Skin of the Cretaceous mosasaur Plotosaurus: Implications for aquatic adaptations in giant marine reptiles

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 528-531

  Lindgren, Johan ^a   Alwmark, Carl ^a   Caldwell, Michael W ^b   Fiorillo, Anthony R ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Museum of Nature and Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic adaptation; Collagen; Cretaceous; Integument; Keratin; Mosasaur

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARAB WORLD; COLLAGEN; CRETACEOUS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; HYDRODYNAMICS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; SKIN;

ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CRETACEOUS; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; SKELETON; SKIN; SKIN SURFACE; WATER FLOW;

MOSASAUROIDEA; REPTILIA;

EID: 67749089226     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0097     Document Type: Article

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