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| TITLE: | Postcranial material of Jachaleria candelariensis Araújo and Gonzaga 1980 (Therapsida, Dicynodontia), Upper Triassic of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
| | AUTHOR: | Cristina Vega-Dias and Cesar Leandro Schultz
| | JOURNAL: | PaleoBios
| | PUBLISHED: | May 15, 2004
| | NOTES: | 24(1)
| | ABSTRACT: | Additional postcranial material attributed to the Late Triassic dicynodont Jachaleria candelariensis Araújo and Gonzaga 1980, found in Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, is described. All material came from the same outcrop and stratigraphic level as the holotype, and consists of disarticulated and sometimes fragmentary bone elements. The preserved axial skeleton consists of eight cervical, five middle dorsal, two posterior dorsal and two caudal vertebrae, two cervical ribs, six anterior dorsal ribs, thirteen posterior dorsal ribs and a sternum. We also identified three scapulae, two ulnae, five radii, two pelvic girdles, two ilia, two femora, a tibia and a calcaneum. Based on the studied material, a reconstruction of the specimen is presented. The lack of a complete scapular girdle and a humerus makes the posture of the forelimbs uncertain, but the morphology of the femur and pelvic girdle indicates that the hind limbs of Jachaleria should be upright, as in the other Triassic dicynodonts.
| | COLLECTION: | PaleoBios Archive Public
| | ID: | 230
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