#NewPaper #Paleontology #MarineReptiles

Liu, QL., Cheng, L., Stubbs, T.L. et al. Rapid neck elongation in Sauropterygia (Reptilia: Diapsida) revealed by a new basal pachypleurosaur from the Lower Triassic of China. BMC Ecol Evo 23, 44 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-023-02150-w

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Sven Sachs, Pascal Abel & Daniel Madzia
Unusual plesiosaur vertebrae from the Lower Jurassic Posidonia Shale of Germany
Historical Biology (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2023.2242376
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08912963.2023.2242376

#NewPaper #Paleontology #MarineReptiles

Goedert J, Amiot R, Anquetin J, Séon N, Bourgeais R, Bailly G, Fourel F, Simon L, Li C, Wang W and Lécuyer C (2023) Multi-isotopic analysis reveals the early stem turtle Odontochelys as a nearshore herbivorous forager. Front. Ecol. Evol. 11:1175128. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2023.1175128

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Fang, ZC., Li, JL., Yan, CB. et al. First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence between Hupehsuchus and baleen whales. BMC Ecol Evo 23, 36 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-023-02143-9

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De La Garza, R.G., Sjövall, P., Hauff, R. and Lindgren, J. (2023), Preservational modes of some ichthyosaur soft tissues (Reptilia, Ichthyopterygia) from the Jurassic Posidonia Shale of Germany. Palaeontology, 66: e12668. https://doi.org/10.1111/pala.12668

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Da-yong Jiang, Min Zhou, Ryosuke Motani, Andrea Tintori, Nicholas C. Fraser, Jian-dong Huang, Olivier Rieppel, Cheng Ji, Wan-lu Fu, Zuo-yu Sun & Hao Lu (2023)
Emergence and ecological transition of the Mesozoic marine reptiles: Evidence from the Early Triassic Chaohu and the Middle Triassic Xingyi Faunas
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 111750
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2023.111750
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0031018223003681

#NewPaper #Paleontology #MarineReptiles

Qiang Li, Jun Liu, Nicole Klein, Yasuhisa Nakajima & P. Martin Sander (2023)
Puberty in a Mesozoic reptile
Current Biology (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.05.073
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0960982223007480
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(23)00748-0

#NewPaper #Paleontology #MarineReptiles

Michael J. Polcyn, Nathalie Bardet, L. Barry Albright III & Alan Titus (2023)
A new lower Turonian mosasaurid from the Western Interior Seaway and the antiquity of the unique basicranial circulation pattern in Plioplatecarpinae
Cretaceous Research 105621
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105621
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195667123001490

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Engelschiøn VS, Roberts AJ, With R, Hammer Ø (2023) Exceptional X-Ray contrast: Radiography imaging of a Middle Triassic mixosaurid from Svalbard. PLoS ONE 18(5): e0285939. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0285939

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Martill, D.M., M.L. Jacobs & R.E. Smith. 2023. A truly gigantic pliosaur (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from the Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Upper Jurassic, Kimmeridgian) of England. Proceedings of the Geologist's Association in press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pgeola.2023.04.005
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016787823000378

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Sven Sachs, Pascal Abel & Daniel Madzia (2023) A ‘long-forgotten’ plesiosaur provides evidence of large-bodied rhomaleosaurids in the Middle Jurassic of Germany, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2023.2205456
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02724634.2023.2205456

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P. Martin Sander (2023)
Plesiosaurs
Current Biology 33(10): PR389-R394
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.04.018
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(23)00466-9

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Longrich, N.R.; Jalil, N.-E.; Pereda-Suberbiola, X.; Bardet, N. Stelladens mysteriosus: A Strange New Mosasaurid (Squamata) from the Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) of Morocco. Fossils 2023, 1, 2-14. https://doi.org/10.3390/fossils1010002

I still cannot comprehend how outdated reconstructions of #Atopodentatus had the *exact* same face as a ghost from #ExtremeGhostbusters

Ghostbusters episode:
https://ghostbusters.fandom.com/wiki/Be_Careful_What_You_Wish_For

Image credit:
http://spinops.blogspot.com/2014/02/atopodentatus-unicus.html?m=1

#Paleontology #MarineReptiles #Sauropterygians

#NewPaper #Paleontology #MarineReptiles

Ricardo Araújo & Adam S. Smith (2023)
Recognising and quantifying the evolution of skeletal paedomorphosis in Plesiosauria.
Fossil Record 26(1): 85-101
doi: https://doi.org/10.3897/fr.26.97686
https://fr.pensoft.net/article/97686/

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Miedema, F., Klein, N., Blackburn, D.G. et al. Heads or tails first? Evolution of fetal orientation in ichthyosaurs, with a scrutiny of the prevailing hypothesis. BMC Ecol Evo 23, 12 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-023-02110-4

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Gutarra, S., Stubbs, T.L., Moon, B.C., Heighton, B.H. and Benton, M.J. (2023), The locomotor ecomorphology of Mesozoic marine reptiles. Palaeontology, 66: e12645. https://doi.org/10.1111/pala.12645

A marine phytosaur and a derived thalattosaur swimming together through Early Jurassic waters.

These are speculative creatures inspired by a pasage from @TetZoo’s new book Ancient Sea Reptiles. Learn more about them here: https://www.manospondylus.com/2023/04/speculative-marine-reptiles-i.html?m=1

#marinereptile #MarineReptiles #phytosaur #thalattosaur #fossil #fossils #paleontology #paleoart #MastoArt #art #stippling #stipplingart #SpeculativeEvolution #crocodile

#NewPaper #Paleontology #MarineReptiles

Delsett, L., Pyenson, N., Miedema, F., & Hammer, Ø. (2023). Is the hyoid a constraint on innovation? A study in convergence driving feeding in fish-shaped marine tetrapods. Paleobiology, 1-16. doi:10.1017/pab.2023.12

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Xiao-Jun Ye, Zuo-Yu Sun & Ming-Tao Yao (2023)
A Keichousaurus-bearing regurgitalite from the Middle Triassic Xingyi Fauna, Dingxiao of Xingyi City, Guizhou, South China.
Palaeoworld (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palwor.2023.03.009
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1871174X23000318