New ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaurs from the European lower cretaceous demonstrate extensive ichthyosaur survival across the jurassic-cretaceous boundary

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Fischer, Valentin ^a,b   Maisch, Michael W ^a,h   Naish, Darren ^c,d   Kosma, Ralf ^e   Liston, Jeff ^f,i   Joger, Ulrich ^e   Krüger, Fritz J ^e   Pérez, Judith Pardo ^g   Tainsh, Jessica ^f   Appleby, Robert M ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e Staatliches Naturhistorisches Museum   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^h National Museums Scotland ^*

ⁱ DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^j CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; ARTICLE; BARREMIAN; BERRIASIAN; CALLOVIAN; CLADISTICS; CLADOGENESIS; EVOLUTION; GERMANY; HAUTERIVIAN; ICHTHYOSAUR; JURASSIC; LOWER CRETACEOUS; MARINE SPECIES; MIDDLE JURASSIC; NONHUMAN; OXFORDIAN; PHYLOGENY; REPTILE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TAXONOMY; UNITED KINGDOM; UPPER CRETACEOUS; ANIMAL; EUROPE; FOSSIL; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMNIOTA; ICHTHYOSAURIA; OPHTHALMOSAURIDAE; OPHTHALMOSAURUS;

ANIMALS; EUROPE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FOSSILS; GEOGRAPHY; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; REPTILES;

EID: 84855319043     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029234     Document Type: Article

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