Exquisite skeletons of a new transitional plesiosaur fill gap in the evolutionary history of plesiosauroids
Plesiosaurs are Mesozoic reptiles fully adapted to an aquatic lifestyle. Throughout their evolutionary history exceeding 140 million years plesiosaurs dispersed globally, achieved substantial diversity, occupied a variety of ecological niches, and experienced multiple faunal turnovers. Of those, the...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2024-02-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Earth Science |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2024.1341470/full |