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Sauropterygians are
united by a
radical adaptation of
their pectoral girdle,
adapted to
support powerful flipper strokes. Some
later sauropterygians,...
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Paleontology portal History of
science portal Dinosaurs portal This list of
fossil reptiles described in 2015 is a list of new taxa of
fossil reptiles...
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Fossil Hill
Member is a
Middle Tri****ic-aged rock unit. The
Fossil Hill unit
occurs as a
member of both the
Prida and
Favret formations. It outcrops...
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Following is a list of
marine reptiles,
reptiles which are
adapted to life in
marine or
brackish environments. The
following marine reptiles are species...
- and the
sister group of Eosauropterygia,
which includes all
other sauropterygians.
Below is a
cladogram from
Neenan et al. (2013)
showing the position...
- seen as an
adaptation to deep diving. A 2020
study has
posited that
sauropterygians relied on
vertical tail
strokes much like cetaceans. In plesiosaurs...
- tail fluke, smooth,
scaleless skin, and
probably even live birth.
Sauropterygians developed from
terrestrial ancestors soon
after the end-Permian extinction...
- near to + σαῦρος (sauros), lizard) is a
genus of extinct,
large marine sauropterygian reptile that
lived during the
Early Jur****ic. It is
known by nearly...
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diversified rapidly, with
aquatic reptiles such as
ichthyosaurs and
sauropterygians proliferating in the seas. On land, the
first true
archosaurs appeared...
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basal Archosauria), non-avian dinosaurs, pterosaurs, ichthyosaurs, and
sauropterygians. In the late 19th century, a
number of
definitions of
Reptilia were...
