Macropredatory ichthyosaur from the Middle Triassic and the origin of modern trophic networks

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1393-1397

  Fröbisch, Nadia B ^a   Fröbisch, Jörg ^a   Sander, P Martin ^b   Schmitz, Lars ^c,e   Rieppel, Olivier ^d  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^e SCRIPPS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; DENTIN; DINOSAUR; END PERMIAN MASS EXTINCTION; MANDIBLE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MASS EXTINCTION; MESOZOIC; MIDDLE TRIASSIC; NONHUMAN; ORBIT; PALEONTOLOGY; PALEOZOIC; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPOMORPHY; TETRAPOD; THALATTOARCHON SAUROPHAGIS; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH SIZE; TROPHIC LEVEL; WEATHERING;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FOOD CHAIN; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; MARINE BIOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REPTILES; TOOTH;

REPTILIA; TETRAPODA;

EID: 84872832850     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1216750110     Document Type: Article

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