Is omphalosaurus ichthyopterygian?—a phylogenetic perspective

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 295-301

  Motani, Ryosuke ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Royal Ontario Musuem ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034557847     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0295:IOIAPP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Buffrenil, V. de, and J.-M. Mazin. 1990. Bone histology of the ichthyosaurs: comparative data and functional interpretation. Paleobiology 16:435-447.
2. Callaway, J. M., and J. A. Massare. 1989. Geographic and Stratigraphie Distribution of the Triassic Ichthyosauria (Reptilia; Diapsida). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 178:37-58.
3. Carroll, R. L. 1985. Evolutionary constraints in aquatic diapsid reptiles. Special Papers in Palaeontology 33:145-155.
4. Cox, C. B., and D. G. Smith. 1973. A review of the Triassic vertebrate faunas of Svalbard. Geological Magazine 110: 405-418.
5. Dal Sasso, C., and G. Pinna. 1996. Besanosaurus leptorhynchus n. gen. n. sp., a new shastasaurid ichthyosaur from the Middle Triassic of Besano (Lombardy, N. Italy). Paleontologia Lombarda, Nouva Serie 4:3-23.
6. Edmund, A. G. 1960. Tooth replacement phenomena in the lower vertebrates. Life Science Contribution, Royal Ontario Museum 52: 1190.
7. Edmund, A. G. 1969. Dentition; pp. 117-200 in C. Gans, A. d’A. Belair, and T. S. Parsons (eds.), Biology of the Reptilia 1. Academic Press, London.
8. Huene, E von. 1951. Eine neue Ichthyosaurier-Gattung der mitteieren Trias. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 94:80-92.
9. Huene, E von. 1956. Paläontologie und Phylogenie der niederen Tetrapoden. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Jena, 716 pp.
10. Kuhn, O. 1934. Ichthyosauria; pp. 1-75 in W. Quenstedt (ed.), Fossilium Catalogus. 1: Animalia. Pars 63. Junk. Berlin.
11. Mazin, J.-M. 1983. Omphalosaurus nisseri (Wiman 1910), un ichthyoptérygien à denture broyeuse du Trias moyen du Spitsberg. Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, ser 4, 5, C, 2:243-263.
12. Mazin, J.-M. 1986. A new interpretation of the type specimen of Omphalosaurus nevadanus Merriam 1906. Palaeontographica A 195:19-27.
13. Mazin, J.-M., and H. Bucher. 1987. Omphalosaurus nettarhynchus, une nouvelle espèce d’Omphalosauridae (Reptilia, Ichthyopterygia) du Spathien de la Humboldt Range (Nevada, U.S.A.). Comptes Rendus de l’Académie des Sciences, Série II 305:823-828.
14. McGowan, C. 1972. Evolutionary trends in longipinnate ichthyosaurs with particular reference to the skull and forefin. Life Science Contributions, Royal Ontario Museum 83:1-38.
15. Merriam, J. C. 1906. Preliminary note on a new marine reptile from the Middle Triassic of Nevada. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 5:71-79.
16. Merriam, J. C. 1908. Triassic Ichthyosauria, with special reference to the American forms. Memoirs of the University of California 1:1-196.
17. Merriam, J. C. 1911. Notes on the relationships of the marine saurian fauna described from the Triassic of Spitzbergen by Wiman. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 6:317-327.
18. Merriam, J. C., and H. C. Bryant. 1911. Notes on the dentition of Omphalosaurus. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 6:329-332.
19. Motani, R. 1997a. Phylogeny of the Ichthyosauria (Amniota: Reptilia) with special reference to Triassic forms. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Toronto, 384 pp.
20. Motani, R. 1997b. Redescription of the dentition of Grippia longirostris (Ichthyosauria) with a comparison with Utatsusaurus hataii. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17:39-44.
21. Motani, R. 1999. Phylogeny of the Ichthyopterygia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19:472-495.
22. Motani, R., You H., and C. McGowan. 1996. Eel-like swimming in the earliest ichthyosaurs. Nature 382:347-348.
23. Nicholls, E. L., D. B. Brinkman, and J. M. Callaway. 1999. New material of Phalarodon (Reptilia, Ichthyosauria) from the Triassic of British Columbia and its bearing on the interrelationships of mixosaurs. Palaeontographica A 252:1-22.
24. Peyer, B. 1968. Comparative Odontology. University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London. 347 pp.
25. Ricqlès, A. de, and J. R. Bolt. 1983. Jaw growth and tooth replacement in Captorhinus aguti (Reptilia: Captorhinomorpha): a morphological and histological analysis. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 3:7-24.
26. Rieppel, O. 1994. Osteology of Simosaurus gaillardoti and the relationships of stem-group Sauropterygia. Fieldiana Geology, New Series 28:1-85.
27. Sander, P. M., and C. Faber. 1998. New finds of Omphalosaurus and a review of Triassic ichthyosaur paleobiogeography. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 72:149-162.
28. Sheldon, A. 1997. Ecological implications of mosasaur bone microstructure; pp. 333-354 in J. M. Callaway and E. L. Nicholls (eds.), Ancient Marine Reptiles. Academic Press, London and New York.
29. Taylor, M. A. 1994. Stone, bone, and blubber? Buoyancy control strategies in aquatic tetrapods; pp. 151-161 in L Maddock., Q., Bone, and J. M. V. Rayner (eds.) Mechanisms and Physiology of Animal Swimming. Cambridge University Press, New York.
30. Tichy, G. 1995. Ein früher, durophager Ichthyosaurier (Omphalosauridae) aus der Mitteltrias der Alpen. Geologisch-paläontologische Mitteilungen Innsbruck 20:349-369.
31. Wiman, C. 1910. Ichthyosaurier aus der Trias Spitzbergens. Bulletin of the Geological Institution of the University of Upsala 10:124-148.
32. Wiman, C. 1916. Notes on the marine Triassic reptile fauna of Spitzbergen. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 10:63-73.