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cladistic analyses found that this
group is
actually a
subfamily of
pliosaurids, and
possibly even the "crown group" of Pliosauridae. The
following cladogram...
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present diagnostics to
concretely distinguish Kronosaurus from
other pliosaurids,
these same two
skeletons are
proposed as
potential neotypes for ****ure...
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coming from
other pliosaurid genera.
Liopleurodon is a
representative of the Thal****ophonea clade, a
derived group of
pliosaurids characterized by a...
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considered undiagnostic.
Species of this
genus are
differentiated from
other pliosaurids based on
seven autapomorphies,
including teeth that are
triangular in...
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evidence for a gracile,
longirostrine grade of Early-Middle Jur****ic
pliosaurids".
Special Papers in Palaeontology. 86: 109–129. Sato, Tamaki; Xiao-Chun...
- Thal****ophonea is an
extinct clade of
pliosaurids from the
Middle Jur****ic to the
early Late
Cretaceous (Callovian to Turonian) of Australia, Europe,...
- It is one of the
largest and most
complete pliosaurid specimens.
Sachicasaurus is one of four
pliosaurids from the Paja Formation,
others being Acostasaurus...
- than
other pliosaurids and was more stable, so it
probably used
different feeding methods to
avoid competition.
Unlike the
other pliosaurids of the Oxford...
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Exactly how
pliosaurids are
related to
other plesiosaurs is uncertain. In 1940,
palaeontologist Theodore E.
White considered pliosaurids to be
close relatives...
- from a
ridge on the end of the nose to the
nasal region.
Differing from
pliosaurids,
Leptocleidus had single-headed
cervical ribs and a deep
depression in...
