REDESCRIPTION AND PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF THE MATERIALS ASSIGNED TO THE TAXON "CAPTORHINIKOS" CHOZAENSIS

Author

Jason Paul Jung, California State University - San BernardinoFollow

Date of Award

3-2018

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science in Biology

Department

Biology

First Reader/Committee Chair

Sumida, Stuart

Abstract

“Captorhinikos” chozaensis is a multiple-tooth-rowed captorhinid reptile from the Lower Permian Clear Fork Group, undivided formation. Upon re-examination of the materials associated with the species from both the Chicago Field Museum of Natural History, and the Smithsonian United States National Museum, I reaffirm their affinity and collective identity as a valid taxon. “Captorhinikos” chozaensis does not, however, belong with either of the two members of its genus, C. valensis or “C.” parvus, instead occupying its own branch on the phylogenetic tree of the Captorhinidae. This conclusion is based in strong results from a combined phylogenetic parsimony analysis combined with an analytical apomorphy analysis. I then conclude the current designation “Captorhinikos” chozaensis to be a nomen ambiguum.

Recommended Citation

Jung, Jason Paul, "REDESCRIPTION AND PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF THE MATERIALS ASSIGNED TO THE TAXON "CAPTORHINIKOS" CHOZAENSIS" (2018). Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations. 617.
https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/617