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On Generic Characters in the Order Sauropterygia [PDF]
Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, 1883 The progress of knowledge of the species of Reptilia associated by De la Beche under the collective name Enaliosauria, led to the subdivision of that maritime group into the orders Ichthyopterygia and Sauropterygia, these terms being significative of their characters of resemblance respectively to Fishes and to Saurians.
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Pathological vertebrae in the holotype of Paludidraco multidentatus (Sauropterygia, Simosauridae) from the Upper Triassic of El Atance (Central Spain) [PDF]
Fossil RecordThe record of paleopathologies in Mesozoic marine reptiles is relatively scarce in the literature compared to that on other lineages such as Dinosauria. In the case of Sauropterygia, these pathologies generally correspond to avascular necrosis, vertebral
Alberto Cabezuelo-Hernández +3 more
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 The small-sized sauropterygian Keichousaurus hui was one of the most abundant marine reptiles from the Triassic Yangtze Sea in South China. Although Keichousaurus has been studied in many aspects, including the osteology, ontogeny, sexual dimorphism, and
Jun-ling Liao +9 more
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Paraplacodus and the phylogeny of the Placodontia (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) [PDF]
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2000 Abstract The skeletal anatomy of Paraplacodus broilii Peyer from the Grenzbitumen -horizon (Anisian–Ladinian boundary) of Monte San Giorgio (Switzerland) is described and compared with that of other placodonts. Paraplacodus is found to share a number of potential synapomorphies with Placodus which could potentially corroborate the monophyly of
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A new elasmosaurid (Sauropterygia: Plesiosauria) from the non-marine to paralic Dinosaur Park Formation of southern Alberta, Canada [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 Elasmosaurid plesiosaurian remains have been documented from non-marine to paralic (fluvial to estuarine) sediments of the upper Campanian Dinosaur Park Formation (DPF) of southern Alberta since 1898.
James A. Campbell +3 more
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III. On the shoulder girdle in ichthyosauria and sauropterygia [PDF]
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, 1892 Abstract The author discusses the structure of the shoulder girdle and the homologies of its several parts in these families. He shows that the alleged existence of a precoracoid in the Ichthyosauria rests on an insufficient foundation; offers proofs that in Plesiosauria the anterior ventral ray is not only theoretically but actually ...
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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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A CYAMODONTID PLACODONT (REPTILIA: SAUROPTERYGIA) FROM THE TRIASSIC OF SLOVENIA [PDF]
Palaeontology, 2008 Abstract: An isolated dentary bone from the Triassic of Toško Čelo, near Ljubljana (Slovenia) is referred to the genus Cyamodus. It is the first record of a placodont from Slovenia. The specimen is late Ladinian or early Carnian in age, and is thus among the latest known representatives of the genus Cyamodus.
ERIC BUFFETAUT, MATEVŽ NOVAK
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An integrated approach to understanding the role of the long neck in plesiosaurs [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2017 The evolution and function of the long neck in plesiosaurs, and how the problems associated with stiffness or flexibility were overcome during feeding, or rapid swimming during predator avoidance, are explored, and a new interpretation for the function ...
Leslie F. Noè +2 more
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Elasmosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) neck flexibility: Implications for feeding strategies
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 2008 Elasmosaurs were extremely long-necked, aquatic reptiles that used four flippers for locomotion. Their distinctive long neck distinguishes them from all other Mesozoic forms, yet the potential uses and constraints of this structure are poorly understood, particularly with regard to feeding.
Zammit, Maria. +2 more
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