A tiny Triassic saurian from Connecticut and the early evolution of the diapsid feeding apparatus

The Triassic fossil record is biased towards large species, obscuring the anatomical diversity of small species. Here, the authors describe a new species, Colobops noviportensis, based on a 2.5 cm-long skull with proportionally large attachments for jaw muscles, expanding the known diversity of earl...

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Main Authors: Adam C. Pritchard, Jacques A. Gauthier, Michael Hanson, Gabriel S. Bever, Bhart-Anjan S. Bhullar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03508-1