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The cranial anatomy and relationships of Cardiocorax mukulu (Plesiosauria: Elasmosauridae) from Bentiaba, Angola

We report a new specimen of the plesiosaur Cardiocorax mukulu that includes the most complete plesiosaur skull from sub-Saharan Africa. The well-preserved three-dimensional nature of the skull offers rare insight into the cranial anatomy of elasmosaurid plesiosaurians. The new specimen of Cardiocora...

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Autores principales: Marx, Miguel P., Mateus, Octávio, Polcyn, Michael J., Schulp, Anne S., Gonçalves, A. Olímpio, Jacobs, Louis L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8370651/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34403433
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255773