Prestosuchus chiniquensis, Desojo & Baczko & Rauhut, 2020
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Prestosuchus chiniquensis von Huene, 1938
1938 Prestosuchus chiniquensis n. g. n. sp.; von Huene: 146–147
1942 Prestosuchus chiniquensis n. g. n. sp.; von Huene: 161–185
non 1942 Prestosuchus chiniquensis (?); von Huene: 185 ( Archosauria indet.)
1976 Prestosuchus chiniquensis v. Huene; Krebs: 76
1981 Prestosuchus chiniquensis Huene ; Bonaparte: 58–101.
1993 Prestosuchus Huene ; Parrish: 296-297; partim
1999 Prestosuchus chiniquensis ; Kischlat and Barberena: 53
2000 Prestosuchus ; Gower: 450–466; partim
2000 Prestosuchus chiniquensis Huene ; Kischlat: 290
2000 Karamuru vorax Kischlat and Barberena; Kischlat: 290–291; nomen nudum
2005 Prestosuchus ; Nesbitt: 19–47; partim
2010 Prestosuchus ; Brusatte et al.: 222–230; partim
Lectotype. SNSB-BSPG AS XXV 1–3, 5–11, 28–
41, and 49, an incomplete postcranial skeleton,
anterior part of the lower jaw, right premaxilla, and palatal process of the maxilla.
Paralectotype. SNSB-BSPG AS XXV 7, an incomplete sacrum, right ilium, part of the last dorsal vertebra, and some sacral osteoderms .
Horizon and age. Base of the Santa Maria Formation; Pinheiros-Chiniquá Sequence, probably late
Middle-early Late Triassic, Dinodontosaurus AZ.
Type locality. “Weg Sanga”, Chiniquá palaeonto-
logical site, c. 50 km west of the city of Santa
Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Revised Differential Diagnosis
On the basis of the type specimen, Prestosuchus chiniquensis can be distinguished from all other pseudosuchians by the combination of the following characters (autapomorphies noted with asterisk): splenial extends to the level of the anterior margin of the second dentary tooth anteriorly; ventral process of the dentary short and arrow-shaped, delimiting the anterior third of the external mandibular fenestra; cervical vertebrae with strongly pronounced ventral keel; pronounced, oval incision anterodorsally in the coracoid-scapula suture; low, rounded, anteroventrally projected keel on the lateral surface of the coracoid; pubes with only slight anteroposterior expansion distally; marked dorsal longitudinal depression delimited by a medial crest on the proximal ischium; small distal incision between ischial obturator plate and ischial shaft*; fibula with elongate depression on the posteromedial side distally; pronounced, deep pit on the ventral side of the calcaneal tuber.
Comments
In contrast to Kischlat and Barberena (1999) and Kischlat (2000), the paralectotype sacrum and ilium is here considered to represent Prestosuchus chiniquensis , since there are no notable differences between this material and the type sacrum and ilium. Kischlat and Barberena (1999) removed this material from Prestosuchus chiniquensis because they noted that the osteoderms included in this specimen are indistinguishable from those of UFRGS-PV-0156-T, which they considered to be distinct from Prestosuchus . However, the supposed differences between Prestosuchus chiniquensis and UFRGS-PV-0156-T noted by Kischlat, 2000, p. 291 could not be confirmed by a detailed comparison of the two specimens by us, and the overlapping elements of both specimens are virtually indistinguishable, including characters used in the diagnosis here, such as the especially strongly keeled cervical vertebrae. The holotype of Procerosuchus celer (SNSB-BSPG AS XXV 131– 139) was referred to Prestosuchus chiniquensis by Desojo and Rauhut (2008), because it shares the oval incision between coracoid and scapula with the type of Prestosuchus chiniquensis . However, the phylogenetic analysis presented here (see below) failed to place Procerosuchus celer with Prestosuchus chiniquensis . Instead, the former is found in a number of positions within Prestosuchidae and, in some trees, even outside this clade, though phylogenetically close.
The holotype specimen of Prestosuchus loricatus does not share any derived characters with Prestosuchus chiniquensis but differs in many important aspects from the lectotype of the latter, including the morphology of the ischia and calcaneum, and also from material referred to Prestosuchus chiniquensis in basically all anatomical structures that can be compared (Desojo and Rauhut, 2008). Thus, Prestosuchus loricatus is here removed from the genus Prestosuchus , and the material will be described and revised in detail elsewhere (Desojo et al., personal commun. 2019).
A rather high number of other specimens were referred to Prestosuchus chiniquensis by previous authors: UFRGS-PV-0156-T, a huge complete articulated skull and 31 vertebrates (cervical, dorsal, sacral, and caudals, many with articulated dorsal osteoderms) (Barberena, 1978; Azevedo, 1991) ( Figure 3.2 View FIGURE 3 white bones); UFRGS-PV-0629- T, almost complete skeleton, comprising a disarticulated skull, complete presacral vertebrae sequence, two sacral and three caudal vertebrae, complete scapular and pelvic girdle, mostly complete appendicular elements, both humeri, parcial left ulna and radius, one left metacarpal of a manus, both femora, a right tibia and fibula, and three isolated phalanges of a pes (Mastrantonio, 2010; Mastrantonio et al., 2013, 2019); UFRGS- PV-0473-T, an isolated braincase (Mastrantonio et al., 2013); UFRGS-PV-0152-T, an incomplete skull, vertebral sequence (cervical, dorsal, sacral and caudal elements), complete scapular and pelvic girdles, humerus, proximal portion of an ulna, femora, tibiae and fibulae, complete calcaneum and pes, chevrons and osteoderm cover (Nesbitt, 2011. p. 33; Raugust, 2014); CPEZ-239b, incomplete cranial and postcranial skeleton of at least two individuals (Lacerda et al., 2016); ULBRA-PVT-281, a large, complete skull and a partial postcranial skeleton (Roberto-da-Silva et al., 2016, 2018); MCP-146, a pelvic girdle with the last dorsal, two sacral, and three caudal vertebrae preserved in articulation (referred by Bonaparte, 1984); MCZ 4167, composed of a poorly preserved but articulated specimen from the Santa Maria Formation, referable to Prestosuchus , but no other information is available on this specimen (see Lacerda et al., 2016; Parrish, 1993, p. 297). Our phylogenetic analysis confirmed that at least the specimens UFRGS-PV-0152-T, UFRGS-PV-0156-T and CPEZ-239b represent the genus Prestosuchus , but as the former specimen was found to lie outside the node combining Prestosuchus chiniquensis and Prestosuchus nyassicus , the species taxonomy of this genus might be more complex than previously recognized (see discussion).
Description
Skull and mandible. The skull is only known from a few fragmentary and incomplete elements,
including the incomplete right premaxilla, and a fragment of the palatal process of the right maxilla ( Figure 4.1-4 View FIGURE 4 ) of the type specimen SNSB-BSPG AS XXV 28. Only the main body of the premaxilla is preserved in medial view ( Figure 4.2 View FIGURE 4 ), the anterior and posterior processes are unknown, and the lateral surface is broken ( Figure 4.1 View FIGURE 4 ). The premaxillary body is quadrangular, as long as high, with a concave ventral margin in lateral view ( Table 1), resembling the condition in Saurosuchus galilei (PVSJ 32), but contrasting with a longer than high subrectangular shape in Rauisuchus tiradentes (SNSB-BSPG AS XXV 60), Batrachotomus kupferzellensis (SNMS 52970), Polonosuchus silesiacus (ZPAL Ab III 563), and Fasolasuchus tenax (PVL 3050). Decuriasuchus quartacolonia presents both conditions, probably because of postmortem distortion of the material (Nesbitt and Desojo, 2017). The palatal process is located at the mid-height of the medial surface, and originates at the level of
Prestosuchus Prestosuchus chiniquensis chiniquensis Lectotype BSPG AS XXV Paralectotype XXV 7
Premaxilla body length
Premaxilla body height
Larger premaxillar tooth height
Larger premaxillar tooth length at base
Lower jaw length
Dentary length
Dentary anterior height
Dentary anterior tooth height
Dentary anterior crown height
Dentary anterior crown labiolingual width
Dentary anterior root height
Dentary largest crown height
Dentary largest crown length at base
Splenial length
Splenial height
Surangular height
Surangular+retroarticular process length
Angular length
Angular height
Prearticular length
Prearticular minimum height
Prearticular maximum posterior width
External mandibular fenestra length
External mandibular fenestra height
Retroarticular process length
Retroarticular process width
Retroarticular process height
Lower jaw maximum posterior width
6th cervical centrum anteroposterior length
7th cervical centrum anteroposterior length
Dorsal centrum anteroposterior length
6th cervical dorsoventral height
7th cervical dorsoventral height
Dorsal centrum dorsoventral height
6th cervical lateromedial width
7th cervical lateromedial width
Dorsal centrum lateromedial width
Anterior neural spine dorsoventral height
Neural spine 1 sacral dorsoventral height
Neural spine 2 sacral dorsoventral height
Posterior neural spine dorsoventral height
Neural 1 sacral spine anteroposterior length
76.6*
44.8*
49.2*
16.8
490*
407*
49.9
21.4*
na
10.8
na na na
430
na na na
180.2*
49.8
na na na
83.3*
na na na na na
52.6
44.5 *
50*
69.3
58.1*
62.6*
61.4*
40.6*
62.2*
112
114
123
420
50 52.2
Prestosuchus Prestosuchus chiniquensis chiniquensis Lectotype BSPG AS XXV Paralectotype XXV 7
Neural 2 sacral spine anteroposterior length
Neural dorsal spine anteroposterior length
Neural spine anteroposterior length
Dorsal rib length
Tuberculum length
Chevron length BSPG AS XXV 32
Chevron length BSPG AS XXV 3b 1
Chevron length BSPG AS XXV 3b 2
Chevron length BSPG AS XXV 3b 3
Chevron length BSPG AS XXV 3b 4
1st sacral centrum anteroposterior length
2nd sacral centrum anteroposterior length
1st caudal centrum anteroposterior length
2nd caudal centrum anteroposterior length
3rd caudal centrum anteroposterior length
4th caudal centrum anteroposterior length
5th caudal centrum anteroposterior length
6th caudal centrum anteroposterior length
1st sacral centrum dorsoventral height
2nd sacral centrum dorsoventral height
1st caudal centrum dorsoventral height
2nd caudal centrum dorsoventral height
3rd caudal centrum dorsoventral height
4th caudal centrum dorsoventral height
5th caudal centrum dorsoventral height
6th caudal centrum dorsoventral height
2nd sacral lateromedial width
1st caudal lateromedial width
Iliac blade length
Iliac blade dorsoventral height
Anterior iliac process length
Posterior iliac process length
Left ischium dorsal length
Right ischium dorsal length
Height distal ischium end
Left ischium surface for ilium articulation length
Proximal ischium blade length
Right pubis length
Left pubis length
Left pubis distal end, anteroposterior length
Right pubis distal end, anteroposterior length
Left pubis distal end, lateromedial width
Right pubis distal end, lateromedial width 81.6 54.8
113.1 44.4
196
155
67.2*
77.4
68.1 70.6
57.1
55.8
50.6
44.8
40.5
40.2
70*
60.8 56.8*
60.6*
69.8
67.4
65.2
63.2
60.9
69.2
70.2
73.4
69.4
65.8
60.4
55.4
220* 295*
69 71.7
30.6*
120 134.4
345
320*
53.6
103.8
45
292*
239*
671
673
633
620
Prestosuchus Prestosuchus chiniquensis chiniquensis Lectotype BSPG AS XXV Paralectotype XXV 7
Left femur length
Proximal left femur lateromedial width
Proximal left femur anteroposterior length
Distal left femur width
Distal left femur length
Left femur mid-shaft diameter
Left scapula length
Right scapula length
Left proximal scapula width
Right proximal scapula width
Left coracoid length
Right coracoid length
Left coracoid dorsoventral width
Right coracoid width
Left clavicle length
Right clavicle length
Interclavicle length
Interclavicle distal width
Left humerus proximal width
Right humerus proximal width
Length left humerus head
Lengh right humerus head
Left deltopectoral crest length
Right deltopectoral crest length
Left humerus length
Right humerus length
Humerus mid-shaft diameter
Tibia length
Proximal tibia lateromedial width
Proximal tibia anteroposterior length
Distal tibia width
Distal tibia length
Tibia mid-shaft diameter
Fibula length
Proximal fibula lateromedial width
Proximal fibula anteroposterior length
Distal fibula width
Distal fibula length
Fibula mid-shaft diameter
Humerus mid-shaft diameter
Left astragalus width
Left astragalus length
Left calcaneum width
443
50
121.8
134.7
61.6*
185
280*
320*
122
120*
230
200
120
122
198
135*
250
58
128
114.4*
51.8
39.2*
55
71.8*
87.4*
320*
140
309
74.2
116.6
43.1
90.6
137
310
351
567
420
581
105
140
124
61.4
83.2
the anterior margin of the second tooth, like in UFRGS-PV-0629-T, Fasolasuchus tenax (PVL 3850), Batrachotomus kupferzellensis (SNMS 52970), and Saurosuchus galilei (PVSJ 32). It is dorsoventrally compressed, projects posteromedially, and is overlapped by the palatal process of the maxilla ( Figure 4.4 View FIGURE 4 ). There are three well-separated interdental plates on the medial side, as well as three poorly preserved teeth and remains of a fourth tooth ( Figure 4.3 View FIGURE 4 ), so that the original number of premaxillary teeth was four, as in the better preserved skull material of UFRGS-PV-0156-T, 0629- T, CPEZ-239b, and ULBRA-PVT-281. Furthermore, in medial view an isolated fragment of the tip of a tooth, and a replacement tooth between the 2nd and 3rd interdental plate are also preserved ( Figure 4.2 View FIGURE 4 ). In lateral view, most of the border of the alveoli is broken away, revealing the deep roots of the teeth, which almost reach to the dorsal bor- der of the premaxilla, where it forms the ventral margin of the external nares ( Figure 4.1 View FIGURE 4 ). Only the stout, slightly anteroventrally directed anteromedial process of the maxilla is preserved in articulation with the palatal process of the premaxilla.
The anterior parts of the mandibles of Prestosuchus chiniquensis SNSB-BSPG ASXXV 1 are well preserved and show a wealth of detail ( Figure 5 View FIGURE 5 ). Both hemi-mandibles are anteriorly articulated and incompletely preserved ( Table 1). The left hemi-mandible is almost complete up to the external mandibular fenestra, and the right element consists of an anterior portion with five incomplete teeth and seven alveoli ( Figure 5.1-2 View FIGURE 5 ). The mandible is low and long in general shape, with a very slight dorsoventral expansion at the level of the third tooth position ( Figure 5.3-4 View FIGURE 5 ). The mandible symphysis is long (95.7 mm), subequal in length to the length of the external mandibular fenestra ( Table 1), and finishes at the level of the posterior margin of the fifth alveolus ( Figure 5.1 View FIGURE 5 ). Ventrolaterally, the symphysis is formed by the dentary and medially by the splenial ( Figure 5.2 View FIGURE 5 ), which is not possible to determine in the specimens UFRGS- PV-0629-T, 0156-T. The dentary is long, with a straight ventral margin, and a rounded anterior end with a small, triangular process dorsally, resembling the condition in UFRGS-PV-0156-T. The anterior end is slightly broader than the posterior part. The dorsal margin of the bone slopes posterodorsally up to the level of the posterior end of the third alveolus, and it is slightly concave over the rest of the bone and towards the surangular. The tooth row extends to a point aproximately 60 mm anterior to the anterior margin of the external mandibular fenestra, although its exact extent cannot be determined with certainty, since the dorsal bor- der is damaged in this area. Behind the tooth row, the dorsal margin of the surangular is narrow. In lateral view, the dorsal part of the posterior end of the dentary is broken, so nothing can be said about its contacts with the fragmentary anterior region of the surangular. The latter bone is only represented by the dorsoventrally high and transversely flat anterior process, strongly resembling the condition in UFRGS-PV-0629-T and UFRGS-PV-0156-T in these respects. Ventrally, a small incision in the posterior end of the dentary marks the anterior end of the external mandibular fenestra. Below this incision, there is a broad, triangular posterior process that overlaps the anterior end of the angular ( Figure 5.3 View FIGURE 5 ). The ventral margin of this process is convex and confluent with the ventral margin of the dentary. In lateral view, the dentary ventral process is short and arrow-shaped. It overlaps the angular and closely resembles the condition in UFRGS-PV-0629-T and UFRGS-PV-0156-T, but contrasts with the longer ventral process of Batrachotomus kupferzellensis (SNMS 52970) and most other taxa. On the lateral side, a row of foramina is placed at approximately half height of the bone below the tooth row anteriorly. These foramina are more closely spaced in the anterior portion and become more widely spaced posteriorly. At the level of the 9th alveolus there is a ridge that leads to a foramen ( Figure 5.3 View FIGURE 5 ); behind this, no other foramina are found.
In medial view, there is a row of well-defined interdental plates that forms the medial border of the alveoli. The interdental plates are separated by narrow, parallel-sided incisions, pentagonal in shape and approximately as high as long in the anterior part; posteriorly, the bases of the interdental plates are largely covered by the splenial ( Figure 5.4 View FIGURE 5 ).
There are 14 alveoli in the left dentary, with a total of 11 teeth preserved, with different development states from the second to the thirteenth alveoli ( Figure 5.1, 5.3 View FIGURE 5 ). The tooth row is straight over most of its length, but the anteriormost tooth is slightly inset towards the mandibular symphysis. The alveoli rapidly increase in size from the first to the third, which is the largest tooth socket, and gradually decrease again posteriorly ( Figure 5.1 View FIGURE 5 ). Tooth replacement seems to be alternating, since replacement teeth are found in the 3 rd, 5 th, 7 th, 9 th, 11 th and 13 th alveolus. The total number of dentary teeth is the same as in UFRGS-PV-0629-T; for the specimen UFRGS-PV-0156-T the tooth count is unknown because the mandibles are preserved in occlusion. The tooth count contrasts with a lower number of 11–12 dentary teeth in Batrachotomus kupferzellensis (SMNS 52970) and 13 in Fasolasuchus tenax (PVL 3851), and a higher number of 17 in Decuriasuchus quartacolonia (de França et al., 2013) and 15–16 in Postosuchus kirkpatricki (TTUP 9000) (Mastrantonio et al., 2019).
The angular is incompletely preserved. It is an anteroposteriorly elongate, low bone that forms the ventral margin of the external mandibular fenestra and the ventral margin of the lower jaw behind the dentary ( Figure 5.2–4 View FIGURE 5 ). At the level of the angular, the mandible bulges slightly ventrally, so that the ventral margin of this bone is convex anteroposteriorly. Towards the posterior break, the bone slightly expands dorsoventrally. The anterior end of the angular is wedged between the dentary and the splenial, resembling the condition in UFRGS-PV-0156-T, 0629-T, and Decuriasuchus quartacolonia (MCN-PV10.105c).
In medial view, the splenial forms most of the medial wall of the preserved portion of the lower jaw ( Figure 5.4 View FIGURE 5 ). It is an elongate triangular, plate-like bone, which bears a large, elongate oval foramen at the level of the ninth alveolus, close to the ventral suture with the dentary. Anteriorly, the splenial reaches the level of the anterior margin of the second alveolus, resembling the condition in UFRGS-PV-0629-T. Ventrally, the splenial is bordered by a ventromedial lamina of the dentary that obviously encloses the Meckelian canal. Posteriorly, the splenial is broken, but its continuation is indicated by an impression in the sediment infilling the cavity between the medial and lateral elements of the mandible that projects posteroventrally. Another impression dorsal to the splenial corresponds to the anterior end of the prearticular, which was slender and relatively low ( Figure 5.4 View FIGURE 5 ). It forms the ventromedial surface of the mandibular adductor fossa, as can be seen in UFRGS-PV-0629-T, Batrachotomus kupferzellensis (SMNS 80260), and Postosuchus kirkpatricki (TTUP 9000; Weinbaum, 2011).
Dentition. None of the functional teeth preserved in either the premaxilla or dentary are complete, and thus information on tooth shape and morphology largely relies on replacement teeth of the second tooth of the premaxilla ( Figure 4.2 View FIGURE 4 ), and the second right and eleventh left tooth of the dentary ( Figure 5 View FIGURE 5 ). The teeth are conical and labiolingually compressed, but stout. They are recurved posteriorly and have both mesial and distal serrations. The marginal denticles are chisel-shaped and restricted to the apical part on the mesial carina ( Figure 5.5-6 View FIGURE 5 View FIGURE 6 : de). In the eleventh dentary tooth the denticle size slightly decreases apically (10 mesial denticles per 5 mm to 13 more apically) and the second right dentary tooth shows 13 distal denticles per 5 mm (the mesial denticles are smaller at the base). The denticles are continuous over the apex of the crown, with one large denticle forming the apex. The tooth enamel is smooth and no grooves or wrinkles are found adjacent to the serrations.
Axial skeleton. The axial skeleton of the type specimen includes two incomplete and poorly preserved posterior cervical vertebrae, two dorsal vertebrae, two sacrals, and 12 caudal vertebrae ( Figures 3 View FIGURE 3 , 6 View FIGURE 6 ). In addition, the paralectotype preserves both sacrals and the first caudal vertebra.
The cervical region is represented by two incomplete, posteriorly smooth, amphi-platycoelous vertebrae. The incomplete cervical vertebra SNSB-BSPG AS XXV 29 consists of a short and high, spool-shaped centrum with an oval posterior articular facet that is slightly higher than wide, and the left diapophysis and parapophysis ( Figure 6.1– 3 View FIGURE 6 ). The latter is located at the middle of the centrum height at its anterior margin and articulates with a proximal cervical rib head. On the lateral side of the centrum, a deep depression is located between the diapophysis and parapophysis ( Figure 6.1-2 View FIGURE 6 : dd). Dorsally and posteriorly this depression is limited by the margins of the centrum and ventrally by a thin lamina of bone that extends from the parapophysis posteriorly to the posterior end of the centrum. The latter transverse lamina also limits a ventral depression between the lateroventral edge of the centrum and the ventral keel ( Figure 6.1-2 View FIGURE 6 : vd), resembling a similar depression in the cervical centra 6 of UFRGS-PV-0156-T and CPEZ-239b (Lacerda et al., 2016). The laminae of both sides define an almost plain ventral side of the centrum, from which a deep ventral keel arises medially. This keel makes up approximately two-fifths of the height of the centrum. A posterior centrodiapophyseal lamina extends from the posterior margin of the left diapophysis to the centra.
The second cervical vertebra (SNSB-BSPG AS XXV 30) shows the dorsal halves of both articulated facets, the left prezygapophysis and diapophysis, and the postzygapophysis in an unnatural position. As in the other cervical, both articular surfaces are flat to very slightly concave. The neural canal is large and semioval in shape, with a straight ventral margin. The diapophysis is a stout, ventrolaterally directed process that is connected to the centrum by well-developed anterior and posterior centrodiapophyseal laminae. Between these laminae, ventral to the diapophyses, there is a deep depression, the infradiapophyseal fossa, resembling the condition in UFRGS-PV-156-T and CPEZ-239b, Rauisuchus tiradentes (SNSB-BSPG AS XXV 75), and Fasolasuchus tenax (PVL 3850). The prezygapophysis is connected to the centrum by a thin centroprezygapophyseal lamina and is supported ventrally by a very much stouter prezygodiapophyseal lamina that extends ventrolaterally and slightly posteriorly to the diapophysis. Between the centroprezygapophyseal, prezygodiapophyseal and anterior centrodiapophyseal laminae, a deep, dorsoventrally elongate, anterolaterally opening infraprezygapophyseal fossa is present, resembling the condition in the 8th cervical vertebra of UFRGS-156-T and Prestosuchus nyassicus (GPIT/ RE/3831). The prezygapophysis is much broader than long, with a flat, oval articular facet, that is only slightly inclined from the horizontal at an angle of approximately 15º. The general morphology of the cervical vertebral centra resembling that of Prestosuchus nyassicus (GPIT/RE/3831), Saurosuchus galilei , Fasolasuchus tenax , Batrachotomus kupferzellensis , Polonosuchus silesiacus , and Rauisuchus tiradentes (SNSB-BSPG AS XXV 75), with an anteroposteriorly short, keeled vertebral centrum, contrasting with longer vertebral centra (at least twice as long as high) in Arizonasaurus babbitti , Sillosuchus longicervix , and Effigia okeeffeae (Nesbitt, 2007) .
Two incomplete anterior dorsal vertebrae of the lectotype are preserved in articulation (SNSB-BSPG AS XXV 31). As in the cervicals, the centra are amphi-platycoelous. The ventral part of the centrum is not preserved in either of the vertebrae, so it cannot be said if a ventral keel was present. However, a deep lateral fossa is preserved posteroventral to the parapophysis in the more posterior vertebra, and both right parapophyses are preserved in articulation with the heads of the dorsal ribs ( Figure 6.7 View FIGURE 6 ). Although the diapophysis is not preserved completely, the lateral lamination of the vertebra is discernible in the more posterior vertebra. A stout and almost vertical posterior centrodiapophyseal lamina is present, as in Prestosuchus nyassicus (GPIT/RE/3831) and contrasting with Rauisuchus tiradentes , and fuses dorsally with the dorsal part of a similarly well-developed, steeply posterodorsally inclined paradiapophyseal lamina. The latter is present in the specimens ULBRA-PVT-281 (Roberto-da-Silva et al., 2018) and UFRGS-PV-0156-T. A well-developed centroprezygapophyseal lamina can also be identified, and an unusual, accessory lamina is present in the large, but shallow infraprezygapophyseal fossa, resembling the condition in the anterior dorsal vertebrae of UFRGS-156-T. This lamina extends from approximately half height of the paradiapophyseal lamina anterodorsally and meets the prezygapophysis ventrally between the centroprezygapophyseal and prezygodiapophyseal laminae. The infradiapophyseal fossa is narrow, high triangular in shape, and deep, resembling the condition in UFRGS-0156-T, ULBRA-PTV-281, Rauisuchus tiradentes (SNSB-BSPG AS XXV 119), and Prestosuchus nyassicus (GPIT/RE/3831). There is a posterior depression on the lateral base of the broken postzygapophysis and centropostzygapophyseal lamina, also present in some dorsal vertebrae of Rauisuchus tiradentes (SNSB-BSPG AS XXV 77, 116, 119). The right prezygapophysis is articulated with the previous postzygapophysis; both are wider than long and generally relatively short anteroposteriorly.
In the paralectotype of Prestosuchus chiniquesis ( SNSB-BSPG AS XXV 7 ), large parts of the last dorsal vertebra are preserved in articulation with the sacrum, but the vertebra is poorly preserved ( Figure 7.1-5 View FIGURE 7 ), even though the articulation with the first sacral is seen in ventral view. The centrum is spool-shaped, and a massive attachment of an anterolateroventrally directed rib is present on the anterior end of the centrum. The neural spine is rectangular, more than twice as high as long and very slightly inclined posteriorly. The spine slightly overhangs the vertebral centrum posteriorly, and the relatively small postzygapophysis is positioned below its posterior base .
The general morphology, with spool-shaped centra, well-marked lateral fossae, paradiapopophyseal and anterior centrodiapophyseal laminae, resembles Batrachotomus kupferzellensis (SMNS 80300), Rauisuchus tiradentes (SNSB-BSPG AS XXV 112, 116), Postosuchus kirkpatricki , Saurosuchus galilei (PVSJ 32), Fasolasuchus tenax (PVL 3850), Prestosuchus nyassicus (GPIT/RE/3831), and Ticinosuchus ferox (PIMUZ 2817) .
Only the second sacral vertebra is preserved in articulation with the ilium and the first caudal in the type specimen SNSB-BSPG AS XXV 3a ( Figure 7.6-8 View FIGURE 7 View FIGURE 8 ), but two sacrals are preserved in articulation with the ilium, parts of the last dorsal and the first caudal vertebra in the paralectotype SNSB-BSPG AS XXV 7 ( Figure 7.1-5 View FIGURE 7 ). Thus, the number of sacral vertebrae can be established as two, resembling the condition in Saurosuchus galilei (PVSJ 615), Prestosuchus nyassicus (GPIT/RE/ 3831), Ticinosuchus ferox (PIMUZ 2817) , contrasting with three sacrals in Batrachotomus kupferzellensis (SMNS 80310) and Arizonasaurus babbitti (Nesbitt, 2005) , and more in Sillosuchus longicervix (PVSJ 700) and Effigia okeeffeae (Nesbitt, 2007) .
The vertebral centra of the sacrals are spool-shaped and approximately as high as long ( Table 1). Both sacrals are of approximately the same length, but the contact between both centra is difficult to determine due to the poor preservation of the paralectotype SNSB-BSPG AS XXV 7. The massive transverse processes are placed on the dorsal part of the centrum, but whereas they are restricted to the anterior half of the centrum in the first sacral, they are placed more towards mid-length, and their attachments extend over almost the entire length of the centrum in the second vertebra. The neural arch of the first sacral is relatively shorter anteroposteriorly than that of the second and displaced anteriorly ( Table 1). Thus, there is a large opening laterally between the neural arches of the first and second sacral for the passage of the spinal nerve ( Figure 7.1-2 View FIGURE 7 : osn). A stout lamina extends from the anterior end of the transverse process anterodorsally towards the prezygapophysis. Whereas this lamina is almost entirely dorsally directed in the first sacral, with a concave anterior margin, that of the second sacral extends anterodorsally and has a straight margin, in agreement with the position of the prezygapophysis, which overhangs the vertebral centrum considerably in this vertebra. The pre- and postzygapophyses of the sacral vertebrae are relatively small. As in the last dorsal vertebra, the postzyagpophysis is situated under the posterior base of the neural spine. It is rectangular, more than twice as high as long, and slightly inclined posteriorly. The neural spines of both vertebrae seem to very slightly, expand anteroposteriorly dorsally, that of the second sacral more so than that of the first. At their dorsal tips, the sacral neural spines are expanded transversely to form a spine table, like in the dorsal vertebrae. They articulate with two rows of osteoderms, and each neural spine articulates with two osteoderms of the same row. There are no pits on the lateral surface of the neural arch on the sacral vertebrae, as are present in Batrachotomus kupferzellensis (SMNS 80310) and Prestosuchus nyassicus (GPIT/RE/3831).
The sacral ribs are fused with the sacral transverse processes. They are short and stout, project ventrolaterally and rapidly expand distally. Whereas the first sacral rib is thus hatchet-shaped in dorsal view, the second expands more markedly posteriorly than anteriorly. The distal ends of the ribs meet at approximately the level of the junction of the sacral vertebral centra, and the first sacral rib overlaps the second rib at this point. The first sacral rib articulates with the iliac blade starting at the level of the junction between iliac blade and pubic process of the ilium, near the anterior process. The second sacral rib contacts the ilium at the level of the posterior margin of the acetabulum, and extends posteriorly to the end of the postacetabular process.
There are 12 caudal vertebrae preserved in the lectotype. The first caudal is articulated with the second sacral vertebra ( Figure 7.6-8 View FIGURE 7 View FIGURE 8 ), caudals 2 to 6 are preserved in articulation with their respective chevrons ( Figure 6.8-9 View FIGURE 6 View FIGURE 7 View FIGURE 8 View FIGURE 9 ), and two blocks with two incomplete posterior caudal vertebrae and another one and a half vertebral centra are present ( SNSB-BSPG AS XXV 32b) .
The first caudal vertebra has a spool-shaped centrum and is shorter than the sacral vertebrae ( Table 1). It is stout, ventrally rounded and higher than long. No chevron facets are present in this vertebra ( Figure 7.7 View FIGURE 7 ). A noted longitudinal depression is present laterally on the centrum below the transverse process ( Figure 7.7 View FIGURE 7 : lld, tp), resembling the condition in the first caudals of Prestosuchus nyassicus (GPIT/RE/3831). The transverse process is short, rectangular, and posterolaterally and slightly ventrally directed, but does not contact the ilium. The proximal caudals have oval to round articular facets and are higher than long, although there is a slight tendency towards a relative elongation of the centrum towards the end of the articulated series ( Table 1). The centra are spool-shaped, with the ventral constriction becoming more noted in more distal elements. The second caudal has a sharp ventral keel, but two ridges are present on the ventral side from the third vertebra onwards, which is also the first caudal that bears a chevron. These ridges define a longitudinal ventral groove and are continuous with the widely separated chevron facets posteriorly, resembling the condition in UFRGS-PV-0156-T, Batrachotomus kupferzellensis (SMNS 80326), and Polonosuchus silesiacus (ZPAL Ab III 563), but different from Prestosuchus nyassicus (GPIT/RE/3831) and Fasolasuchus tenax (PVL 3850). As in the first caudal, the 2nd vertebra has a longitudinal depression laterally on the centrum in SNSB-BSPG AS XXV 3b and Polonosuchus silesiacus (ZPAL Ab III 563), located under the transverse process, but such a depression is not present in more distal elements ( Figure 6.8 View FIGURE 6 : lld). The transverse processes are placed on the neurocentral suture in these proximal caudals. They are flattened and short and project posterolaterally. In ventral view, a low, rounded ridge extends over the transverse processes along their long axes. The distal tips of the transverse processes are slightly flexed ventrally. The distal caudals have elongate centra that are approximately twice as long as high. The centra are spool-shaped and have no lateral depressions, as in Fasolasuchus tenax (PVL 3850), Prestosuchus nyassicus (GPIT/RE/3831).
Dorsal ribs. The proximal and distal segments of three dorsal ribs are preserved ( Figure 8.3 View FIGURE 8 ). The ribs are double-headed, with a long and stout capitulum and a short tuberculum. The articular facet of the tuberculum is circular. The proximal shaft of the ribs is triangular to circular in cross section, it bears a longitudinal depression in the posterior surface and a crest on the anterior surface, just behind the capitum and tuberculum ( Figure 8.3 View FIGURE 8 : cr.), resembling the condition in CPEZ-239b, Batrachotomus kupferzellensis (SMNS 91044), Rauisuchus tiradentes (SNSB-BSPG AS XXV 87c), and Fasolasuchus tenax (PVL 3850). The distal shaft is also triangular in cross section, with a longitudinal groove on the posteromedial surface, like in some specimens of Batrachotomus kupferzellensis .
Gastralia. Almost the entire gastral basket is preserved in articulation in four blocks, together with rib fragments ( Figure 8.1-2 View FIGURE 8 ). The gastralia occur in individual rows, as in modern crocodiles. They are slender, rod-like bones, and circular in cross section, resembling the condition in ULBRA-PVT-281. Lateral gastralia have robust shafts but taper rapidly laterally. Medially, they also taper gradually, but continue far medially and almost reach the midline. The medial gastralia of either side are fused in the midline, meeting at an angle of about 25°. At the midline fusion, the elements are wide and flattened, but laterally they taper towards their articulation with the lateral gastralia ( Figure 8.2 View FIGURE 8 ). The medial and lateral gastralia overlap extensively, with approximately three-fourths of the length of the lateral gastralia being flanked by the thin lateral extensions of the medial gastralia. A gastral basket is known among pseudosuchians, such as Ticinosuchus ferox (PIMUZ 2917) , Postosuchus alisonae (Peyer et al., 2008) , Batrachotomus kupferzellensis (SMNS 90018), and mentioned for Arizonasaurus babbitti (Nesbitt, 2005) .
Chevrons. Chevrons are preserved from the third caudal onwards ( Figure 6.8-9 View FIGURE 6 View FIGURE 7 View FIGURE 8 View FIGURE 9 ). They are Y-shaped bones, with widely separated proximal articular facets with a medial bridge connecting the facets of either side, as in UFRGS-PV-0152-T. The first chevron is considerably shorter than more distal elements, as in SNSB-BSPG AS XXV 32. In this element the hemal canal accounts for approximately half of its length, whereas it is one-third or less of the length in more distal chevrons. In lateral view, the chevrons are long and rod-like and slightly curved posteriorly. Their distal ends taper and are not expanded anteroposteriorly ( Figure 6.8 View FIGURE 6 ), as in Rauisuchus tiradentes (SNSB-BSPG AS XXV 85b) and Ticinosuchus ferox (PIMUZ 4779). Whereas in the first chevron there is a shallow groove on the anterior surface below the hemal canal, more distal chevrons show a ridge in this area, resembling the condition in Polonosuchus silesiacus (ZPAL Ab III 563).
Osteoderms. Two rows of paramedian osteoderms are preserved over the neural spines of the last dorsal and the sacral vertebrae of the paralectotype ( Figure 7.1-2 View FIGURE 7 , 4-5 View FIGURE 4 View FIGURE 5 ). Each osteoderm articulates with the previous element and in the midline. Whereas medially, the medial margins of both osteoderms simply abut each other within one row, the posterior margin of each osteoderm overlaps the anterior margin of the subsequent element. Each osteoderm is heart-shaped and asymmetric, with the medial part being slightly smaller than the lateral. They are acute, with the point projecting anteriorly, whereas the posterior margin is straight or slightly concave. Behind the sacral vertebrae, the paramedian osteoderms continue in a single row of somewhat larger and symmetric individual elements. The osteoderms are ornamented with smooth ridges radiating laterally from an anteroposterior low central protuberance ( Figure 8.4 View FIGURE 8 ). The general morphology and histology of them resemble the condition of asymmetrical paired paramedian osteoderms in UFRGS-PV-0156-T, 0629-T, and CPEZ-239b, contrasting with the symmetrical, leaf-shaped, osteoderms of Rauisuchus tiradentes (SNSB-BSPG AS XXV 94), Fasolasuchus tenax (PVL 3850), Ticinosuchus ferox (PIMUZ 2817) , and Batrachotomus kupferzellensis (SMNS 90018), which probably belong to the tail.
Appendicular skeleton. The pectoral girdle of the type is well preserved and articulated, whereas both humeri are incomplete, and nothing is preserved of the antebrachium and manus ( Figure 3 View FIGURE 3 ). The pelvic girdle and hindlimb of the type are almost complete, with the ischia, left femur, tibia, fibula, proximal tarsals and pes being completely preserved, and the left ilum and both pubes being represented by incomplete remains ( Figure 3 View FIGURE 3 ). A complete, but rather poorly preserved right ilium is known from the paralectotype SNSB-BSPG AS XXV 7 .
Scapula and coracoid. Both scapulae of the type are slightly incomplete distally, but the left scapula is articulated with the coracoid, clavicle, and interclavicle. The scapula is rather short and stout ( Figure 9.1-3 View FIGURE 9 ). The distal expansion is incompletely preserved in all specimens available, but seems to have been rather moderate, being more anterodorsally than posteroventrally expanded ( Table 1). The anterodorsal edge and the distal expansion of the scapula are thin flanges of bone, but the posteroventral margin and especially the glenoid region are considerably broadened and massive. The glenoid region is flexed medially in comparison to the scapular shaft. A rugose tubercle is present at the posteroventral margin laterally, where the glenoid region merges into the shaft ( Figure 9.2 View FIGURE 9 : rt), most probably for the insertion of the M. triceps longus lateralis (Meers, 2003), resembling the condition in UFRGS-PV-0152-T, ULBRA-PVT-281, Batrachotomus kupferzellensis (SMNS 80271), Saurosuchus galilei (PVSJ 32), and the supraglenoid buttress of Rauisuchus tiradentes (Lautenschlager and Rauhut, 2015) . Distal to this tubercle, the posteroventral margin of the scapular shaft is considerably broadened and shows a slight longitudinal depression, which probably marks the insertion of the M. scapulohumeralis caudalis ( Figure 9.2 View FIGURE 9 : ld). Distal to this depression the margin becomes rapidly thinner towards the distal expansion ( Figure 9.1 View FIGURE 9 ), resembling the condition in Saurosuchus galilei (PVSJ 32).
The glenoid portion of the scapula is strongly broadened, and the scapular glenoid articular surface is approximately as broad as long. In total, the scapula makes up approximately one-third of the glenoid articulation, the other two-thirds being formed by the coracoid ( Figure 9.2-3 View FIGURE 9 ), resembling the condition in Rauisuchus tiradentes (SNSB-BSPG AS XXV 91). The glenoid facet is slightly concave and directed ventrally and very slightly medially. Anterior to the glenoid facet, the scapular head is broadened where it articulates with the coracoid. The thin flange anterior to the articulation with the coracoid is straight and thin. The acromion process is only moderately expanded anterodorsally and its anteroproximal margin is straight to slightly indented to form the posterior margin of the notch between the scapula and coracoid ( Figure 9.1-3 View FIGURE 9 : oi). Just distal to this notch, the clavicle articulates with the scapula ( Figure 9.1-3 View FIGURE 9 ). On the lateral side of the acromion process, anterodorsal to the glenoid, a shallow depression is present and bound posteriorly by a low, rounded, semioval rim. In medial view, the acromial part of the scapula is concave anteroposteriorly. A weak acromion is present in Batrachotomus kupferzellensis (SMNS 80271), contrasting with the prominent structure in ULBRA-PVT-281 (Roberto-da-Silva et al., 2018).
The coracoid is a large, semioval plate that is considerably longer anteroposteriorly than the acromial portion of the scapula ( Table 1). The bone is much longer than high, so that the length/height ratio is approximately 2:1. The suture between scapula and coracoid is straight and almost horizontal, with a small concavity in the coracoid just above the glenoid ( Figure 9.1-3 View FIGURE 9 ). It extends from the ventral margin of the notch between the scapula and coracoid towards the glenoid. Anterior to the suture, the dorsal rim of the coracoid extends slightly more anteriorly and forms a small, hooklike projection that defines the anteroventral margin of the notch. Medially, the coracoid is concave in all directions, but the lateral surface is subdivided into a dorsoventrally convex anterior part and a much smaller, dorsoventrally concave posterior region. The posterior concavity is defined by the raised rim of the glenoid dorsally and the thickened ridge of the insertion of the M. coracobrachialis anteriorly and ventrally. A large, oval coracoid foramen is present at about half-length of the coracoid, approximately one-fourth of the height of the coracoid separated from the coracoid-scapula suture, resembling the condition in UFRGS-PV-0152-T, CPEZ-239b. There is a low, rounded keel on the lateral surface of the coracoid that runs from the coracoid foramen to the anteroventral margin ( Figure 9.1 View FIGURE 9 : rk), where the clavicle articulates with the interclavicle ( Figure 9.3 View FIGURE 9 ), resembling the condition in UFRGS-PV-0152-T, ULBRA-PVT-281 (Roberto-da-Silva et al., 2018), SNSB-BSPG AS XXV 134, and Batrachotomus kupferzellensis (SMNS 80271). The glenoid articular surface of the coracoid is oval in shape and directed posterodorsally and slightly laterally ( Figure 9.3 View FIGURE 9 ).
Clavicle and interclavicle. Both clavicles are preserved in articulation with the scapula and interclavicle ( Figure 9 View FIGURE 9 ). They are long, rod-like elements with a flattened posterordorsal end. The posteroventral margin of the posterodorsal end, which contacts the scapula, is concave transversely. The shaft of the clavicle is straight over the dorsal three-fourths of the bone, but it flexes abruptly posteroventrally in its lower fourth ( Table 1), resembling the condition in Batrachotomus kupferzellensis (SMNS 91050), Ticinosuchus ferox (PIMUZ 2817) , and ULBRA-PVT-281 (Roberto-da-Silva et al., 2018). Posteroventral to the flexure, the bone rapidly expands to form the flattened, dropshaped articular end for the interclavicle. The posteroventral end of the clavicle overlaps the anterior end of the interclavicle posteriorly and abuts the clavicle of the other side medially.
The interclavicle is a flat bone that articulates with both clavicles anteriorly and with the coracoids laterally. It is approximately as long anteroposteriorly as the coracoids ( Table 1). The anterior end is slightly expanded transversely at the articulation with the clavicles ( Figure 9.1-3 View FIGURE 9 ). Behind this expansion, the shaft of the interclavicle is narrowest and then gradually widens posteriorly so that the rectangular posterior end is approximately twice as wide as the anterior end. The bone is very slightly convex ventrally over its entire length. There is a conspicuous lateral expansion of the bone at about its mid length that shows a roughened, pitted surface ( Figure 9.2 View FIGURE 9 : pt). This expansion most probably represents a pathology resulting either from a break or an infection of the bone.
Humerus. The humerus is known from the proximal and distal ends of the right and the proximal end of the left element of the type specimen SNSB-BSPG AS XXV 33–34. It is a robust bone. The estimated length of the right humerus of the type is approximately 32 cm or 74% of the femur length ( Table 1). The proximal end is mediolaterally expanded and is approximately twice as wide as the distal end ( Figure 10.1-4 View FIGURE 10 ). The proximal articular end of the humerus is thickened into a rounded, poorly preserved articular surface, which thins out laterally forming a ridge that becomes the deltopectoral crest ( Figure 10.2 View FIGURE 10 : dc). Below the articular surface, on the medial side of the proximal end, there is a well-developed, rounded triangular internal tuber ( Figure 10.1-2 View FIGURE 10 : it). The deltopectoral crest is subtriangular and projects anteroventrally, resembling the condition in CPEZ-239b and UFRGS-PV-0152-T. A large, triangular depression is present on the anterior side of the humerus below the articular end and medial to the deltopectoral crest. The proximal shaft is triangular in cross section, and the distal part is circular. The distal end of the humerus is divided into two condyles, but only the entepicondyle (ulnar) and the proximal surface of the shallow trochlear groove are preserved ( Figure 10.4 View FIGURE 10 : tg). The general morphology and proportions between proximal and distal ends of the humerus resemble that of Prestosuchus nyassicus (GPIT/RE/3832), and contrast with the more gracile bones of Batrachotomus kupferzellensis (SMNS 80276) and Ticinosuchus ferox (PIMUZ 2817) .
Ilium. The left ilium of the lectotype has an imperforate acetabulum. The anterior part of the ilium is incomplete, but the postacetabular process, most of the acetabulum and the contact with the ischium are well preserved ( Figure 7.6-8 View FIGURE 7 View FIGURE 8 ). The ilium of the paralectotype SNSB-BSPG AS XXV 7 is complete, but poorly preserved and lacks most of the medial acetabular wall ( Figure 7.1-3 View FIGURE 7 ). In articulation with the two sacral vertebrae, the ilium is inclined lateroventrally so that the acetabulum faces more ventrally than laterally ( Figure 7.1 View FIGURE 7 , 4-6 View FIGURE 4 View FIGURE 5 View FIGURE 6 ). The dorsal margin of the deep and large acetabulum is rounded, and defined by a broad supra-acetabular rim, which forms the entire dorsal margin of the acetabulum, but is not as prominent as in Batrachotomus kupferzellensis (SMNS 80269). The iliac blade above the acetabulum is low, approximately half the height of the height of the acetabulum. The postacetabular process extends beyond the first caudal vertebra posteriorly and has a broadened and transversely rounded ventral margin. Thus, the postacetabular process is triangular in cross-section and has a well-developed longitudinal shelf for the attachment of the second sacral rib medially. This shelf extends anteriorly beyond the posterior rim of the ischial peduncle. Dorsally, the iliac blade is sharp and bears marked dorsal striations, resembling the condition in Batrachotomus kupferzellensis (SMNS 80269). The dorsal margin is straight and curves gently ventrally towards the posterior end. The preacetabular process is short and considerably lower than the postacetabular process, resembling the condition in UFRGS-PV-0152-T. It has a pointed anterior end and a moderately developed oblique ridge laterally that runs from its anterodorsal end posteroventrally and becomes less conspicuous above the acetabulum, without a dorsal crest to the supracetabular rim, resembling the condition in Prestosuchus nyassicus (GPIT/RE/3832). The anterior rim of the pubic peduncle extends more anteriorly than ventrally, so that the pubic peduncle extends further anteriorly than the preacetabular process. The anterior margin of the acetabulum on the pubic peduncle is marked, but narrow, so that the acetabulum also extends far anteriorly. The articular facet for the pubis faces anteroventrally. The ischial peduncle is slightly shorter than the pubic peduncle and has a very slightly concave articular surface for the ischium. The latter faces posteroventrally and is set at an angle of approximately 70º towards the pubic articulation. The angle between the two articular surfaces is placed approximately below the mid-length of the acetabulum. A short anterior and long posterior processes, prominent supra-acetabular crest, a waist between the iliac blade and expanded acetabulum region are also present in the ilia of several other taxa, such as Batrachotomus kupferzellensis (SMNS 52970), Saurosuchus galillei (PVSJ 615), Prestosuchus nyassicus (GPIT/RE/3831), and Ticinosuchus ferox (PIMUZ 2817) , but contrast with the well-developed crest extending on the anterior and posterior processes of Sillosuchus longicervix (PVSJ 85), Vivaron haydeni (Lessner et al., 2016) , and Effigia okeeffeae (Nesbitt, 2007) .
Pubis. Of the pubes of the type specimen SNSB-BSPG AS XXV 6, only a small part of the proximal obturator blade of the left pubis and the distal shafts of both elements are preserved ( Figure 11.1 View FIGURE 11 ). The proximal part was originally articulated with the ilium (see von Huene, 1942, pl. 18, figure 5), and the distal pubes were articulated along the pubic aprons (von Huene, 1942, pl. 19, figure 3), but subsequent damage to the apron does not allow a precise articulation now ( Figure 11.1 View FIGURE 11 ). The articular surface with the ilium is oval and rugose and triangular in cross section. The posterior rim of a large, elongate oval obturator foramen is placed proximally in the obturator plate of the pubis, contrasting with the huge obturator foramen of Fasolasuchus tenax (PVL 3850). The pubic shafts are straight and relatively short. Their anterolateral margin is thickened, and a thin, medially and slightly posteriorly directed lamina of bone extends from this margin to form the pubic apron. The distal end of the pubic shaft is slightly anteroposteriorly expanded to form a rounded, knob-like distal end ( Figure 11.1 View FIGURE 11 : kde), but a moderate pronounced pubic boot, as in Batrachotomus kupferzellensis (SMNS 80270), Saurosuchus galilei (PVSJ 615), or Postosuchus alisonae (Nesbitt, 2011) is absent. At the level of the distal expansion, there is no pubic apron medially, but the latter ends some 5 cm above the distal end. The knob-like distal end of SNSB-BSPG AS XXV 6 resembles the condition in Prestosuchus nyassicus (GPIT/RE/3831).
Ischium. Both ischia of the type specimen are well preserved and in articulation ( Figure 11.2-4 View FIGURE 11 ). They are rather short and stout ( Table 1). The suture between both elements is visible in dorsal and ventral view over the entire length of both elements. Distally, there is a narrow, shallow groove along the interischial suture, but directly proximal to the distal end, a sharp median ridge arises from this suture. This ridge gradually becomes more conspicuous proximally until it rapidly expands into the ischial obturator blade in the proximal third of the bone. A small, rounded ventral incision is present in its rim at the level where the abrupt expansion of the obturator blade from the shaft starts. Dorsally, the interischial suture is marked by a shallow longitudinal groove, which becomes deeper and wider proximally until the proximal ends of both ischia separate. Lateral to the interischial suture, a marked crest is present on the dorsal side of each ischium. This crest arises proximally from the sharp posterior margin of the iliac peduncle and continues almost to the distal end of the bone, laterally delimited by a longitudinal depression, resembling the condition in Prestosuchus nyassicus (GPIT/RE/3832-13), in which this groove and crest are relatively shorter. A curved raised rim on the lateral side of the proximal ischium marks the posteroventral margin of the acetabulum. The ischium has a large contribution to the acetabulum ( Figure 7.6 View FIGURE 7 : iac), and the suture between ischium and ilium is placed within the acetabulum. In contrast to the type specimen of “ Prestosuchus ” loricatus (SNSB-BSPG AS XXV 43) and Poposaurus gracilis (Weinbaum and Hungerbühler, 2007) , there is no oval depression in this area. The shaft of the ischium is triangular in cross section and becomes more robust distally, contrasting with the thin, plate-like ischium of Batrachotomus kupferzellensis (SMNS 80218) and rod-like ischium of Effigia okeeffeae (Nesbitt, 2007) . The distal end is slightly expanded dorsally and ventrally, resembling the condition in Prestosuchus nyassicus (GPIT/RE/3832) and Saurosuchus galilei (PVL 2552) with a moderate ischial boot.
Femur. The left femur is completely preserved, except for the anterior section of the distal end, in the type specimen SNSB-BSPG AS XXV 10. It is a robust bone, 44.3 cm in length in the type specimen, and both ends are expanded ( Table 1). The shaft is oval in cross section and sigmoid in posterior view ( Figure 12.1–4 View FIGURE 12 ). The proximal end has an anteromedially oriented, wedge-shaped femoral head, without a constriction or marked neck between the head and the shaft. There is a groove that runs anteroposteriorly across the proximal surface of the femoral head, resembling the condition in UFRGS-PV-0152-T and UFRGS-PV-0629-T. The greater trochanter is prominent and developed as a stout posterolateral ridge ( Figure 12.1-2 View FIGURE 12 : plr). Several prominent scars are present on the lateral surface of the proximal femur, close to the greater trochanter, probably for the insertion of the M. puboischiofemoralis internus ( Figure 12.1 View FIGURE 12 : s). The large, well-developed fourth trochanter is represented by an oblique, elongate bulge that runs from the posterior side of the femur mediodistally and is placed just above mid-length of the bone ( Figure 12.2 View FIGURE 12 ). The anterior (cranial), posterior (caudal), and lateral intermuscular lines (Hutchinson, 2001) are absent, but a posteromedial tuber is well developed ( Figure 12.3 View FIGURE 12 , 5 View FIGURE 5 : pmt). The femoral shaft is anteriorly bowed. The distal end of the femur is expanded into a tibial and fibular condyle for articulation with the tibia and fibula and the tibiofibular crest, but the medial surface is incompletely preserved ( Figure 12.4 View FIGURE 12 : ip). The fibular condyle and tibiofibular crest are concave, separated by the convex surface from the tibial condyle ( Figure 12.1-4 View FIGURE 12 , 6 View FIGURE 6 : fc, tc, tfc). The latter is laterally expanded and articulates with the tibia, resembling the condition in CPEZ-239b. A small popliteal fossa is located on the posteromedial margin ( Figure 12.3 View FIGURE 12 , 6 View FIGURE 6 : f). The base of the rounded tibiofibular crest is not well separated from the fibular condyle laterally. The general morphology of SNSB-BSPG AS XXV 10 resembles that of Saurosuchus galilei (PVL 2557) , Fasolasuchus tenax (PVL 3850), and Batrachotomus kupferzellensis (SMNS 52970), but the latter is less robust.
Tibia. The left tibia of the type specimen SNSB-BSPG AS XXV 11a is completely preserved. This is a robust bone, 30.9 cm in length, or 69% of the femur length ( Figure 12.7-12 View FIGURE 12 ). The proximal end is obliquely mediolaterally expanded, with its long axis extending from anterolaterally to posteromedially, and is approximately one and a half times as wide as the distal end ( Table 1). The proximal end is expanded mediolaterally, with a slightly oblique orientation of the proximal articular surface, which has two concave articular surfaces for the femur. There are two small knobs on the anterior surface of the tibia, close to the proximal end ( Figure 12.9 View FIGURE 12 : kn). In the posteromedial surface of the shaft there is a pronounced deep depression, as it also seems to be present in the specimens CPEZ-239b, UFRGS-PV-0152-T, 0629-T, ULBRA-PVT-281, Procerosuchus celer (SNSB-BSPG AS XXV 136), and Batrachotomus kupferzellensis (SMNS 52970), probably representing the site of insertion from the M. puboischiotibialis . Proximal to the depression, a weakly developed groove curves posteroproximally. An almost symmetrical, but less steeply inclined groove is present on the posterolateral side of the bone. The shaft is triangular in cross section, with all sides being almost planar and separated by rounded angles, in contrast to the circular cross-section in Batrachotomus kupferzellensis (SMNS 52970) and oval section of Rauisuchus tiradentes (SNSB-BSPG AS XXV 90). The anterior side of the cross-section is considerably shorter than the posteromedial and lateral sides, with the latter being the longest. The shaft is straight in posterior view ( Figure 12.10 View FIGURE 12 ). The distal end is slightly transversely and especially posteriorly expanded. A large, elongate, rugose tubercle is present on the medial side of the distal end ( Figure 12.8, 12 View FIGURE 12 : t), while the lateral side is marked by a conspicuous, large, rectangular depression, resembling the condition in UFRGS-PV-152-T, and Saurosuchus galilei (PVL 2557) . The distal articular surface is semioval and articulates with the left astragalus with a pronounced anterolateral concavity ( Figure 12.7 View FIGURE 12 ).
Fibula. The left fibula SNSB-BSPG AS XXV 11b is completely preserved, 31 cm in length ( Figure 12.7 View FIGURE 12 , 13 View FIGURE 13 -18). It is considerably more slender than the tibia and has proximal and distal ends of similar size ( Table 1). The lateral margin of the shaft is slightly bowed. The proximal end has the shape of an isosceles triangle, with the anterolateral side being longer than the medial and posterior sides. On the lateral surface, there is a longitudinal depression close to the proximal end ( Figure 12.15 View FIGURE 12 : ld). The anterolateral edge of the bone forms a rugose tubercle ( Figure 12.15 View FIGURE 12 : rt), medial to a small depression, which is bound medially by a rugose area for the contact with the tibia ( Figure 12.16 View FIGURE 12 -17: tic). The medial side of the fibula is markedly concave anteroposteriorly, and this concavity continues to about the half-length of the bone, some 25 mm below the level of the distal end of the trochanter for the insertion of the M. iliofibularis . The latter is developed as a stout, c. 45 mm long ridge on the lateral side that extends obliquely from anteroproximal to posterodistally ( Figure 12.15 View FIGURE 12 , 17- 18: ilt), as in UFRGS-PV-0152-T, Procerosuchus celer (SNSB-BSPG AS XXV 136), Rauisuchus tiradentes (SNSB-BSPG AS XXV 90), Fasolasuchus tenax (PVL 3580), Saurosuchus galilei (PVL 2557) , Batrachotomus kupferzellensis (SMNS 80277), Postosuchus kirkpatricki (TTUP 9002), and less developed in Effigia okeeffeae (Nesbitt, 2007) . Its lateral surface is divided into an anteroproximal ridge and a shallow, broad posterodistal depression, resembling the condition in Batrachotomus kupferzellensis (SMNS 80277). From the trochanter, the posterolateral edge of the shaft continues as a broad ridge distally, which demarcates a broad, depressed surface anterolaterally. Both structures fade some 85 mm proximal to the distal end of the bone, where the shaft reaches its strongest anteroposterior constriction. The distal end of the fibula is roughly triangular in cross-section, with the lateral side being longer than the anteromedial and posteromedial sides ( Figure 12.14 View FIGURE 12 ). A broad, shallow, elongated to triangular depression is present on the anterolateral side of the distal shaft ( Figure 12.15 View FIGURE 12 , 18: td), and posteromedially, there is a marked, deep, kidney-shaped depression with a raised margin and a flat internal surface ( Figure 12.16 View FIGURE 12 -17: lud) (= “lunate” depression of Lautenschlager and Desojo, 2011). The anterolateral depression was described by Lautenschlager and Desojo (2011) as a small circular depression in Prestosuchus nyassicus (GPIT/RE/3831-19) and as being present in Rauisuchus tiradentes (SNSB-BSPG AS XXV 90), but we consider the latter as an artefact of preservation. On the other hand, the posteromedial depression is also present in UFRGS-PV-0152-T and was named as lunate depression in Prestosuchus nyassicus (GPIT/RE/ 3831-19; Lautenschlager and Desojo, 2011).
The medial side of the distal shaft is strongly convex anteroposteriorly, with a narrow, but deep groove being present on the anteromedial surface, which, however, might be somewhat exaggerated by deformation. The medial surface of the distal end is slightly mediodistally directed and contacts the fibula facet on the lateral side of the astragalus, whereas the larger lateral surface is concave to contact with the rotational surface of the calcaneum.
Pes. An articulated but incomplete pes is preserved in the type specimen ( Figure 13 View FIGURE 13 ). The recovered elements of the left pes consist of the following elements: astragalus, calcaneum, two distal tarsals, five metatarsals, seven phalanges, and three unguals. The pes is plantigrade and the ankle articulation is clearly crocodile-normal (sensu Chatterjee, 1982), the axis of articulation passes between the proximal tarsals, and the astragalus bears a peg-and-socket articulation with the calcaneum. These bones are similar in size, contrasting with a smaller astragalus of Fasolasuchus tenax (PVL 3850), and located in approximately the same plane horizontally, with the astragalus reaching slightly more proximally than the calcaneum ( Figure 13.1-6 View FIGURE 13 ).
Astragalus. The astragalus is complete and well preserved. It was originally articulated with the left tibia, calcaneum, and the distal tarsal three, but the distal end of the tibia is broken, with only a small fragment being preserved in articulation with the astragalus. The tibial facet of the astragalus received the posteromedial articular facet of the tibia. It is subrectangular in shape, slightly longer transversely than anteroposteriorly, and slightly widens medially. It is mostly flat to slightly convex, but the lateralmost part extends as a notable, mound-like structure proximally to articulate with the corresponding concavity in the distal surface of the tibia. The fibular facet is considerably smaller than the tibial facet and set at an angle of approximately 90° towards the latter, being oriented lateroproximally ( Figure 13.1-2 View FIGURE 13 ). It is trapezoidal in outline, higher anteriorly than posteriorly, and slightly concave anteroposteriorly. On the posterior side of the astragalus, between the rim of the fibular facet and the mound-like eminence of the tibial facet, a pronounced depression is present. In the anterior surface, under the tibial facet, a large, kidney-shaped depression is present laterally, which leads into a large, slit-like foramen ( Figure 13.2 View FIGURE 13 ). On the anteroventral surface, a large depression for articulation with metatarsal II and distal tarsal three is present, and medially there is a smaller facet for articulation with metatarsal I ( Figure 13.1- 3 View FIGURE 13 ). The two articular facets are set at approximately a right angle towards each other and are separated by a pronounced, mediodistally extending ridge, resembling the condition in ULBRA-PVT-281 (Roberto-da-Silva et al., 2018), Saurosuchus galilei (2557) and Fasolasuchus tenax (PVL 3850). The posterior surface of the astragalus is flat and flexes posterodistally ( Figure 13.4 View FIGURE 13 ). Not much can be said about the rotation plane of the proximal tarsals, because of their preservation in articulation.
Calcaneum. The calcaneum is an anteroposteriorly elongate bone, with a posteriorly facing tuber and an anterior condyle with a convex dorsal surface for the articulation with the fibula ( Figure 13.1- 2 View FIGURE 13 ). The calcaneal tuber is very broad transversely, rectangular in proximal view and extends some 35 mm posterior to the fibular condyle. Whereas its lateral margin is squared, there is a marked incision between its posterior expansion and its base medially. The posterior end of the tuber expands equally dorsoventrally and lateromedially, resulting in a rounded outline in posterior view. The proximodistal expansion is entirely due to a marked, ridge-like proximal expansion of the posteroproximal margin of the tuber. The posteromedial edge of the calcaneal body is expanded medially beyond the medial margin of the tuber to form the facet for the astragalar trochlea. It is slightly smaller than the facet for the fibula on the anterior condyle. The anterior condyle of the calcaneum is strongly convex both anteroposteriorly and mediolaterally, being inclined proximomedially. Anteriorly, it is bordered laterally by a triangular, strongly rugose surface. The flat ventral surface bears an anterior articular facet for distal tarsal four, and metatarsals III and IV. Posterior to this facet, close to the calcaneal tuber in ventral view, there is a large, teardrop-shaped ventral calcanear fossa that deepens posteriorly ( Figure 13.3 View FIGURE 13 ), resembling the condition in Batrachotomus kupferzellensis (SMNS 90018) and Postosuchus (TTUP 9002, Peyer et al., 2008). Medially, this fossa is bordered by a large, distally expanded, triangular tubercle. The lateral surface of the main calcanear body is flat anteriorly and becomes slightly concave posteriorly, where it bears a small, deep pit ( Figure 13.5 View FIGURE 13 ). The general morphology resembles that of the specimens UFRGS-PV-0152-T and ULBRA-PVT-281 (Roberto-da-Silva et al., 2018), but contrast with a calcaneum shaft that is wider than long in Batrachotomus kupferzellensis (SMNS 90018), longer than wide in both species of Postosuchus (TTUP 9002), and a calcaneum tuber that is longer than wide in Saurosuchus galilei (PVL 2557) .
Distal tarsal. The two distal tarsals were found articulated with the pes ( Figure 13.7-8 View FIGURE 13 ; see also von Huene 1942, pl. 21, figure 2). In ventral view, the triangular distal tarsal three is located posteriorly at the level of the articulation axis between the astragalus and calcaneus ( Figure 13.3-4 View FIGURE 13 , 6 View FIGURE 6 : dt3). It is a small, semioval element that is slightly concave anteroposteriorly. The bone is higher proximodistally on the anterior side than on its posterior side. Tarsal 4, the larger of the two (three times in size of tarsal 3), is narrow transversely, but elongate anteroposteriorly. Its proximal articular surface is subrectangular anteriorly and has an expanded, triangular posterior process on its posteromedial edge. In anteromedial view, the bone has the shape of an isosceles triangle, with the proximal base being very slightly longer than the other two sides, contrasting with the tetrahedral fourth distal tarsal of Saurosuchus galilei (Sill, 1974) . As it was found in articulation, the bone was oriented obliquely from anterolateral to posteromedial, and covered distal tarsal three distally.
Metatarsal. The five metatarsals are well preserved and proximal heads of metatarsals I to III are still preserved in articulation and have several phalanges attached distally ( Figure 13.7-8 View FIGURE 13 ). Metatarsal III is the longest of the pes, followed by metatarsal II and IV, which are of subequal length, the latter being very slightly longer, resembling the condition in Saurosuchus galilei (PVL 2557) , and contrasting with both species of Postosuchus which show a similar size of metatarsal I to IV (Peyer et al., 2008). Metatarsal I is notably shorter than the other bones, and the strongly modified Mt V is the shortest element of the metapodium and will be described separately from the other elements. The proximal ends of metatarsals I–IV are expanded medially and laterally, but, whereas this expansion is more or less equally developed in each direction in Mt I–III, Mt IV is mainly medially expanded. In articulation, the lateral side of each proximal end overlaps the medial half of the next metatarsal dorsally. The articular surfaces of the proximal ends are compressed dorsoventrally and expanded mediolaterally. They are obliquely ventromedially-dorsolaterally oriented in the medial metatarsals, but become more mediolaterally oriented in Mt III and IV. Whereas the proximal end is semioval in outline in Mt I, Mt II and III have triangular outlines, with II being considerably more robust than III. Mt IV has an hourglass-shaped proximal outline, with the lateral part being larger than the medial. Triangular outlines are also present in some fragmentary metatarsals of Fasolasuchus tenax (PVL 3850)
The shafts are strongly constricted between the articular ends, with the narrowest portion being placed at approximately two-thirds of the length of the elements. The metatarsals are compressed dorsoventrally, so that the shafts are considerably wider than high. The shaft of Metatarsal II is the most robust of the four principal metatarsals, whereas Mt IV is the most slender. The shafts of Mt I and IV are transversely convex dorsally, but they seem to be slightly concave in Mt II and III. Mt I has a large, elongate by dorsomedial tubercle at about mid-shaft. A large, triangular depression is present ventrally at the proximal end. This depression becomes more marked from metatasal I to IV; in the latter it extends distally to slightly more than half-length of the bone.
The distal ends of metatarsals I to IV are considerably expanded both mediolaterally and dorsoventrally, to form gynglimoidal articular ends. The distal end of Mt II is the most robust, followed by Mt I, Mt III, and Mt IV. The distal gynglimus extends further proximally dorsally and is divided into two distinct condyles in Mt II and III, but less so in Mt I and IV. The proximal extent is asymmetrical dorsally, with the articular facet extending further proximally on the medial than on the lateral side. A large, well-developed extensor groove is present proximally to the gynglimus dorsally in metatarsals I and II, but less marked in Mt III and almost absent in Mt IV. Laterally, a rounded tubercle is found at the proximal end of the gynglimus. In Mt III, a well-developed, proximodistally elongate collateral ligament groove is present ventral to this tubercle; this area is covered by matrix in Mt I (in which, however, a collateral ligament groove also seems to be present) and II, but this groove is absent in Mt IV. No collateral ligament grooves are present on the medial side of the distal end.
Metatarsal V is the shortest and most robust element of the metapodium, and has a concave medial margin and an almost straight, only very slightly concave lateral edge, contrasting with the slender, hooked fifth metatarsal of Batrachotomus kuferzellensis (SMNS 90018), Saurosuchus galilei (PVL 2557) , and both species of Postosuchus (TTUP 9002). The proximal end is strongly expanded ventrally on its medial side, so that the proximal outline is triangular. Medially, a large, obliquely oval articular surface for the contact with distal tarsal four is present. A small depression is present distally at the base of the proximal expansion on its proximomedial surface. The lateral half of the proximal end forms a proximally rounded lobe that extends slightly more proximally than the medial side. The shaft of Mt V is flattened dorsomedially, and a large, elongate tubercle is present on its lateroventral margin. The distal end is not expanded, but has a flattened distal articular surface, indicating that at least one phalanx might have been present, although none were preserved with the metatarsal.
Phalange. A number of phalanges were found in articulation or close association with the metatarsals and represent the complete digits I to IV. Thus, although the common digital formula for most reptiles is 2-3-4-5-3, this specimen shows 2-3-4-3-X, contrasting with the 2-3-4-5-2 suggested for Saurosuchus galilei by Sill (1974) and 2-3-4-6-3 of Postosuchus (Peyer et al., 2008; Weinbaum, 2013). The phalanges are rather short and robust, with a well-developed constriction between the articular ends and strongly gynglimoidal distal articular condyles. Although the distal gynglimoidi are well divided into two condyles, the proximal articular surfaces of the pahalanges are generally concave both dorsoventrally and (though less so) transversely, without a central ridge to subdivide two distinct facets. Well-developed dorsal extensor grooves and collateral ligament grooves are present in the preungual phalanges. Distally, the phalanges rapidly diminish in size. Digit II is the most robust, with digit III being almost as robust as the latter, and digits I and IV are slightly more slender. Pedal unguals diminish in size from ungual I to ungual IV, with I and II being considerably larger than III and IV, which are of subequal size. The unguals are higher than wide proximally, moderately curved and slightly asymmetrical, so that, in the articulated foot, at least ungual I and II would face slightly medially. A shallow claw groove is present on the medial side, being situated dorsal to the mid-height of the ungual.
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