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Short-Snouted Toothless Ichthyosaur from China Suggests Late Triassic Diversification of Suction Feeding Ichthyosaurs
BACKGROUND: Ichthyosaurs were an important group of Mesozoic marine reptiles and existed from the Early Triassic to the early Late Cretaceous. Despite a great diversity in body shapes and feeding adaptations, all share greatly enlarged eyes, an elongated rostrum with numerous conical teeth, and a st...
Autores principales: | Sander, P. Martin, Chen, Xiaohong, Cheng, Long, Wang, Xiaofeng |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3100301/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21625429 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0019480 |
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