Redescription of the elasmosaurid plesiosaurian Libonectes atlasense from the Upper Cretaceous of Morocco

S Sachs, BP Kear - Cretaceous Research, 2017 - Elsevier
The holotype of Libonectes atlasense is an almost complete skeleton from Upper
Cretaceous (mid-Turonian) rocks of the Goulmima area in eastern Morocco. Initial …

A new elasmosaurid (Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria) from the Bearpaw Shale (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) of Montana demonstrates multiple evolutionary …

DJ Serratos, P Druckenmiller… - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Plesiosauria is a diverse clade of marine reptiles that have been studied since the early 19th
century. However, phylogenetic relationships within the group have been contentious due to …

Estimating the evolutionary rates in mosasauroids and plesiosaurs: discussion of niche occupation in Late Cretaceous seas

D Madzia, A Cau - PeerJ, 2020 - peerj.com
Observations of temporal overlap of niche occupation among Late Cretaceous marine
amniotes suggest that the rise and diversification of mosasauroid squamates might have …

A new basal elasmosaurid (Sauropterygia: Plesiosauria) from the Lower Cretaceous of Germany

S Sachs, JJ Hornung, BP Kear - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Here we report on a new basal elasmosaurid plesiosaurian, Lagenanectes richterae, gen. et
sp. nov., from the Lower Cretaceous (probably Upper Hauterivian) of Germany. The material …

[HTML][HTML] A reappraisal of Polyptychodon (Plesiosauria) from the Cretaceous of England

D Madzia - PeerJ, 2016 - peerj.com
Pliosauridae is a globally distributed clade of aquatic predatory amniotes whose fossil
record spans from the Lower Jurassic to the Upper Cretaceous. However, the knowledge of …

A palaeobiogeographical synthesis of Australasian Mesozoic marine tetrapods

BP Kear, RE Fordyce, N Hiller… - … : An Australasian Journal …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Kear, BP, Fordyce, RE, Hiller, N. & Siversson, M., December 2017. A palaeobiogeographical
synthesis of Australasian Mesozoic marine tetrapods. Alcheringa 42, 461-486. ISSN 0311 …

[HTML][HTML] Late Cretaceous marine reptiles from Malyy Prolom in Ryazan Oblast, Central Russia

SV Solonin, AV Vodorezov, BP Kear - Cretaceous Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract During the Cenomanian–Turonian transition (∼ 94 Ma), what is today Central
Russia formed part of the northern epicontinental margin of the Tethys Ocean. Diverse …

Large-sized Late Turonian–Early Coniacian (Late Cretaceous) inoceramid bivalves from Germany: taxonomic issues, temporal framework and palaeoecological …

B Niebuhr, M Wilmsen - PalZ, 2023 - Springer
A systematic-stratigraphic revision of selected large Late Turonian–Early Coniacian
inoceramids of the lamarcki group from Germany showed that both historical specimens of …

Cranial osteology of the mid-Cretaceous elasmosaurid Thalassomedon haningtoni from the Western Interior Seaway of North America

S Sachs, J Lindgren, D Madzia, BP Kear - Cretaceous Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Thalassomedon haningtoni is one of the most completely preserved elasmosaurid
plesiosaurians described to date. Unlike most other elasmosaurid fossils, both the holotype …

Turonian marine amniotes from the Opole area in southwest Poland

S Sachs, JWM Jagt, R Niedźwiedzki, M Kędzierski… - Cretaceous …, 2018 - Elsevier
A few isolated plesiosaurian and mosasauroid squamate teeth were collected from the
Opole area in southwest Poland during the late nineteenth century. Calcareous nannofossil …