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New insights into the postcranial anatomy of Paludidraco multidentatus (Sauropterygia, Simosauridae), from the Late Triassic of Spain [PDF]

Fossil Record
Sauropterygia is a diverse clade of aquatic reptiles spanning from the Lower Triassic (Olenekian) to the uppermost Cretaceous (Maastrichtian). Complete or almost complete skeletons are known for placodonts, pachypleurosaurs, nothosaurs and pistosauroids (
Alberto Cabezuelo-Hernández, Carlos de Miguel Chaves, Francisco Ortega, Adán Pérez-García   +3 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Cryptoclidid plesiosaurs (Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria) from the Upper Jurassic of the Atacama Desert

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2020
This study presents the first plesiosaurs recovered from the Jurassic of the Atacama Desert that are informative at the genus level.
Otero, Rodrigo A., Alarcón Muñoz, Jhonatan, Soto Acuña, Sergio, Rojas, Jennyfer, Rojas, Osvaldo, Ortiz, Héctor   +5 more
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The first specimen with skin preserved of Lariosaurus (Eusauropterygia) from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio (Switzerland) allows inferences about its swimming method

Swiss Journal of Palaeontology
A new virtually complete specimen of the eosauropterygian nothosauroid Lariosaurus valceresii is described. The specimen was collected in the Kalkschieferzone of the Meride Limestone (Ladinian, Middle Triassic) in the UNESCO World Heritage area of Monte ...
Silvio Renesto, Cinzia Ragni, Fabio Magnani   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparative bone histology of two thalattosaurians (Diapsida: Thalattosauria): Askeptosaurus italicus from the Alpine Triassic (Middle Triassic) and a Thalattosauroidea indet. from the Carnian of Oregon (Late Triassic). [PDF]

Swiss J Palaeontol, 2023
Klein N, Sander PM, Liu J, Druckenmiller P, Metz ET, Kelley NP, Scheyer TM.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

TETRAPOD REMAINS FROM THE LADINIAN (MIDDLE TRIASSIC) SCELTRICH BEDS OF MONTE SAN GIORGIO UNESCO SITE

Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia
The Sceltrich beds at the base of the upper Meride Limestone (Ladinian) above the Cassina beds, yielded a rich and diversified fish fauna comprising several specimens of the predatory fish Saurichthys and sarcopterygians.
Silvio Renesto, FABIO MAGNANI
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A new basal ichthyosauromorph from the Lower Triassic (Olenekian) of Zhebao, Guangxi Autonomous Region, South China. [PDF]

PeerJ, 2022
Ren J, Jiang H, Xiang K, Sullivan C, He Y, Cheng L, Han F.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Large size in aquatic tetrapods compensates for high drag caused by extreme body proportions. [PDF]

Commun Biol, 2022
Gutarra S, Stubbs TL, Moon BC, Palmer C, Benton MJ.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Placodus (Placodontia, Sauropterygia) dentaries from Winterswijk, The Netherlands (middle Anisian) and Hünfeld, Hesse, Germany (late Anisian) with comments on ontogenetic changes. [PDF]

Palaontol Z, 2022
Klein N, Wintrich T, Hagdorn H, Spiller D, Winkelhorst H, Goris G, Scheyer TM.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Elasmosaurid skull from the Lower Cretaceous of Queensland (Reptilia: Sauropterygia)

, 1982
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
openaire   +1 more source

PLESIOSAURS (DIAPSIDA, SAUROPTERYGIA) FROM LATE CRETACEOUS (LATE CAMPANIAN–EARLY MAASTRICHTIAN) MARGINAL MARINE ENVIRONMENTS FROM NORTH PATAGONIA

Publicación Electrónica de la Asociación Paleontológica Argentina, 2015
During the late Campanian and early Maastrichtian, Northern Patagonia suffered the first stage of the Atlantic marine ingression that reached the Neuquén Basin. The Allen and La Colonia formations show the early stages of this change, and were deposited
José O´Gorman
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