Marine tethysuchian crocodyliform from the ?Aptian-Albian (Lower Cretaceous) of the Isle of Wight, UK [PDF]
, 2014 A marine tethysuchian crocodyliform from the Isle of Wight, most likely from the Upper Greensand Formation (upper Albian, Lower Cretaceous), is described.
Foffa, D +5 more
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Aristonectes quiriquinensis, sp. nov., a new highly derived elasmosaurid from the upper Maastrichtian of central Chile [PDF]
, 2014 This paper describes a new species of elasmosaurid plesiosaur, Aristonectes quiriquinensis, sp. nov., based on a partial skeleton recovered from upper Maastrichtian beds of the Quiriquina Formation of central Chile.
O'gorman, Jose Patricio +8 more
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Kimmeridgian pliosaurids (Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria) from Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca, southern Mexico
Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas, 2018 Fossil remains of two specimens of the family Pliosauridae are described in the present manuscript. These fossils are from the Kimmeridgian shallow marine strata belonging to the informally known Sabinal formation deposited in the Tlaxiaco Basin, which ...
Jair Israel Barrientos-Lara +2 more
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Filling the Corallian gap: new information on Late Jurassic marine reptile faunas from England [PDF]
, 2018 Two of the best known Mesozoic marine reptile assemblages can be found in units deposited in the Jurassic Sub-Boreal Seaway of the UK: the late Middle Jurassic Oxford Clay Formation (OCF) and Late Jurassic Kimmeridge Clay Formation (KCF). They record two
Brusatte, Stephen +2 more
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Ontogeny reveals function and evolution of the hadrosaurid dinosaur dental battery [PDF]
, 2016 BACKGROUND: Hadrosaurid dinosaurs, dominant Late Cretaceous herbivores, possessed complex dental batteries with up to 300 teeth in each jaw ramus. Despite extensive interest in the adaptive significance of the dental battery, surprisingly little is known
Aaron R. H. LeBlanc +3 more
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On the cranial anatomy of the polycotylid plesiosaurs, including new material of Polycotylus latipinnis, Cope, from Alabama [PDF]
, 2004 The cranial anatomy of plesiosaurs in the family Polycotylidae (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) has received renewed attention recently because various skull characters are thought to indicate plesiosauroid, rather than pliosauroid, affinities for this family ...
O’Keefe, F. Robin
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A juvenile plesiosaur from the Pliensbachian (Lower Jurassic) of Asturias, Spain [PDF]
, 2008 Mesozoic marine reptiles are poorly known in Spain (see Quesada et al., 1998 for a bibliography). Up to now, the plesiosaur record of Spain consisted only of fragmentary remains coming from the Jurassic of Asturias (Schulz, 1858; Ruiz-Omeñaca et al ...
José Carlos Garciáa-Ramos +6 more
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A new large Pliosaurid from the Barremian (Lower Cretaceous) of Sáchica, Boyacá, Colombia
Earth Sciences Research Journal, 2018 A new fossil MP111209-1 found in the Barremian beds of Sáchica, a town near Villa de Leiva representing the more complete skeleton found in the region is described here.
María Eurídice Páramo-Fonseca +2 more
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The fossil register of plesiosaurs (Diapsida, Sauropterygia) in Peru [PDF]
, 2021 Se realiza un recuento de los registros de plesiosaurios de Perú y se describe material referido a plesiosauria depositado en el Museo de Historia Natural de la UNMSM.El registro de plesiosaurios de Perú se extiende entre el Valanginiano-Hauteriviano ...
Meza-Velez, Ivan, O'Gorman, José
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Plasticity and convergence in the evolution of short-necked plesiosaurs [PDF]
, 2017 Plesiosaurs were the longest-surviving group of secondarily marine tetrapods, comparable in diversity to today's cetaceans. During their long evolutionary history, which spanned the Jurassic and the Cretaceous (201 to 66 Ma), plesiosaurs repeatedly ...
Arkhangelsky, Maxim S. +8 more
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