Grouping behavior in a Triassic marine apex predator [PDF]
Marine tetrapods occupy important roles in modern marine ecosystems and often gather in large aggregations driven by patchy prey distribution,1,2 social or reproductive behaviors,3,4 or oceanographic factors.5 Here, we show that similar grouping ...
Blundell, J +10 more
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Paleobiology of ichthyosaurs: using osteohistology to test hypotheses of growth rates and metabolism in a clade of secondarily aquatic marine tetrapods [PDF]
, 2019 Thesis (Ph.D.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2019Ichthyosaurians (Ichthyosauria) are one of the most prominent groups of secondarily aquatic Mesozoic marine reptiles.
Anderson, Katherine L.
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Terrestrial Vertebrate Families on Noah\u27s Ark [PDF]
, 2012 One of the central challenges faced by young-Earth creation researchers who believe the Bible to be the inerrant Word of God is defending the Biblical claim that two of every kind of nephesh animal was saved from the great flood on Noah’s ark.
Beech, Seth J
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Impact of early Toarcian climatic changes on marine reptiles:Extinction and recovery [PDF]
Environmental changes governed the diversity of marine ecosystems and the evolution of marine reptiles during the Jurassic. Abrupt climatic changes, mainly cooling, produced crises in marine ecosystems including marine reptiles, but global warming events
Benton, Michael +2 more
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Ichthyosaurs (Reptilia, Ichthyosauria) from the Lower and Middle Triassic Sulphur Mountain Formation, Wapiti Lake area, British Columbia, Canada [PDF]
, 1989 Ichthyosaurs are found in the Lower and Middle Triassic members of the Sulphur Mountain Formation in the Wapiti Lake area, British Columbia. Three species are recognized: Pessosaurus sp.
Donald B. Brinkman, Jack M. Callaway
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Variação do tamanho corporal em répteis marinhos e sua relação com as extinções do Mesozoico [PDF]
, 2018 Tese (doutorado)—Universidade de Brasília, Instituto de Geociências, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geologia, 2018.Os répteis predadores marinhos desenvolveram-se na Era Mesozoica e tornaram-se componentes dominantes dos ecossistemas marinhos mundiais.
Souza, Lucila Monteiro de
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All animals are interesting : a Festschrift in honour of Anthony P. Russell [PDF]
, 2015 This volume of original papers elebates the 40+ year career of Anthony Russell on the occasion of his retirement as professor at the University of Calgary, Canada.
Bauer, Aaron M. +3 more
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Phylogeny of the Ichthyopterygia incorporating recent discoveries from South China
, 2015 During the last decade, abundant ichthyopterygian material has been found from the Triassic of South China as well as the Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous of Europe and South America, significantly expanding our knowledge of ichthyopterygian diversity
Cheng Ji (400339) +5 more
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Evidence Supporting Predation of 4-m Marine Reptile by Triassic Megapredator. [PDF]
iScience, 2020 Jiang DY +8 more
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, 2001 Both the genus Shastasaurus and the family Shastasauridae have long been hard to define due to the fragmentary nature of the type specimens. Consequently, recent interpretations of the genus have been based almost entirely on Shastasaurus neoscapularis ...
Elizabeth L Nicholls, Makoto Manabe
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