A new marine reptile from the Triassic of China, with a highly specialized feeding adaptation

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 251-259

  Cheng, Long ^a   Chen, Xiao Hong ^a   Shang, Qing Hua ^b   Wu, Xiao Chun ^c  

^a Wuhan Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^c CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bottom filter feeding; China; Diapsida; Middle Triassic; Yunnan

Indexed keywords

ANISIAN; DENTITION; FAUNA; FEEDING; NEW SPECIES; REPTILE; TOOTH; TRIASSIC;

CHINA; LUOPING; YUNNAN;

ANISIA; ARCHOSAURIFORMES; INVERTEBRATA; REPTILIA; SAURIA; SAUROPTERYGIA;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; DENTITION; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; JAW; PHYSIOLOGY; REPTILE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOOTH;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CHINA; DENTITION; FOSSILS; JAW; REPTILES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOOTH;

EID: 84896114076     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-014-1148-4     Document Type: Article

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