Salt glands in the Jurassic metriorhynchid Geosaurus: Implications for the evolution of osmoregulation in Mesozoic marine crocodyliforms

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 79-84

  Fernández, Marta ^a   Gasparini, Zulma ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Geosaurus araucanensis; Jurassic; Salt gland

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ADAPTATION; FOSSIL RECORD; JURASSIC; MORPHOLOGY; OSMOREGULATION; PHYLOGENY; REPTILE; SALT; SEAWATER; SKULL;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; ESTUARY; FOSSIL; GEOSAURUS ARAUCANENSIS; HYPERTROPHY; HYPOTHESIS; MARINE SPECIES; MESOZOIC; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; PHYLOGENY; PLASMA OSMOLALITY; REPTILE; SALT GLAND; SODIUM EXCRETION;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSILS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NASAL CAVITY; REPTILES; SALT GLAND; SEAWATER; SKULL;

ARGENTINA; NEUQUEN BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

CHELONIIDAE; CROCODYLIFORMES; METRIORHYNCHIDAE; REPTILIA; SAUROPSIDA;

EID: 36649031822     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-007-0296-1     Document Type: Article

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