Ancestral body plan and adaptive radiation of sauropterygian marine reptiles [PDF]
iScience, 2022 Summary: Sauropterygia is the most diversified and dominant clade among marine reptiles, but their early evolution is scarcely understood. Here we report the earliest known complete specimen related to sauropterygians from the Early Triassic.
Wei Wang +4 more
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PLoS ONE, 2011 Of the more than 12,000 species and subspecies of extant reptiles, about 100 have re-entered the ocean. Among them are seven species of sea turtles and about 80 species and subspecies of sea snakes, as well as a few other species that are occasionally or regularly found in brackish waters, including various other snakes, the saltwater crocodile, and ...
Arne Redsted Rasmussen +4 more
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Review of Petroleum Toxicity in Marine Reptiles [PDF]
Ecotoxicology, 2021 AbstractWorldwide petroleum exploration and transportation continue to impact the health of the marine environment through both catastrophic and chronic spillage. Of the impacted fauna, marine reptiles are often overlooked. While marine reptiles are sensitive to xenobiotics, there is a paucity of petroleum toxicity data for these specialized fauna in ...
John E Elliott, Elizabeth J Ruberg
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Global Assessment of Marine Reptiles and Mammals Using a Taxonomic Distinctness Tool: Implications for Their Conservation [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionUnderstanding the spatial distribution of marine biodiversity is essential for assessing evolutionary processes and informing conservation priorities.
Laura Fuentes‐Tejada +2 more
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Palaeoepidemiology in extinct vertebrate populations: factors influencing skeletal health in Jurassic marine reptiles [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2019 Palaeoepidemiological studies related to palaeoecology are rare, but have the potential to provide information regarding ecosystem-level characteristics by measuring individual health.
Judith M. Pardo-Pérez +2 more
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Terrestrial origin of viviparity in mesozoic marine reptiles indicated by early triassic embryonic fossils. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Viviparity in Mesozoic marine reptiles has traditionally been considered an aquatic adaptation. We report a new fossil specimen that strongly contradicts this traditional interpretation.
Ryosuke Motani +4 more
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Marine or freshwater food? The dilemma of Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) along Bulgarian Black Sea coast [PDF]
BMC ZoologyBackground The Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra Linnaeus, 1758) is an endangered species in Bulgaria and is protected under national legislation. Under harsh environmental conditions, as well as the increasing anthropogenic pressure, knowledge about this ...
Stanislava Peeva +5 more
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The earliest fossil cetacean with Osedax borings: narrowing the spatiotemporal gap between Cretaceous marine reptiles and late Cenozoic whales [PDF]
Royal Society Open ScienceBorings of the extant bone-eating worm Osedax have previously been found in Cenozoic cetaceans and Cretaceous marine reptiles. The stratigraphically youngest Cretaceous example is from the Maastrichtian, and, until now, the oldest Cenozoic example was ...
Sarah Jamison-Todd +2 more
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Comparative functional morphology indicates niche partitioning among sympatric marine reptiles [PDF]
Royal Society Open ScienceMesozoic marine ecosystems were dominated by diverse lineages of aquatic tetrapods. For over 50 Ma in the Jurassic until the Early Cretaceous, plesiosaurians, ichthyosaurians and thalattosuchian crocodylomorphs coexisted at the top levels of trophic food
Davide Foffa +2 more
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Bone histology of eosauropterygian diapsid Proneusticosaurus silesiacus from the Middle Triassic of Poland reveals new insights into taxonomic affinities [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2021 The status of Proneusticosaurus silesiacus from the Lower Muschelkalk (lower Anisian) of Poland is controversially discussed. Its femur was histologically sampled to learn more about its taxonomic affinities and life style.
Nicole Klein, Dawid Surmik
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