A basal thunnosaurian from Iraq reveals disparate phylogenetic origins for cretaceous ichthyosaurs

Biology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Fischer, Valentin ^a,b   Appleby, Robert M ^c   Naish, Darren ^d   Liston, Jeff ^e,f,g,h   Riding, James B ⁱ   Brindley, Stephen ^j   Godefroit, Pascal ^a  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^h YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

ⁱ BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^j Watson Peat Building   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Baracromia; Early cretaceous; Malawania anachronus; Parvipelvia

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ANCESTRY; CRETACEOUS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; TAXONOMY; VERTEBRATE;

IRAQ;

THUNNOSAURIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BARACROMIA; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GENETICS; IRAQ; LOWER CRETACEOUS; MALAWANIA ANACHRONUS; PARVIPELVIA; PHYLOGENY; REPTILE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

BARACROMIA; EARLY CRETACEOUS; MALAWANIA ANACHRONUS; PARVIPELVIA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; GENETIC SPECIATION; IRAQ; PHYLOGENY; REPTILES;

EID: 84880837623     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0021     Document Type: Article

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