Ancestral Body Plan and Adaptive Radiation of Sauropterygian Marine Reptiles
W. Wang, Q. Shang, L. Cheng, X.-C. Wu, C. Li
This study describes an Early Triassic sauropterygian skeleton, identifies its phylogenetic position, and highlights the ancestral body plan and adaptive radiation of marine reptiles.
bioRxiv · Apr 25, 2022Paleontology