Ichthyosaurs from the French Rhaetian indicate a severe turnover across the Triassic–Jurassic boundary

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1027-1040

  Fischer, Valentin ^a,b   Cappetta, Henri ^c   Vincent, Peggy ^d   Garcia, Géraldine ^e   Goolaerts, Stijn ^b,f   Martin, Jeremy E ^g   Roggero, Daniel ^h   Valentin, Xavier ^e,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^h Association de Recherches Paléontologiques du Var ^*  (France)

ⁱ Association de Recherches Paléontologiques du Var   (France)

Author keywords

Ichthyosauria; Latest Triassic extinction; Rhaetian; Shastasauridae; Turnover

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; ICHTHYOFAUNA; JURASSIC; MASS EXTINCTION; NORIAN; REPTILE; RHAETIAN;

FRANCE;

ICHTHYOSAURIA;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BONE; FOSSIL; FRANCE; REPTILE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FOSSILS; FRANCE; REPTILES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84912018523     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-014-1242-7     Document Type: Article

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