A stratigraphic and taxonomic review of plesiosaurs from the old "Fort Benton group" of Central Kansas: a new assessment of old records [PDF]
Everhart, Michael J. +1 more
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High diversity, low disparity and small body size in plesiosaurs (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from the Triassic-Jurassic boundary. [PDF]
Benson RB, Evans M, Druckenmiller PS.
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Disentangling deep-time evolution using preserved palaeoecological interactions: A temporal and biogeographic expansion of the bone-eating worm Osedax [PDF]
Large vertebrate falls are an important source of food to benthic invertebrates. A variety of invertebrates are found in association with these carcasses both in the fossil record and today. The focus of this work is on marine reptiles from the Jurassic (
Jamison-Todd, Sarah
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Comparative functional morphology indicates niche partitioning among sympatric marine reptiles. [PDF]
Foffa D, Young MT, Brusatte SL.
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Developmental mechanisms of macroevolutionary change in the tetrapod axis: A case study of Sauropterygia. [PDF]
Soul LC, Benson RBJ.
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Cautionary tales on the use of proxies to estimate body size and form of extinct animals. [PDF]
Gayford JH +7 more
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A giant pliosaurid skull from the late Jurassic of England. [PDF]
Benson RB +6 more
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Neck mobility in the Jurassic plesiosaur Cryptoclidus eurymerus: finite element analysis as a new approach to understanding the cervical skeleton in fossil vertebrates. [PDF]
Wintrich T +4 more
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An archaic crested plesiosaur in opal from the Lower Cretaceous high-latitude deposits of Australia. [PDF]
Kear BP, Schroeder NI, Lee MS.
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A new specimen of <i>Plesiopterys wildi</i> reveals the diversification of cryptoclidian precursors and possible endemism within European Early Jurassic plesiosaur assemblages. [PDF]
Marx M +5 more
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