High Diversity, Low Disparity and Small Body Size in Plesiosaurs (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from the Triassic–Jurassic Boundary

Invasion of the open ocean by tetrapods represents a major evolutionary transition that occurred independently in cetaceans, mosasauroids, chelonioids (sea turtles), ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs. Plesiosaurian reptiles invaded pelagic ocean environments immediately following the Late Triassic extinc...

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Autores principales: Benson, Roger B. J., Evans, Mark, Druckenmiller, Patrick S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3306369/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22438869
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0031838

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3306369/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22438869
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0031838

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