Reptiles have repeatedly invaded marine environments despite their physiological
constraints as air breathers. Marine reptiles were especially successful in the Mesozoic as …

Vertebrate evolution has led to the convergent appearance of many groups of originally
terrestrial animals that now live in the sea. Among these groups are familiar mammals like …

An interpretation of the marine reptile fossil record, based on the existing litterature and
complemented by the review of ancient collections and the study of new material, permits a …

Marine reptiles are an adaptive assemblage including a mosaic of forms with fully marine
groups (ichthyosaurs,“nothosaurs”;, plesiosaurs, placodonts, thalattosaurs and …

The history of life has been punctuated by a number of major advances. Among the
vertebrates, one of the most important events was the achieve ment of a reproductive pattern …

Body shape and mode of swimming were major factors that affected the swimming
capabilities of Mesozoic marine reptiles. By estimating the total drag and the amount of …

One of the most important achievements in the history of vertebrates was the capacity to
reproduce in the absence of standing water. The eggs of reptiles, birds, and mammals have …

Marine reptiles flourished in the Mesozoic oceans, filling ecological roles today dominated
by crocodylians, large fish, sharks and cetaceans. Many groups of these reptiles coexisted …

I have been given a title concerning what Medawar (1967: 23, 74) called 'a comparatively
humble and unexacting kind of science,'research in 'the parish registers of evolution.'To …

This study addresses the phylogeny of the marine euryapsids by means of a large scale
phylogenetic systematic analysis, examining simultaneously the position of a large sample …