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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Main Authors: Sven Sachs, Stefan Eggmaier, Daniel Madzia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Earth Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2024.1341470/full