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The rise of macropredatory pliosaurids near the Early-Middle Jurassic transition

The emergence of gigantic pliosaurid plesiosaurs reshaped the trophic structure of Mesozoic marine ecosystems, and established an  ~ 80 million-year (Ma) dynasty of macropredatory marine reptiles. However, the timescale of their ‘defining’ trait evolution is incompletely understood because the fossi...

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Autores principales: Sachs, Sven, Madzia, Daniel, Thuy, Ben, Kear, Benjamin P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10579310/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37845269
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-43015-y