This has been a long time coming. My new research article on the topic of paedomorphism in plesiosaurs was published today in the open access journal Fossil Record:

"Recognising and quantifying the evolution of skeletal paedomorphosis in Plesiosauria" (Araújo and Smith 2023)

https://fr.pensoft.net/article/97686/

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