The Iberian Triassic fossil record of Sauropterygia: an update

C de Miguel Chaves, F Ortega… - Journal of Iberian Geology, 2020 - Springer
Members of the aquatic clade of reptiles Sauropterygia quickly evolved and diversified
during the Triassic, acquiring different lifestyles and trophic roles with a cosmopolitan …

First subadult specimen of Psephochelys polyosteoderma (Sauropterygia, Placodontia) implies turtle‐like fusion pattern of the carapace

W Wang, F Ma, C Li - Papers in Palaeontology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Placodonts are a group of turtle‐like animals, including placochelyids that are restricted
entirely to the Triassic Tethyan realm. Their fossil remains are rare compared with other …

[HTML][HTML] Palynological and sedimentological implications of the sauropterygian Upper Triassic site of El Atance (Central Iberian Peninsula)

M García-Ávila, R De la Horra… - Review of Palaeobotany …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study presents new palynological and sedimentological data concerning the Upper
Triassic outcrop El Atance (Guadalajara province, Spain). This fossil site has provided a …

Sauropterygia: Placodontia

TM Scheyer, N Klein - Vertebrate skeletal histology and …, 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
Placodonts are a clade of small to medium-sized marine reptiles from the Triassic that are
characterized by crushing dentition (hence the name of the clade) and more or less …

Middle–Upper Triassic marine vertebrates of Mallorca (Balearic Islands, western Mediterranean)

R Matamales-Andreu, O Oms, À Galobart… - Historical …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
During the Triassic, many groups of predatory marine reptiles appeared and diversified. On
Mallorca, fossils of marine reptiles have been found in Muschelkalk (Anisian–Ladinian) and …

Novel placodont material and paleoenvironment analysis of Triassic deposits of Rocha da Pena (Algarve, southern Portugal)

MR Ruciński - 2020 - search.proquest.com
The Triassic deposits of the Algarve region have been known for almost 200 years with the
first vertebrate fossil descriptions published in 1976 by Palain and in 1977 by Russell and …

Characterization of Marine Environments from the Aspiring Geopark Algarvensis Loulé-Silves-Albufeira

A Pierożyńska - 2021 - search.proquest.com
Os municípios de Loulé, Silves e Albufeira, em conjunto com a Universidade do Algarve,
através do seu Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental-CIMA, juntaram-se para …