The rise of macropredatory pliosaurids near the Early-Middle Jurassic transition
Abstract The emergence of gigantic pliosaurid plesiosaurs reshaped the trophic structure of Mesozoic marine ecosystems, and established an ~ 80 million-year (Ma) dynasty of macropredatory marine reptiles. However, the timescale of their ‘defining’ trait evolution is incompletely understood because...
Main Authors: | Sven Sachs, Daniel Madzia, Ben Thuy, Benjamin P. Kear |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2023-10-01
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Series: | Scientific Reports |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-43015-y |
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