A longirostrine Temnodontosaurus (Ichthyosauria) with comments on Early Jurassic ichthyosaur niche partitioning and disparity

Palaeontology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 995-1005

  Martin, Jeremy E ^a   Fischer, Valentin ^b,c   Vincent, Peggy ^d   Suan, Guillaume ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^d STAATLICHES MUSEUM FÜR NATURKUNDE   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Anoxic event; Ichthyosauria; Jaw mechanics; Temnodontosaurus; Toarcian

Indexed keywords

AMMONITE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; JURASSIC; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NEW GENUS; REPTILE; SKELETON; STRATIGRAPHY; TOARCIAN;

FRANCE; LYONS; RHONE; RHONE-ALPES;

AMMONOIDEA; ICHTHYOSAURIA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84866464307     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01159.x     Document Type: Article

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