Ancestral body plan and adaptive radiation of sauropterygian marine reptiles
Summary: Sauropterygia is the most diversified and dominant clade among marine reptiles, but their early evolution is scarcely understood. Here we report the earliest known complete specimen related to sauropterygians from the Early Triassic. It is referred to Hanosaurus hupehensis by an exclusive c...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2022-12-01
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Series: | iScience |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004222019071 |