Exquisite skeletons of a new transitional plesiosaur fill gap in the evolutionary history of plesiosauroids

Plesiosaurs are Mesozoic reptiles fully adapted to an aquatic lifestyle. Throughout their evolutionary history exceeding 140 million years plesiosaurs dispersed globally, achieved substantial diversity, occupied a variety of ecological niches, and experienced multiple faunal turnovers. Of those, the...

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發表在:	Frontiers in Earth Science
Main Authors:	Sven Sachs, Stefan Eggmaier, Daniel Madzia
格式:	Article
語言:	英语
出版:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-02-01
主題:	faunal turnover phylogenetic diversity Plesiosauria Plesiosauroidea Early/Middle Jurassic transition
在線閱讀:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2024.1341470/full