Youngest occurrences of rhomaleosaurid plesiosaurs indicate survival of an archaic marine reptile clade at high palaeolatitudes

Youngest occurrences of rhomaleosaurid plesiosaurs indicate survival of an archaic marine reptile clade at high palaeolatitudes

Rhomaleosaurid plesiosaurians were a common and ecologically significant component of Early Jurassic marine faunas, primarily as large-bodied predators. They declined in abundance and made their last fossil appearance in the Middle Jurassic. However, the geographic pattern of rhomaleosaurid extincti...

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Main Authors: Roger B.J. Benson, Nikolay G. Zverkov, Maxim S. Arkhangelsky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Paleobiology PAS 2015-12-01
Series:Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
Subjects:
Plesiosauria
Rhomaleosauridae
biogeography
Jurassic
Callovian
UK
Russia
Online Access:http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app60/app001672015.pdf

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