Elasmosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) neck flexibility: Implications for feeding strategies

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 124-130

  Zammit, Maria ^a   Daniels, Christopher B ^a   Kear, Benjamin P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cervical vertebra; Elasmosauridae; Feeding strategy; Flexibility; Plesiosaur

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; APHROSAURUS FURLONGI; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CRETACEOUS; ELASMOSAUR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NECK; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; REPTILE; SPINE MOBILITY;

ELASMOSAURIDAE; REPTILIA; SAUROPTERYGIA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 44949219117     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.09.004     Document Type: Article

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