Paratypothoracini

Paratypothoracini; Temporal range: Late Triassic
	Paratypothorax andressorum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Pseudosuchia
Order:	†Aetosauria
Family:	†Stagonolepididae
Subfamily:	†Typothoracinae
Tribe:	†Paratypothoracini; Parker, 2007
Genera
	Kocurypelta; Paratypothorax; Rioarribasuchus; Tecovasuchus; Venkatasuchus;

Paratypothoracini is a clade of aetosaurs within the group Typothoracinae. It is a node-based taxon that includes Rioarribasuchus (=Heliocanthus), Paratypothorax, Tecovasuchus, and all descendants of their most recent common ancestor. The clade was first named in 2007 under the spelling Paraypothoracisini, after its namesake Paratypothorax.[1] However, this spelling was based on incorrect taxonomic nomenclature, and the clade's name was corrected to Paratypothoracinae in 2016.[2]

All synapomorphies that diagnose Paratypothoracini can be found in their osteoderms. The paramedian osteoderms are wide and lie flat, without any apparent flexure (a trait convergent with some desmatosuchin aetosaurs) The paramedians possess knob- or spine-like dorsal eminences which are strongly offset medially and practically never contact the rear margins of their respective plates. The anterior bar of each paramedian is present but only weakly raised (except in Tecovasuchus, which has a stronger anterior bar). The lateral osteoderms have a dorsal (upper) flange which is tongue-shaped and much smaller than the lateral (lower and outer) flange. In the cervical (neck) and anterior dorsal (front of the torso) regions, the lateral osteoderms send out a long and flattened horn-like blade. Paratypothorax and a vertebra referred to Rioarribasuchus also have anterior caudal ribs (at the base of the tail) which are positioned lower on the centrum than in other aetosaurs.[1][2][3]

References

Parker, W. G. (2007). "Reassessment of the aetosaur 'Desmatosuchus' chamaensis with a reanalysis of the phylogeny of the Aetosauria (Archosauria:Pseudosuchia)" (PDF). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 5: 41–68. doi:10.1017/S1477201906001994. S2CID 85826683.
Parker, William G. (2016-01-21). "Revised phylogenetic analysis of the Aetosauria (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia); assessing the effects of incongruent morphological character sets". PeerJ. 4: e1583. doi:10.7717/peerj.1583. ISSN 2167-8359.
Czepiński, Łukasz; Dróżdż, Dawid; Szczygielski, Tomasz; Tałanda, Mateusz; Pawlak, Wojciech; Lewczuk, Antoni; Rytel, Adam; Sulej, Tomasz (2021). "An Upper Triassic Terrestrial Vertebrate Assemblage from the Forgotten Kocury Locality (Poland) with a New Aetosaur Taxon". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 41 (1). doi:10.1080/02724634.2021.1898977. ISSN 0272-4634.

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[PWG072-1] Parker, W. G. (2007). "Reassessment of the aetosaur 'Desmatosuchus' chamaensis with a reanalysis of the phylogeny of the Aetosauria (Archosauria:Pseudosuchia)" (PDF). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 5: 41–68. doi:10.1017/S1477201906001994. S2CID 85826683.

[:0-2] Parker, William G. (2016-01-21). "Revised phylogenetic analysis of the Aetosauria (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia); assessing the effects of incongruent morphological character sets". PeerJ. 4: e1583. doi:10.7717/peerj.1583. ISSN 2167-8359.

[3] Czepiński, Łukasz; Dróżdż, Dawid; Szczygielski, Tomasz; Tałanda, Mateusz; Pawlak, Wojciech; Lewczuk, Antoni; Rytel, Adam; Sulej, Tomasz (2021). "An Upper Triassic Terrestrial Vertebrate Assemblage from the Forgotten Kocury Locality (Poland) with a New Aetosaur Taxon". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 41 (1). doi:10.1080/02724634.2021.1898977. ISSN 0272-4634.