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There were even
successful groups of
aquatic sphenodontians, such as the
pleurosaurs.
Tuatara were
originally classified as
agamid lizards when they were...
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group was
represented by a
diversity of forms,
including the
aquatic pleurosaurs and the
herbivorous eilenodontines. The
earliest members of Sphenodontinae...
- Jur****ic,
occupying a wide
range of lifestyles,
including the
aquatic pleurosaurs with long snake-like
bodies and
reduced limbs, the
specialized herbivorous...
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consisting of ichthyosaurs, squamates, protorosaurs,
araeoscelidans and
pleurosaurs. Historically, a
variety of
reptiles with
upper fenestrae,
either alone...
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elongation that
typifies the
other two genera. Dupret, V. (2004). The
pleurosaurs:
anatomy and phylogeny.
Revue de Paléobiologie, 9: 61-80.[1] Simões,...
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including it as part of the
clade Leptorhynchia, also
including sapheosaurs,
pleurosaurs,
Kallimodon and Vadasaurus.
Despite being found in
aquatic deposits,...
- for an
aquatic lifestyle,
achieved through the Jur****ic
gradually on
pleurosaurs, a
lifestyle supported by
increased bone
density in its gastralia. It...
- pleurosaurids.
Although this
genus was not as
specialized as the eel-like
pleurosaurs for
aquatic life,
various skeletal features support the idea that it...
- Pamizinsaurus, Ankylosphenodon, the Sphenovipera+Theretairus clade, and
pleurosaurs. A 2017
study utilizing both
parsimony and
bayesian analyses found some...
- (n/a). doi:10.1002/ar.25620. ISSN 1932-8494. Carroll, R. L. (1985). "A
pleurosaur from the
Lower Jur****ic and the
taxonomic position of the Sphenodontida"...
