OF HIS BONES ARE CRINOID MADE: TAPHONOMY AND DEADFALL ECOLOGY OF MARINE REPTILES FROM A PELAGIC SETTING (MIDDLE-UPPER JURASSIC OF NORTHEASTERN ITALY)

OF HIS BONES ARE CRINOID MADE: TAPHONOMY AND DEADFALL ECOLOGY OF MARINE REPTILES FROM A PELAGIC SETTING (MIDDLE-UPPER JURASSIC OF NORTHEASTERN ITALY)

Modern cetaceans are considered the best anatomical and ecological analogue for many Mesozoic secondary aquatic reptiles. Such similarities extend also after the death of these phylogenetically distant amniotes, when the sinking and decomposition of large carcasses in marine environments (deadfalls...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Giovanni Serafini, SILVIA DANISE, ERIN E. MAXWELL, LUCA MARTIRE, JACOPO AMALFITANO, MIRIAM , COBIANCHI, URSULA THUN HOHENSTEIN, LUCA GIUSBERTI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Milano University Press 2024-03-01
Series:Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia
Subjects:
Mesozoic deadfalls; marine taphonomy; pelagic reptiles; Rosso Ammonitico Veronese; deep-sea setting.
Online Access:https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/22314

Internet

https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/22314

Similar Items