A review of Coelostegus prothales Carroll and Baird, 1972 from the Upper Carboniferous of the Czech Republic and the interrelationships of basal eureptiles. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2023 We redescribe the holotype and only known specimen of the early eureptile Coelostegus prothales from the Upper Carboniferous of the Czech Republic using photogrammetric scanning and a virtual 3D rendition of its skull.
Jozef Klembara +5 more
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The Inference of the Evolution of Immune Traits as Constrained by Phylogeny: Insight into the Immune System of the Basal Diapsid [PDF]
Animals, 2022 Among vertebrates, some of the most vulnerable taxa to emergent fungal pathogens are members of Reptilia. In light of the growing threat of emergent fungal pathogens affecting wildlife, it is important to broaden the current understanding of immune ...
Jorge E. López-Pérez +2 more
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Osteology, relationships and functional morphology of Weigeltisaurus jaekeli (Diapsida, Weigeltisauridae) based on a complete skeleton from the Upper Permian Kupferschiefer of Germany [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 Background Weigeltisauridae is a clade of small-bodied diapsids characterized by a horned cranial frill, slender trunk and limbs, and a patagium supported by elongated bony rods.
Adam C. Pritchard +3 more
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An armoured marine reptile from the Early Triassic of South China and its phylogenetic and evolutionary implications [PDF]
eLife, 2023 Sauropterygia was a taxonomically and ecomorphologically diverse clade of Mesozoic marine reptiles spanning the Early Triassic to the Late Cretaceous.
Andrzej S Wolniewicz +7 more
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The braincase anatomy of Simosaurus gaillardoti (Diapsida: Sauropterygia) revealed with X-ray micro-computed tomography [PDF]
PeerJSauropterygia is a clade of Mesozoic marine reptiles that includes the eosauropterygian Simosaurus gaillardoti Von Meyer, 1842, classically considered to be a member of Nothosauroidea.
Elisa H. London +3 more
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Rapid neck elongation in Sauropterygia (Reptilia: Diapsida) revealed by a new basal pachypleurosaur from the Lower Triassic of China [PDF]
BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Neck elongation has appeared independently in several tetrapod groups, including giraffes and sauropod dinosaurs on land, birds and pterosaurs in the air, and sauropterygians (plesiosaurs and relatives) in the oceans.
Qi-Ling Liu +6 more
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An injured pachypleurosaur (Diapsida: Sauropterygia) from the Middle Triassic Luoping Biota indicating predation pressure in the Mesozoic [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 The Middle Triassic Luoping Biota in south-west China represents the inception of modern marine ecosystems, with abundant and diverse arthropods, fishes and marine reptiles, indicating recovery from the Permian–Triassic mass extinction.
Qiling Liu +7 more
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New insights into pterosaur cranial anatomy: X-ray imaging reveals palatal structure and evolutionary trends [PDF]
Communications BiologyAmong the least studied portion of the pterosaur skeleton is the palate, which tends to be poorly preserved and commonly only visible from one side (the ventral portion).
He Chen +3 more
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The oldest record of Saurosphargiformes (Diapsida) from South China could fill an ecological gap in the Early Triassic biotic recovery [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 Diversification following the end-Permian mass extinction marks the initiation of Mesozoic reptile dominance and of modern marine ecosystems, yet major clades are best known from the Middle Triassic suggesting delayed recovery, while Early Triassic ...
Long Cheng +6 more
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A bird-like skull in a Triassic diapsid reptile increases heterogeneity of the morphological and phylogenetic radiation of Diapsida [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2017 The Triassic Period saw the first appearance of numerous amniote lineages (e.g. Lepidosauria, Archosauria, Mammalia) that defined Mesozoic ecosystems following the end Permian Mass Extinction, as well as the first major morphological diversification of ...
Adam C. Pritchard, Sterling J. Nesbitt
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