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Cranial anatomy of Besanosaurus leptorhynchus Dal Sasso & Pinna, 1996 (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from the Middle Triassic Besano Formation of Monte San Giorgio, Italy/Switzerland: taxonomic and palaeobiological implications [PDF]

PeerJ, 2021
Besanosaurus leptorhynchus Dal Sasso & Pinna, 1996 was described on the basis of a single fossil excavated near Besano (Italy) nearly three decades ago. Here, we re-examine its cranial osteology and assign five additional specimens to B.
Gabriele Bindellini, Andrzej S. Wolniewicz, Feiko Miedema, Torsten M. Scheyer, Cristiano Dal Sasso   +4 more
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CYMBOSPONDYLUS VERTEBRAE (ICHTHYOSAURIA, SHASTASAURIDAE) FROM THE UPPER ANISIAN PREZZO LIMESTONE (MIDDLE TRIASSIC, SOUTHERN ALPS) WITH AN OVERVIEW OF THE CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF THE GROUP

Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 2012
Four vertebral centra from the well known fossil-bearing Prezzo Limestone (Upper Anisian, Middle Triassic) at the newly discovered locality Piazza Brembana (Bergamo) are described.
MARCO BALINI, SILVIO C. RENESTO
doaj   +5 more sources

FIRST RECORD OF ICHTHYOSAURS IN SICILY(UPPER TRIASSIC OF MONTE SCALPELLO, CATANIA PROVINCE)

Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 2014
Here we report for the first time on the presence of ichthyosaurs in Sicily, southern Italy. The deposit of origin (Mufara Formation) can be dated to the upper Carnian (Tuvalian substage) based on a typical association of ammonites, one of which ...
CRISTIANO DAL SASSO, GIANNI INSACCO, ALFIO ALESSANDRO CHIARENZA, DAVIDE DI FRANCO, AGATINO REITANO   +4 more
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The dinosaurs that weren’t: osteohistology supports giant ichthyosaur affinity of enigmatic large bone segments from the European Rhaetian [PDF]

PeerJ
Very large unidentified elongate and rounded fossil bone segments of uncertain origin recovered from different Rhaetian (Late Triassic) fossil localities across Europe have been puzzling the paleontological community since the second half of the 19th ...
Marcello Perillo, P Martin Sander
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Postcranial anatomy of Besanosaurus leptorhynchus (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from the Middle Triassic Besano Formation of Monte San Giorgio (Italy/Switzerland), with implications for reconstructing the swimming styles of Triassic ichthyosaurs [PDF]

Swiss Journal of Palaeontology
Besanosaurus leptorhynchus Dal Sasso & Pinna, 1996 was originally described on the basis of a single complete fossil specimen excavated near Besano (Italy).
Gabriele Bindellini, Andrzej S. Wolniewicz, Feiko Miedema, Cristiano Dal Sasso, Torsten M. Scheyer   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

A mysterious giant ichthyosaur from the lowermost Jurassic of Wales [PDF]

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2015
Ichthyosaurs rapidly diversified and colonised a wide range of ecological niches during the Early and Middle Triassic period, but experienced a major decline in diversity near the end of the Triassic.
Jeremy E. Martin, Peggy Vincent, Guillaume Suan , Tom Sharpe, Peter Hodges, Matt Williams, Cindy Howells, Valentin Fischer   +7 more
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Evidence Supporting Predation of 4-m Marine Reptile by Triassic Megapredator. [PDF]

iScience, 2020
Jiang DY, Motani R, Tintori A, Rieppel O, Ji C, Zhou M, Wang X, Lu H, Li ZG.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A giant Late Triassic ichthyosaur from the UK and a reinterpretation of the Aust Cliff 'dinosaurian' bones. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2018
Lomax DR, De la Salle P, Massare JA, Gallois R.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Short-snouted toothless ichthyosaur from China suggests Late Triassic diversification of suction feeding ichthyosaurs. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2011
Sander PM, Chen X, Cheng L, Wang X.
europepmc   +1 more source

Early Triassic marine biotic recovery: the predators' perspective. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2014
Scheyer TM, Romano C, Jenks J, Bucher H.
europepmc   +1 more source