Phylogeny and Evolution of the Gorgonopsia with a special reference to the skull and skeleton of GPIT-RE-7113 ('Aelurognathus?' parringtoni) [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt vonEva V. I. Gebauer

Phylogeny and evolution of thegorgonoPsiawith a sPecial reference to theskull and skeleton of gPit/re/7113(‘AelurognAthus?’ pArringtoni)Dissertationzur Erlangung des Grades eines Doktors der Naturwissenschaftender Geowissenschaftlichen Fakultätder Eberhard-Karls Universität Tübingenvorgelegt vonEva V. I. Gebaueraus Würzburg2007Tag der mündlichen Prüfung: 20.7. 2007Dekan: Prof. Dr. Peter Grathwohl1. Berichterstatter: Prof. Dr. W.-E. Reif2. Berichterstatter: Prof. Dr. F. WestphalFür meine Eltern„Suchen heißt: ein Ziel haben.Finden aber heißt: frei sein, offen sein, kein Ziel haben.“Hermann Hesse, SiddharthaPhylogeny and evolution of the gorgonoPsia ixTable of ConTenTsabsTraCT iZusammenfassung iii1 IntroductIon 11.1 Prelude 11.2 The history of gorgonopsian investigation 31.3 Gorgonopsian occurrence 51.3.1 The Karoo-Basin 51.3.2 East Africa 71.3.3 Russia 91.4 Outline and aim of this study 101.5 Material & methods 122 Part I: SyStematIcS and Phylogeny 152.1 The systematic position of GPIT/RE/7113 152.1.1 Introduction 152.1.2 Comparative re-description of GPIT/RE/7113 162.1.2.1 General remarks 162.1.2.2 Dentition 172.1.2.3 Skull 182.1.2.4 Lower jaw 272.1.2.5 Postcranial skeleton 322.1.3 Comparison of postcranial material of GPIT/RE/7113 with other taxa 462.1.4 History of GPIT/RE/7113 and discussion of literature 482.1.5 Comparison with Aelurognathus HaugHTon, 1924 502.1.