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Conflicting evidence for the use of caudal autotomy in mesosaurs

The early Permian mesosaurs were the first amniotes to re-invade aquatic environments. One of their most controversial and puzzling features is their distinctive caudal anatomy, which has been suggested as a mechanism to facilitate caudal autotomy. Several researchers have described putative fractur...

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Autores principales: MacDougall, Mark J., Verrière, Antoine, Wintrich, Tanja, LeBlanc, Aaron R. H., Fernandez, Vincent, Fröbisch, Jörg
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7189235/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32346053
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-63625-0