Data from: An Appalachian population of neochoristoderes (Diapsida: Choristodera) elucidated through fossil evidence and ecological niche modeling
Bibliographic record
Abstract
Four neochoristoderan vertebral centra are described from the latest Cretaceous of New Jersey. One specimen was recovered from the basal transgressive lag of the Navesink Formation in the area of Holmdel Park, New Jersey, and two others were recovered nearby and likely were derived from the same horizon. The fourth was recovered from the Marshalltown sequence in the vicinity of the Ellisdale Dinosaur Site. These vertebrae expand the geographic range of Late Cretaceous neochoristoderes in North America by over 2000 km further east, and represent the first neochoristoderan remains from the Atlantic coastal plain. To discern whether neochoristodere remains are to be expected in New Jersey, and elucidate why neochoristoderes are apparently so rare in Appalachia, we implemented ecological niche modeling to predict the range of suitable habitat for Champsosaurus, the only known genus of Late Cretaceous neochoristoderes. We found that in Appalachia, the ideal habitat of Champsosaurus likely existed slightly further north and west than the Atlantic coastal plain, and New Jersey is likely on or near the margin of this suitable habitat space. These results suggest that the occurrence of neochoristoderes in New Jersey is consistent with the habitat requirements of known Late Cretaceous neochoristoderes. These vertebrae therefore may represent the southern margin of a population of neochoristoderes that lived further inland, where latest Cretaceous sediments are not preserved. The continued recovery of material from Late Cretaceous deposits along the Atlantic coast, and review of existing collections, is encouraged to clarify the true distribution of neochoristoderes in Appalachia.
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Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.003 | 0.001 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
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