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A new amphibamid (Amphibia: Temnospondyli) from the Late Pennsylvanian (Middle Stephanian) of central New Mexico, USA

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Ein neuer Amphibamide,Milneria huberi, aus dem Pine Shadow Member der Wild Cow Formation (Oberes Oberkarbon: Mittel-Virgilian: Mittel-Stefan), Steinbruch der Kinney Brick Company, Manzanita Mountains, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA wird beschrieben.M. huberi unterscheidet sich von anderen Taxa der Familie durch tiefe Einbuchtungen der Hinterhauptsbegrenzung des Schädels. Dadurch reicht der zentrale Teil der Postparietalia nach posterior über den Rest des Schädeldaches hinaus. Die Postparietalia sind mehr als halb so lang wie die Parietalia.

Abstract

A new amphibamid,Milneria huberi, is described from the Pine Shadow Member of the Wild Cow Formation (Late Pennsylvanian: middle Virgilian: middle Stephanian) at the Kinney Brick Company quarry, Manzanita Mountains, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA.M. huberi is distinguished from other members of the family by deep embayments of the occipital borders of the skull so that the midline portion of the postparietals projects posteriorly beyond the rest of the skull table and the post-parietals have a midline length greater than half that of the parietals.

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  1. Mesalands Dinosaur Museum, Mesa Technical College, 88401, Tucumcari, New Mexico, USA

    Adrian P. Hunt

  2. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road, NW, 87104, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

    Spencer G. Lucas

  3. Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 4400 Forbes Avenue, 15213, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

    David S. Berman

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Hunt, A.P., Lucas, S.G. & Berman, D.S. A new amphibamid (Amphibia: Temnospondyli) from the Late Pennsylvanian (Middle Stephanian) of central New Mexico, USA. Paläont. Z. 70, 555–565 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02988092

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