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ArticleScientific data2018

X-ray computed microtomography of Megachirella wachtleri.

Tiago R Simões, Michael W Caldwell, Mateusz Tałanda, Massimo Bernardi, Alessandro Palci, Oksana Vernygora, Federico Bernardini, Lucia Mancini, Randall L Nydam

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Tiago R SimõesDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E9, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-4716-649X
Michael W CaldwellDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E9, Canada.
Mateusz TałandaDepartment of Palaeobiology and Evolution, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Żwirki we Wigury 101, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland.
Massimo BernardiMUSE - Museo delle Scienze di Trento, Corso del Lavoro e della Scienza 3, Trento, 38123 Italy.
Alessandro PalciCollege of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia 5042, Australia.
Oksana VernygoraDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E9, Canada.
Federico BernardiniMuseo Storico della Fisica e Centro di Studi e Ricerche "Enrico Fermi", Piazza del Viminale 1, 00184 Roma, Italy.
Lucia ManciniElettra - Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A., SS 14, Km 163.5, Area Science Park, Basovizza, 34149 Trieste, Italy.
Randall L NydamDepartment of Anatomy, Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University, 19555N. 59th Dr., Glendale, AZ 85383, USA.

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Austrian Science Fund FWF IPN 16
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Abstract

Understanding the origin and early evolution of squamates has been a considerable challenge given the extremely scarce fossil record of early squamates and their poor degree of preservation. In order to overcome those limitations, we conducted high-resolution X-ray computed tomography (CT) studies on the fossil reptile Megachirella wachtleri (Middle Triassic, northern Italy), which revealed an important set of features indicating this is the oldest known fossil squamate in the world, predating the previous oldest record by ca. 75 million years. We also compiled a new phylogenetic data set comprising a large sample of diapsid reptiles (including morphological and molecular data) to investigate the phylogenetic relationships of early squamates and other reptile groups along with the divergence time of those lineages. The re-description of Megachirella and a new phylogenetic hypothesis of diapsid relationships are presented in a separate study. Here we present the data descriptors for the tomographic scans of Megachirella, which holds fundamental information to our understanding on the early evolution of one of the largest vertebrate groups on Earth today.

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ReptilesAnimalsFossilsPhylogenyX-Ray Microtomography

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