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A new goniopholidid from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, USA: novel insight into aquatic adaptation toward modern crocodylians

Goniopholididae is a group of basal neosuchian crocodyliforms closely related to Paralligatoridae and Eusuchia that lived during the Jurassic and Early Cretaceous. Goniopholidids have the long, flat snout and secondary palate of modern crocodylians, the acquisition of which is regarded as a key feat...

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Autores principales: Yoshida, Junki, Hori, Atsushi, Kobayashi, Yoshitsugu, Ryan, Michael J., Takakuwa, Yuji, Hasegawa, Yoshikazu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8652276/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34909210
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.210320