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Title: Peculiar macrophagous adaptations in a new Cretaceous pliosaurid
Authors: Fischer, Valentin
Arkhangelsky, Maxim S
Stenshin, IlyaM
Keywords: Biology
Palaeontology
Ecology
Plesiosauria
Pliosauridae
Cretaceous
Macrophagy
Issue Date: 2015
Abstract: During the Middle and Late Jurassic, pliosaurid plesiosaurs evolved gigantic body size and a series of craniodental adaptations that have been linked to the occupation of an apex predator niche. Cretaceous pliosaurids (i.e. Brachaucheninae) depart from this morphology, being slightly smaller and lacking the macrophagous adaptations seen in earlier forms. However, the fossil record of Early Cretaceous pliosaurids is poor, concealing the evolution and ecological diversity of the group. Here, we report a new pliosaurid from the Late Hauterivian (Early Cretaceous) of Russia.
URI: https://lib.hpu.edu.vn/handle/123456789/23574
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