Terrestrial Origin of Viviparity in Mesozoic Marine Reptiles Indicated by Early Triassic Embryonic Fossils

Viviparity in Mesozoic marine reptiles has traditionally been considered an aquatic adaptation. We report a new fossil specimen that strongly contradicts this traditional interpretation. The new specimen contains the oldest fossil embryos of Mesozoic marine reptile that are about 10 million years ol...

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Autores principales: Motani, Ryosuke, Jiang, Da-yong, Tintori, Andrea, Rieppel, Olivier, Chen, Guan-bao
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3922983/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24533127
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0088640

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3922983/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24533127
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0088640

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