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A New Rhynchocephalian from the Late Jurassic of Germany with a Dentition That Is Unique amongst Tetrapods

BACKGROUND: Rhynchocephalians, the sister group of squamates (lizards and snakes), are only represented by the single genus Sphenodon today. This taxon is often considered to represent a very conservative lineage. However, rhynchocephalians were common during the late Triassic to latest Jurassic per...

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Autores principales: Rauhut, Oliver W. M., Heyng, Alexander M., López-Arbarello, Adriana, Hecker, Andreas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3485277/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23118861
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0046839