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A Triassic plesiosaurian skeleton and bone histology inform on evolution of a unique body plan

Secondary marine adaptation is a major pattern in amniote evolution, accompanied by specific bone histological adaptations. In the aftermath of the end-Permian extinction, diverse marine reptiles evolved early in the Triassic. Plesiosauria is the most diverse and one of the longest-lived clades of m...

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Autores principales: Wintrich, Tanja, Hayashi, Shoji, Houssaye, Alexandra, Nakajima, Yasuhisa, Sander, P. Martin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5729018/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29242826
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1701144