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Why sauropods had long necks; and why giraffes have short necks [PDF]

, 2012
The necks of the sauropod dinosaurs reached 15 m in length: six times longer than that of the world record giraffe and five times longer than those of all other terrestrial animals.
Taylor, Michael P., Wedel, Mathew J.
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Tuarangisaurus australis sp. nov (Plesiosauria: Elasmosauridae) from the Lower Cretaceous of northeastern Queensland, with additional notes on the phylogeny of the Elasmosauridae

, 2005
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
openaire   +2 more sources

A Cladistic Analysis and Taxonomic Revision of the Plesiosauria (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) [PDF]

, 2001
The Plesiosauria (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) is a group of Mesozoic marine reptiles known from abundant material, with specimens described from all continents.
O’Keefe, F. Robin
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Revision of the Genus Styxosaurus and Relationships of the Late Cretaceous Elasmosaurids (Sauropterygia: Plesiosauria) of the Western Interior Seaway [PDF]

, 2020
Growing evidence indicates that elasmosaurid plesiosaurs from the Late Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway are members of a single clade, the Styxosaurinae. The styxosaurines are reported to be mostly Campanian in age, and taxa within the clade obtain the
Smith, Elliott Armour
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Redescription of Woolungasaurus glendowerensis (Plesiosauria: Elasmosauridae) from the Lower Cretaceous of northeast Queensland

, 2004
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
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MICROESTRUCTURA ÓSEA Y SUMINISTRO SANGUÍNEO DE UNA VÉRTEBRA CAUDAL DE UN ELASMOSÁURIDO (PLESIOSAURIA, ELASMOSAURIDAE) DEL MAASTRICHTIENSE (CRETÁCICO TARDÍO) DE LA ANTÁRTIDA

Publicación Electrónica de la Asociación Paleontológica Argentina, 2015
Los plesiosaurios son reptiles reconocidos como un clado derivado de eosauropterigios, cuyo biocrón se extiende desde el Triásico Tardío hasta el Cretácico Tardío.
Marianella Talevi
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A new late Aptian elasmosaurid from the Paja Formation, Villa de Leiva, Colombia [PDF]

, 2019
A new genus and species of elasmosaurid, Leivanectes bernardoi gen. et sp. nov., from the upper Aptian levels of the Paja Formation of Villa de Leiva (Boyacá Colombia) is described.
Gasparini, Zulma, O'gorman, Jose Patricio, Padilla, Santiago, Parra Ruge, Mary Luz, Páramo Fonseca, Maria Eurídice   +4 more
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Neoteny and the Plesiomorphic Condition of the Plesiosaur Basicranium [PDF]

, 2006
The purpose of this paper is to describe the condition of the braincase in stratigraphically early and morphologically primitive plesiosaurs. Information on the braincase of plesiomorphic taxa is important because it establishes the polarity of ...
O’Keefe, F. Robin
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Late Cretaceous continental and marine vertebrate assemblages of the Laño Quarry (Basque-Cantabrian Region, Iberian Peninsula): an update [PDF]

The vertebrate-bearing beds of the Laño quarry (Condado de Treviño) are among the most relevant sites from the Late Cretaceous of Europe. Geologically, Laño and the adjacent region are set on the southern limb of the South-Cantabrian Synclinorium (SE ...
Astibia, H., Badiola, A., Bardet, N., Berreteaga, A., Buffetaut, E., Buscalioni, A.D., Cappetta, H., Cavin, L., Corral, J.C., Díez Díaz, V., Gheerbrant, E., Murelaga, X., Ortega, F., Pereda-Suberbiol, X., Poyato-Ariza, F., Pérez-García, A., Rage, J.-C., Sanz, J.L., Torices, A.   +18 more
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Equatorial pliosaurid from Venezuela marks the youngest South American occurrence of the clade. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2021
Bastiaans D, Madzia D, Carrillo-Briceño JD, Sachs S.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source