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Neldasaurus; Temporal range: Early Permian, 296.4–272.5 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Restoration of Neldasaurus wrightae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	†Temnospondyli
Suborder:	†Dvinosauria
Family:	†Trimerorhachidae
Genus:	†Neldasaurus; Chase, 1965
Type species
	†Neldasaurus wrightae; Chase, 1965

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Neldasaurus is an extinct genus of dvinosaurian temnospondyl within the family Trimerorhachidae.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

^ Chase, J.N. (1965). "Neldasaurus wrightae, a new rhachitomous labyrinthodont from the Texas Lower Permian". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 133 (3): 153–225.
^ Schoch, Rainer R. (2018-01-01). "Osteology of the temnospondyl Neldasaurus and the evolution of basal dvinosaurians". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 287 (1): 1–16. doi:10.1127/njgpa/2018/0700. ISSN 0077-7749.
^ "†Neldasaurus Chase 1965". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

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[CJN65-1] Chase, J.N. (1965). "Neldasaurus wrightae, a new rhachitomous labyrinthodont from the Texas Lower Permian". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 133 (3): 153–225.

[2] Schoch, Rainer R. (2018-01-01). "Osteology of the temnospondyl Neldasaurus and the evolution of basal dvinosaurians". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 287 (1): 1–16. doi:10.1127/njgpa/2018/0700. ISSN 0077-7749.

[fossilworks-3] "†Neldasaurus Chase 1965". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

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-'''''Neldasaurus''''' is an extinct [[genus]] of [[dvinosauria]]n [[temnospondyl]] within the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Trimerorhachidae]].<ref name=CJN65>{{cite journal |last=Chase |first=J.N. |year=1965 |title=''Neldasaurus wrightae'', a new rhachitomous labyrinthodont from the Texas Lower Permian |journal=Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology |volume=133 |issue=3 |pages=153–225 |url=https://archive.org/details/cbarchive_53288_neldasauruswrightaeanewrhacito1863}}</ref><ref name=fossilworks/> ''Neldasaurus'' was a low-skulled amphibian that resembled ''Trimerorhachis'' in many ways, including size, skull proportions, body and limb structure, dermal roof pattern, and palate Tschopp et al. 2015). Based on the presence of fossils in the Clear Fork Formation, Neldasaurus was believe to live in the Texas Lower Permian (Chase 1965) until the subsequent examination of stratigraphy and paleontology of the Clear fork Formation indicated that it is of Late Triassic age. Therefore, ''Neldasaurus'' lived about 155-150 million years ago, in Late Jurassic period, and was an mid-size herbivorous dinosaur estimated to have reached a length of 9-12 meters (30-40 feet).
+'''''Neldasaurus''''' is an extinct [[genus]] of [[dvinosauria]]n [[temnospondyl]] within the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Trimerorhachidae]].<ref name=CJN65>{{cite journal |last=Chase |first=J.N. |year=1965 |title=''Neldasaurus wrightae'', a new rhachitomous labyrinthodont from the Texas Lower Permian |journal=Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology |volume=133 |issue=3 |pages=153–225 |url=https://archive.org/details/cbarchive_53288_neldasauruswrightaeanewrhacito1863}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Schoch |first=Rainer R. |date=2018-01-01 |title=Osteology of the temnospondyl Neldasaurus and the evolution of basal dvinosaurians |url=http://www.schweizerbart.de/papers/njgpa/detail/287/88405/Osteology_of_the_temnospondyl_Neldasaurus_and_the_?af=crossref |journal=Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen |language=en |volume=287 |issue=1 |pages=1–16 |doi=10.1127/njgpa/2018/0700 |issn=0077-7749}}</ref><ref name=fossilworks/>
-==History and Naming==
-The name Neldasaurus was chosen to honor Nelda E. Wright, a Research Assistant at Harvord University, who discovered the holotype specimen of the dinosaur. This holotype, which consisted of a nearly complete skull and some postcranial bones, was discovered in 1954 under the direction of Dr. Alfred S. Romer. This discovery allowed for a detailed description of the specimen and its classification as a new genus.
-==Paleobiology==
-Neldasaurus was an herbivorous dinosaur that likely fed on low-growing vegetation such as ferns and cycads (cite Wilson and Sereno 1998). Its skeletal features suggest that it was a medium-sized sauropod with a relatively short neck compared to other sauropods in its clade (cite Janensch 1950). Its teeth were spatulate and relatively large, with the largest teeth in the premaxilla. Neldasaurus lived in a humid, forested environment during the Late Jurassic period, about 155-150 million years ago. Its fossils have been found in the Tendaguru Formation of Tanzania.
-==Morphology==
-Neldasaurus differs from Trimerorhachis in the following aspects: orbits midway between snout and occiput; snout narrow; lacrimal elongate but not reaching the external naris; nasals, prefrontals and frontals elongate; external nares close together, their long axes more or less parallel; jugal entering the orbital border; prevomers elongate and the choanae broadly separated from the anterior border of the interpterygoid vacuities; larger number of teeth than in T rimer orhachis in the lower jaw and the marginal series of the upper jaw; a tusk pair on the ectopterygoid; a foramen in the lower jaw for the reception of vomerine tusks; opisthotic and prootic unossified; pleurocentra as high as the intercentra; clavicles meeting in front of the interclavicle (CHASE 1965).
-Neldasaurus had a short neck compared to other sauropods in its clade, with only 12 cervical vertebrae (cite Janensch 1950). The central elements of the neural arches display less regional variation compared to the neural arch elements. As a result, the neural arches in the "cervical" region (as shown in Figure 9, B) have relatively small neural spines.
-The forelimbs are small for an animal similar size to Neldasaurus. The humerus is relatively long, and a well-developed deltoid crest was on the radial edge of the humerus. The radius is a short one and is slightly shorter than the ulna as expected.
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-}}Marsicano, Claudia, et al. “Brazilian Permian Dvinosaurs (Amphibia, Temnospondyli): Revised Description and Phylogeny.” ''Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology'', vol. 41, no. 1, 2021, <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2021.1893181</nowiki>.
-C H A S E , J. N. 1965. Neldasaurus wrightae, a new rhachitomous labyrinthodont from the Texas Lower Permian. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University, 133, 153–225.
-Upchurch, P., Barrett, P. M., and Dodson, P. "Sauropoda." The Dinosauria, edited by David B. Weishampel, Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska, 2nd ed., University of California Press, 2004, pp. 259-322.
-Janensch, W. (1950). Die Wirbelsaule von Neldasaurus. Palaeontographica, Abteilung A, 98, 41-66.
-Bonaparte, J. F., & Heinrich, W. D. (1990). Late Jurassic continental vertebrates and depositional environments of the Cañadón Asfalto Formation, Patagonia, Argentina. National Geographic Research, 6(2), 161-191.
-Wilson, J. A. (2002). Sauropod dinosaur phylogeny: critique and cladistic analysis. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 136(2), 215-275.
-Mannion, P. D., Upchurch, P., Barnes, R. N., & Mateus, O. (2013). Osteology of the Late Jurassic Portuguese sauropod dinosaur Lusotitan atalaiensis (Macronaria) and the evolutionary history of basal titanosauriforms. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 168(1), 98-206.
-Sander, P. M., Christian, A., Clauss, M., Fechner, R., Gee, C. T., Griebeler, E. M., ... & Wings, O. (2011). Biology of the sauropod dinosaurs: the evolution of gigantism. Biological Reviews, 86(1), 117-155.
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