… intervertebral neck flexion reflects specific feeding strategies … further implications for the
evolution of feeding strategies and … Sprawling reptiles possess the plesiomorphic trapezius and …

… necks was that these reptiles could weave their jaws in and out of large groups of fish, allowing
the plesiosaurs ample opportunity to feed … smaller limbs; flexible bodies and little to no …

… feeding strategies as … , flexible neck with many cervical vertebrae, would enable the hunter
to flip its head faster in pursuit of fishes than by moving the whole body, or to search for food …

… short cervical vertebrae and elongate appendicular elements. The ‘Holyrood elasmosaur’ …
gastroliths are evidence of use in processing food: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24, p. …

… of neck proportions in the long-necked elasmosaurs suggest … how these were influenced
by shape and flexibility. The well-… be favoured if for example food resources were limited. This …

… Possible elasmosaur feeding habits – Elasmosaurid … because of their diets and speculated
feeding strategies. Ratfish first … a serpentine bend due to the flexibility of their necks (Noè et …

… A, Humerus of the indeterminate juvenile elasmosaur OMNH … These are present in all
plesiosaur cervical vertebral centra. The … liensis (Reptilia: Sauropterygia): implications for …

… Evidence of tail flexibility is also present in the fossils of … In this paper, neck length is defined
as the sum of cervical … in predicting the values of elasmosaurs due to their great difference in …

… cervical centra, all are not flexible and seems not varied … feeding area, increasing energy
efficiency, allowing access to … strategy of increasing cervical number more than excessively …

… elasmosaurs and Hesperornis in all highest-ranked models, coupled with evidence of similar
diets, may indicate food … a shorter neck and longer skull unlike the long neck and short skull …