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High diversity, low disparity and small body size in plesiosaurs (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from the Triassic-Jurassic boundary.

PloS one - 1 Jan 2012

Benson Roger B J, Evans Mark, Druckenmiller Patrick S

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Invasion of the open ocean by tetrapods represents a major evolutionary transition that occurred independently in cetaceans, mosasauroids, chelonioids (sea turtles), ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs. Plesiosaurian reptiles invaded pelagic ocean environments immediately following the Late Triassic extinctions. This diversification is recorded by three intensively-sampled European fossil faunas, spanning 20 million...

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PMID: 22438869
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031838
PMCID: PMC3306369

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