1B0EF846215E56D0" box="[636,776,1921,1947]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="49">Ceratophrys</emphasis>
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. The premaxillae and most of both maxillae are missing; thus, the overall cranial proportions cannot be evaluated. The skull is high, but its greatest height is less than a half of its greatest width. Tuberculate ornamentation is evident, but no crests are developed.
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The squamosal otic ramus is expanded and lacks a lateral wall. The otic plate is subquadrangular, without concave surface; its posterior margin ends at the level of the occipital condyles and does not project dorsal to the skull roof (
<figureCitation id="2CE12A3CFFA7FF9E19A4FF26231351B0" box="[214,325,225,251]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="12.[151,250,1312,1337]" captionTargetBox="[162,1427,185,1294]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[151,1436,170,1300]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 3. Comparison of selected fossil and living Ceratophrys. A, B, G, H, Ceratophrys ensenadensis, type series; A, B, holotype (PVL 767); G, H, paratype (PVL 699). D, E, I, C. rusconii, holotype (MACN 19744). C, F, J, C. ornata (C, AMB 160; F, J, AMB 154). A, D, G, ventral views; B, C, E, F, H, dorsal views; I, J, lateral views Abbreviations: ds, dorsal shield; fp, frontoparietal; n, nasal; oc, occipital condyles; pl, palatine; ppa, discrete pars palatina absent; pof, postorbital fenestra; psa, parietosquamosal arch; pt, pterygoid; qj, quadratojugal; sop, squamosal otic plate; v, vomer; V, vertebra; vr, squamosal ventral ramus; zr, squamosal zygomatic ramus. Scale bar is 5mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3373081/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="50">Fig. 3E, I</figureCitation>
). The vomers bear dentigerous processes, but the poor preservation of these bones prevents determining whether of true teeth are present. A delicate ventral process is present on the lateral margin of the anterior ramus of pterygoid.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="86AEEAABFFA7FF9E19B5FE8A236D502C" bold="true" box="[199,315,333,359]" pageId="13" pageNumber="50">Remarks.</emphasis>
The
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and single specimen of
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<emphasis id="86AEEAABFFA7FF9E1B8DFE8A2129502C" box="[767,895,333,359]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="50">C. rusconii</emphasis>
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has several possible synapomorphies of
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(viz., skull exostosis, parieto-squamosal arch present, maxilla-squamosal contact, expanded squamosal otic ramus overlapping prootic, and absence of pars palatina on the anterior maxilla). In addition, it has several possible synapomorphies of
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<emphasis id="86AEEAABFFA7FF9E18C0FE7E20685098" box="[434,574,441,467]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="50">Ceratophrys</emphasis>
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(viz., robust, bar-shaped maxillary processes of nasals, postorbital fenestra). These characters support its inclusion in
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<emphasis id="86AEEAABFFA7FF9E1B12FE1A20BA50BC" box="[608,748,477,503]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="50">Ceratophrys</emphasis>
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.
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The specific status of
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<emphasis id="86AEEAABFFA7FF9E18B0FDC620E45350" box="[450,690,513,539]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="50">Ceratophrys rusconii</emphasis>
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, however, is questionable. Agnolín (2005) thought that it differed from
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<emphasis id="86AEEAABFFA7FF9E19A4FDE223375374" box="[214,353,549,575]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="50">C. cranwelli</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="86AEEAABFFA7FF9E18EBFDE220505374" box="[409,518,549,575]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="50">C. ornata</emphasis>
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in having: (1) the postemporal fossa laterally expanded and anteroposteriorly reduced; (2) the postemporal fossa close to the orbit; (3) frontoparietal posteriorly constricted; (4) in lateral view, a large temporal fenestra, and an elongated quadratojugal and squamosal ventral ramus; (5) in posterior view, epiotic eminences reduced and angular; and (6) anterior ramus of pterygoid lacking robust posterolateral process. Agnolíns (2005) postemporal and temporal fenestrae presumably are the postorbital and subtemporal fenestrae, respectively. His Characters 15 reflect small differences in the cranial proportions that vary intraspecifically in
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<emphasis id="86AEEAABFFA7FF9E1C7DFD1E27CA53B8" box="[1295,1436,729,755]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="50">C. cranwelli</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="86AEEAABFFA7FF9E19B5FD3A2362525C" box="[199,308,765,791]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="50">C. ornata</emphasis>
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(
<figureCitation id="2CE12A3CFFA7FF9E1836FD3A23DF525C" box="[324,393,765,791]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="12.[151,250,1312,1337]" captionTargetBox="[162,1427,185,1294]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[151,1436,170,1300]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 3. Comparison of selected fossil and living Ceratophrys. A, B, G, H, Ceratophrys ensenadensis, type series; A, B, holotype (PVL 767); G, H, paratype (PVL 699). D, E, I, C. rusconii, holotype (MACN 19744). C, F, J, C. ornata (C, AMB 160; F, J, AMB 154). A, D, G, ventral views; B, C, E, F, H, dorsal views; I, J, lateral views Abbreviations: ds, dorsal shield; fp, frontoparietal; n, nasal; oc, occipital condyles; pl, palatine; ppa, discrete pars palatina absent; pof, postorbital fenestra; psa, parietosquamosal arch; pt, pterygoid; qj, quadratojugal; sop, squamosal otic plate; v, vomer; V, vertebra; vr, squamosal ventral ramus; zr, squamosal zygomatic ramus. Scale bar is 5mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3373081/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="50">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
). Additionally, the ventral ramus of squamosal seems to be broken; thus, its shape or expansion cannot be evaluated (Character 4,
<figureCitation id="2CE12A3CFFA7FF9E1B3FFCE620CC5270" box="[589,666,801,827]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="12.[151,250,1312,1337]" captionTargetBox="[162,1427,185,1294]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[151,1436,170,1300]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 3. Comparison of selected fossil and living Ceratophrys. A, B, G, H, Ceratophrys ensenadensis, type series; A, B, holotype (PVL 767); G, H, paratype (PVL 699). D, E, I, C. rusconii, holotype (MACN 19744). C, F, J, C. ornata (C, AMB 160; F, J, AMB 154). A, D, G, ventral views; B, C, E, F, H, dorsal views; I, J, lateral views Abbreviations: ds, dorsal shield; fp, frontoparietal; n, nasal; oc, occipital condyles; pl, palatine; ppa, discrete pars palatina absent; pof, postorbital fenestra; psa, parietosquamosal arch; pt, pterygoid; qj, quadratojugal; sop, squamosal otic plate; v, vomer; V, vertebra; vr, squamosal ventral ramus; zr, squamosal zygomatic ramus. Scale bar is 5mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3373081/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="50">
Fig.
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). Agnolín (2005) also reported that in lacking a robust posterolateral process on the anterior ramus of pterygoid (Character 6)
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<emphasis id="86AEEAABFFA7FF9E1A67FC8221C75214" box="[789,913,837,863]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="50">C. rusconii</emphasis>
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can be distinguished from
<taxonomicName id="73DA4D3AFFA7FF9E1DB3FC82271A5214" authorityName="Barrio" authorityYear="1980" box="[1217,1356,837,863]" class="Amphibia" family="Ceratophryidae" genus="Ceratophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="50" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cranwelli">
<emphasis id="86AEEAABFFA7FF9E1DB3FC82271A5214" box="[1217,1356,837,863]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="50">C. cranwelli</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="86AEEAABFFA7FF9E1CF1FC8222B452C8" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="50">C. ornata</emphasis>
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and he cited the unpublished thesis of
<bibRefCitation id="D04B4B48FFA7FF9E1BE8FCAE217C52C8" author="Peri, S. I." box="[666,810,873,899]" pageId="13" pageNumber="50" refId="ref24366" refString="Peri, S. I. (1993 c) Relaciones evolutivas de las especies de la Subfamilia Ceratophryinae (Anura: Leptodactylidae). Dr. dissertation, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo de La Plata, La Plata, 223 pp." type="book" year="1993">Perí (1993c)</bibRefCitation>
. As mentioned above, there are some inconsistencies in the naming and the scoring of the states of this character in this thesis. Nevertheless, the delicate ventral process observed on the anterior ramus of the pterygoid in
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19744 matches that observed in the species of
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<emphasis id="86AEEAABFFA7FF9E1C62FC7627CA5280" box="[1296,1436,945,971]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="50">Ceratophrys</emphasis>
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of the southeastern clade and in
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<emphasis id="86AEEAABFFA7FF9E1B72FC1220CC52A4" box="[512,666,981,1007]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="50">C. stolzmanni</emphasis>
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.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B46536B9FFA7FF9E19B5FC3E26775510" blockId="13.[151,1437,153,1115]" pageId="13" pageNumber="50">
No distinctive characters (or combination there of) support the status of
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<emphasis id="86AEEAABFFA7FF9E1A91FC3E26875558" box="[995,1233,1017,1043]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="50">Ceratophrys rusconii</emphasis>
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as a valid species. In addition, the combination of characters of
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19744 could be plesiomorphic for
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<emphasis id="86AEEAABFFA7FF9E1D1BFBDA26A3557C" box="[1129,1269,1053,1079]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="50">Ceratophrys</emphasis>
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. Thus,
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19744 is assigned to
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<emphasis id="86AEEAABFFA7FF9E18F0FB8620585510" box="[386,526,1089,1115]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="50">Ceratophrys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="86AEEAABFFA7FF9E1B36FB8620975510" box="[580,705,1089,1115]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="50">C. rusconii</emphasis>
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considered
<emphasis id="86AEEAABFFA7FF9E1A3AFB85264C5510" box="[840,1050,1089,1115]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="50">species inquirenda</emphasis>
.
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