Reassessment of body temperature and thermoregulation strategies in Mesozoic marine reptiles
International audienceAbstract Ichthyosauria, Plesiosauria, and Metriorhynchidae were apex predators in Mesozoic oceanic trophic networks. Previous stable oxygen isotope studies suggested that several taxa belonging to these groups were endothermic and ...
Delsett, Lene Liebe +9 more
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Les Reptiles Marins du toarcien (Jurassique inferieur) Belgo-Luxembougeois [PDF]
, 1994 Toarcian (Lower Jurassic) outcrops have yielded many marine reptiles Ichthyosauria, Thalattosuchia and Plesiosauria in Belgium and, principally, in Grand Duchy of Luxemburg.
Godefroit, P
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Foreflipper and hindflipper muscle reconstructions of Cryptoclidus eurymerus in comparison to functional analogues: introduction of a myological mechanism for flipper twisting. [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 Krahl A, Witzel U.
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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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Un nouveau plésiosaure polycotylidé du Crétacé supérieur (Turonien) du Maroc
, 2003 Un nouveau Polycotylidae (Plesiosauria) provenant du Crétacé supérieur (Turonien) du Sud du Maroc est décrit. Thililua longicollis gen. et sp. nov. est basé sur un crâne complet et 37 vertèbres associées.
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Reappraisal of the thalattosuchian crocodylomorph record from the Middle-Upper Jurassic Rosso Ammonitico Veronese of northeastern Italy: Age calibration, new specimens and taphonomic biases. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2023 Serafini G +5 more
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, 2020 International audienceThere are currently about a hundred species of marine reptiles (snakes, turtles, crocodile and Galapagos iguana). With the exception of some turtles, all of these organisms live in the intertropical zones where they absorb heat from
Séon, Nicolas +2 more
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British Upper Jurassic plesiosaurs
, 1975 PhD ThesisThe suborder Plesiosauria is a group of extinct marine reptiles of the order Sauropterygia which dominated the seas throughout the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
Brown, David Stanley
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Un Plesiosaurio nuevo del Cretáceo del Chubut
Revista del Museo de La PlataA mediados del mes de septiembre del año pasado, el doctor Pablo Groeber tuvo la gentileza de enviar al Departamento de Paleozoología, Vertebrados, de nuestro Museo, en nombre de la Dirección de Minas y Geología del Ministerio de Agricultura de la Nación,
Ángel Cabrera
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Large size in aquatic tetrapods compensates for high drag caused by extreme body proportions. [PDF]
Commun Biol, 2022 Gutarra S +4 more
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