The first record of freshwater plesiosaurian from the Middle Jurassic of Gansu, NW China, with its implications to the local palaeobiogeography

The first record of freshwater plesiosaurian from the Middle Jurassic of Gansu, NW China, with its implications to the local palaeobiogeography

Abstract Plesiosaurs are one of the common groups of aquatic reptiles in the Mesozoic, which mainly lived in marine environments. Freshwater plesiosaurs are rare in the world, especially from the Jurassic. The present paper reports the first freshwater plesiosaur, represented by four isolated teeth...

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Main Authors: Ting Gao, Da-Qing Li, Long-Feng Li, Jing-Tao Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-08-01
Series:Journal of Palaeogeography
Subjects:
Freshwater plesiosaur
Middle Jurassic
Jinchang
Gansu Province
Palaeobiogeography
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42501-019-0043-5

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