Plasticity and convergence in the evolution of short-necked plesiosaurs
Plesiosaurs were the longest-surviving group of secondarily marine tetrapods, comparable in diversity to today's cetaceans. During their long evolutionary history, which spanned the Jurassic and the Cretaceous (201 to 66 Ma), plesiosaurs repeatedly evolved long- and short-necked body plans [1,2...
Main Authors: | Fischer, V, Benson, R, Zverkov, N, Soul, L, Arkhangelsky, M, Lambert, O, Stenshin, I, Uspensky, G, Druckenmiller, P |
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Format: | Journal article |
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Cell Press
2017
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