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A Carapace-Like Bony ‘Body Tube’ in an Early Triassic Marine Reptile and the Onset of Marine Tetrapod Predation

Parahupehsuchus longus is a new species of marine reptile from the Lower Triassic of Yuan’an County, Hubei Province, China. It is unique among vertebrates for having a body wall that is completely surrounded by a bony tube, about 50 cm long and 6.5 cm deep, comprising overlapping ribs and gastralia....

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Autores principales: Chen, Xiao-hong, Motani, Ryosuke, Cheng, Long, Jiang, Da-yong, Rieppel, Olivier
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3981804/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24718682
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0094396