Elasmosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) neck flexibility: Implications for feeding strategies
M Zammit, CB Daniels, BP Kear - … and Physiology Part A: Molecular & …, 2008 - Elsevier
… of feeding, neck posture and mobility in elasmosaurs was … Previous studies have
investigated neck flexibility in … based on a complete elasmosaur cervical vertebra series (Aphrosaurus …
investigated neck flexibility in … based on a complete elasmosaur cervical vertebra series (Aphrosaurus …
[PDF][PDF] An integrated approach to understanding the role of the long neck in plesiosaurs
LF Noè, MA Taylor… - Acta Palaeontologica …, 2017 - bibliotekanauki.pl
… which acted as a stiff but ventrally flexible feeding tube, … The plesiosaur long neck, given
its cost and significance to the … Elasmosaurus platyurus uses its neck to hunt fish close to the …
its cost and significance to the … Elasmosaurus platyurus uses its neck to hunt fish close to the …
The Evolution of the Archosaur Neck: Form, Function, and Physiology
JJ Klingler - 2020 - search.proquest.com
… intervertebral neck flexion reflects specific feeding strategies … further implications for the
evolution of feeding strategies and … Sprawling reptiles possess the plesiomorphic trapezius and …
evolution of feeding strategies and … Sprawling reptiles possess the plesiomorphic trapezius and …
Functional morphology and hydrodynamics of plesiosaur necks: does size matter?
… /s, hydrodynamic implications were not a limiting selective pressure on the evolution of long
… flippers and neck flexibility will allow us to understand the possible feeding strategies of long-…
… flippers and neck flexibility will allow us to understand the possible feeding strategies of long-…
[PDF][PDF] Mesozoic Marine Reptiles
W Richardson - Hastings & District Geological Society Journal - researchgate.net
… 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 …
the plesiosaurs ample opportunity to feed … smaller limbs; flexible bodies and little to no …
A method for deducing neck mobility in plesiosaurs, using the exceptionally preserved Nichollssaura borealis
RS Nagesan, DM Henderson… - Royal Society Open …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
… [18] suggested that greater range of neck flexibility in the ventral and lateral directions …
a horizontal feeding pattern. Zammit et al. [18] found in elasmosaurs that the neck was more …
a horizontal feeding pattern. Zammit et al. [18] found in elasmosaurs that the neck was more …
[HTML][HTML] Rapid neck elongation in Sauropterygia (Reptilia: Diapsida) revealed by a new basal pachypleurosaur from the Lower Triassic of China
… 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 …
to flip its head faster in pursuit of fishes than by moving the whole body, or to search for food …
Washed Ashore–New Elasmosaurid Specimens (Plesiosauria: Sauropterygia) from the Late Cretaceous of Colorado and Kansas and Their Bearing on Elasmosaurid …
BA Schumacher, MJ Everhart - Transactions of the Kansas Academy of …, 2022 - BioOne
… short cervical vertebrae and elongate appendicular elements. The ‘Holyrood elasmosaur’ …
gastroliths are evidence of use in processing food: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24, p. …
gastroliths are evidence of use in processing food: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24, p. …
[HTML][HTML] The evolution of marine reptiles
R Motani - Evolution: Education and Outreach, 2009 - Springer
… First, the word “marine” is restricted to those vertebrates that feed almost exclusively in the
sea … very long neck may have been used by the long-necked plesiosaur, or how flexible it may …
sea … very long neck may have been used by the long-necked plesiosaur, or how flexible it may …
[PDF][PDF] Biology and Evolution of Long-Necked Plesiosauria
… , neck function is closely linked to the mode of feeding in the … The fourth type is seen in
aristonectine elasmosaurs of the … cervical vertebrae, reaching the conclusion that the flexibility …
aristonectine elasmosaurs of the … cervical vertebrae, reaching the conclusion that the flexibility …