A mysterious giant ichthyosaur from the lowermost Jurassic of Wales

A mysterious giant ichthyosaur from the lowermost Jurassic of Wales

Ichthyosaurs rapidly diversified and colonised a wide range of ecological niches during the Early and Middle Triassic period, but experienced a major decline in diversity near the end of the Triassic. Timing and causes of this demise and the subsequent rapid radiation of the diverse, but less dispa...

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Main Authors: Jeremy E. Martin, Peggy Vincent, Guillaume Suan, Tom Sharpe, Peter Hodges, Matt Williams, Cindy Howells, Valentin Fischer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Paleobiology PAS 2015-12-01
Series:Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
Subjects:
Blue Lias
Shastasauridae
Lazarus taxon
gigantism
Marine reptiles
Ichthyosauria
Online Access:http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app60/app000622014.pdf

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