The fossil record of the ichthyosaur genus Stenopterygius comprises a large number of
specimens of all ontogenetic stages. This makes the taxon a good model for ontogenetic …

The structure of the braincase and the posterior portion of the palate of the type and only
known specimen of Phantomosaurus neubigi (Sander, 1997) from the Upper Muschelkalk …

Hauffiopteryx typicus is an Early Jurassic ichthyosaur species from Europe, for which
geographically partitioned morphological variation between specimens from England and …

Relatively complete ontogenetic series are comparatively rare in the vertebrate fossil record.
This can create biases in our understanding of morphology and evolution, since immaturity …

Ichthyosaurs represent one of the most highly specialized lineages of marine reptiles, but
our understanding of the evolution of this group is based on specimens found at a …

Ichthyosaurians (Ichthyosauria) are a major clade of secondarily aquatic marine tetrapods
that occupied several major predatory niches during the Mesozoic Era. Multiple lines of …

Ichthyosaurs remains from the Albian and Cenomanian of Wyoming have been assigned to
Platypterygius americanus, but apart from structures of the distal humerus, few other …

Even after 200 years of study, some details of the cranial anatomy of ichthyosaurs, one of the
most successful groups of marine vertebrates in the Mesozoic, are still unclear. New …

The availability of a large sample size from a range of ontogenetic stages makes
Stenopterygius quadriscissus a good model to study ontogenetic variation in a fossil …

A large and previously unknown ichthyosaur is reported from the Kimmeridge Clay (Upper
Jurassic) of Stowbridge, Norfolk, England. The only valid genera described from the Upper …