EL Nicholls, M Manabe - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
The ichthyosaur Shonisaurus sikanniensis sp. nov. is described from the Pardonet Formation (Norian, Late Triassic) of northeastern British Columbia. The type specimen is …
DY Jiang, L Schmitz, WC Hao… - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
We describe the new ichthyosaur taxon Mixosaurus panxianensis, sp. nov., from the Middle Triassic of Guizhou Province, China. Diagnostic characters of the new species include a …
Ichthyopterygians were amongst the most specialised lineages of secondarily aquatic amniotes; however, their origin and initial radiation remain obscure. The stratigraphically …
R Kandyel, HA El Basyouny, B Albogami… - Zoologischer …, 2024 - Elsevier
No studies have yet been conducted on the morphology and characteristics of the oropharyngeal cavity roof in various reptiles, particularly lizards and Gecko. This study …
F Miedema, EE Maxwell - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The fossil record of the ichthyosaur genus Stenopterygius comprises a large number of specimens of all ontogenetic stages. This makes the taxon a good model for ontogenetic …
ABSTRACT In 1989, TMP 89.127. 3, a basal ichthyopterygian, was collected as a counterpart slab from the Vega-Phroso Siltstone Member (Lower Triassic) of the Sulphur …
The palaeontology of the Lower to Middle Triassic succession in Spitsbergen has been studied for more than a century and a half. Our ability to properly interpret the evolutionary …
EL Nicholls, M Manabe - Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 2001 - cdnsciencepub.com
Both the genus Shastasaurus and the family Shastasauridae have long been hard to define due to the fragmentary nature of the type specimens. Consequently, recent interpretations of …
Recent cladistic analyses have all suggested a diapsid origin of ichthyosaurs. However, an intermediate evolutionary stage of the lower temporal region of ichthyosaurian skull between …