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      Primer registro de la Familia Albanerpetontidae (Lissamphibia) en la formación El Gallo (Campaniano, Cretácico Superior), Baja California, México

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          Resumen: La familia extinta Albanerpetontidae es, a la fecha, la única familia incluida dentro de Allocaudata, y junto con Anura, Caudata y Gymnophiona conforma el clado Lissamphibia, el cual tiene un alcance temporal desde el Triásico temprano al reciente. Esta familia incluye un único género norteamericano, Albanerpeton , cuya distribución temporal se extendió desde el Cretácico Temprano (Aptiano/Albiano temprano) al Plioceno. Desde 2004 se han realizado expediciones paleontológicas en rocas de la formación El Gallo, de edad campaniana (Cretácico Tardío), en Baja California, México. Como resultado se han descubierto numerosos sitios con abundantes restos de microfósiles. En uno de ellos, denominado ROS51, fueron colectados fragmentos de un dentario y un premaxilar con dientes, identificados como pertenecientes a la Familia Albanerpetontidae. Los caracteres morfológicos que permitieron su identificación son: dientes robustos, pleurodontos no pedicelados que se encuentran muy cercanos entre sí. Estos materiales constituyen el primer registro para México siendo el más austral y el primero en la costa pacífica de Norte América.

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          Abstract: The extinct family Albanerpetontidae is the only family included within Allocaudata so far known to date. This family lies within the clade Lissamphibia along with Anura, Caudata and Gymnophiona, which spans from the Triassic period to the present. This family includes the single North American genus, Albanerpeton , which is recorded from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian/earliest Albian) to the Pliocene epochs. Since 2004, paleontological expeditions have been performed in the El Gallo formation (Campanian, Late Cretaceous) in Baja California, Mexico. The results of such field work have resulted in the discovery of several new sites yielding microvertebrates. In one of the ROS51 site, fragments belonging to the family Albanerpetontidae were recovered, which includes remains of a dentary and a premaxilla with teeth. The morphological characters that allow their identification as belonging to the family are: pleurodont and non-pedicelate closely spaced robust teeth, closely spaced. This represents the first record of this family in Mexico, and being the southernmost occurrence and the first one collected on the Pacific coast of North America.

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                Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana
                Bol. Soc. Geol. Mex
                Sociedad Geológica Mexicana, A.C. (México, DF, Mexico )
                1405-3322
                December 2016
                : 68
                : 3
                : 571-580
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                [2] CDMX orgnameUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México orgdiv1Instituto de Geología Mexico
                [3] CDMX orgnameUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México orgdiv1Facultad de Ciencias Mexico
                [1] Porto Alegre Rio Grande do Sul orgnameUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Brazil
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                S1405-33222016000300571
                c98ca5c1-60a0-4161-8b35-ee45c37f17d7

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

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                : 04 March 2016
                : 10 June 2016
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                Albanerpetontidae,Allocaudata,Baja California,Campanian,El Gallo formation,Campaniano,formación El Gallo

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