Ecological signal in the size and shape of marine amniote teeth

V Fischer, RF Bennion, D Foffa… - … of the Royal …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Amniotes have been a major component of marine trophic chains from the beginning of the
Triassic to present day, with hundreds of species. However, inferences of their (palaeo) …

A large new Middle Jurassic ichthyosaur shows the importance of body size evolution in the origin of the Ophthalmosauria

F Miedema, D Bastiaans, TM Scheyer, C Klug… - BMC Ecology and …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The Middle Jurassic is an important time period for the evolutionary history of
marine reptiles as it represented a transitional phase for many clades. Notably, in …

Re-appearance of hypercarnivore ichthyosaurs in the Cretaceous with differentiated dentition: revision of 'Platypterygius' sachicarum (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria …

D Cortés, EE Maxwell, HCE Larsson - Journal of Systematic …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Early Cretaceous ichthyosaur diversity has markedly increased in recent years with the
discovery of new taxa in the field and in museum collections. This has led to new characters …

Ontogenetic variation in the skull of Stenopterygius quadriscissus with an emphasis on prenatal development

F Miedema, EE Maxwell - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
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 …

[HTML][HTML] An Early Cretaceous Sphenophyllum or a hatchling turtle?

HD Palma-Castro… - Palaeontologia …, 2023 - palaeo-electronica.org
Correctly identifying fossil specimens from parautochtonous deposits where marine and
terrestrial organisms co-occur can be challenging due to the abundance of rare and obscure …

Stratigraphic distribution of marine vertebrates from the Arcillolitas abigarradas Member (Paja Formation) of the Villa de Leiva–Sáchica-Sutamarchán region, Boyacá …

CD Benavides-Cabra… - Earth Sciences …, 2023 - revistas.unal.edu.co
The Villa de Leiva–Sáchica-Sutamarchán region is the most prolific locality for Early
Cretaceous marine vertebrates in Colombia and one of the richest in these vertebrates in the …

Revalidation of Myobradypterygius hauthali Huene, 1927 and the phylogenetic signal within the ophthalmosaurid (Ichthyosauria) forefins

L Campos, MS Fernández, V Bosio, Y Herrera… - Cretaceous …, 2024 - Elsevier
In the last decade, several new Cretaceous ichthyosaurs have been described and/or
redescribed, challenging the traditional concept that, during the Cretaceous, ichthyosaurs …

Not Entirely Ichthyosaur: a Mysterious Lamniform and Ichthyopterygian-Fall Association from the Abyssal Upper Cretaceous of the Northern Apennines (italy)

G Serafini, J Amalfitano, S Danise, EE Maxwell… - …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Axial remains of a large ichthyosaur and a medium-sized anacoracid shark from the deep-
water sediments of the Cenomanian of the Northern Apennines (Northern Italy) are …

A problem of naming of the families of Late Jurassic and Cretaceous ichthyosaurs

NG Zverkov - Paleontological Journal, 2022 - Springer
Revised definitions of the families Ophthalmosauridae Baur, 1887 and Platypterygiidae
Bardet, 1995 are provided. These families are combined into a group Ophthalmosauria …

Oftalmosáuridos (Ichthyosauromorpha: Ichthyosauria) del Jurásico Tardío-Cretácico Temprano de Patagonia Argentina: disparidad, diversidad y evolución

L Campos - 2022 - sedici.unlp.edu.ar
Los Ophthalmosauridae (Ichthyosauromorpha: Ichthyosauria) conforman el linaje más joven
de ictiosaurios y uno de los últimos hitos en la historia evolutiva de estas formas icónicas de …