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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The early evolution of rhynchosaurs [PDF]
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2016 The rhynchosaurian archosauromorphs are an important and diverse group of fossil tetrapods that first appeared during the Early Triassic and probably became extinct during the early Late Triassic (early Norian).
Martin Daniel Ezcurra +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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PLESIOSAURS (DIAPSIDA, SAUROPTERYGIA) FROM LATE CRETACEOUS (LATE CAMPANIAN–EARLY MAASTRICHTIAN) MARGINAL MARINE ENVIRONMENTS FROM NORTH PATAGONIA [PDF]
Publicación Electrónica de la Asociación Paleontológica Argentina, 2015 During the late Campanian and early Maastrichtian, Northern Patagonia suffered the first stage of the Atlantic marine ingression that reached the Neuquén Basin. The Allen and La Colonia formations show the early stages of this change, and were deposited
José O´Gorman
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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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