Equatorial pliosaurid from Venezuela marks the youngest South American occurrence of the clade

Abstract Pliosaurids were the dominant macropredators in aquatic environments at least since the Middle Jurassic until their extinction in the early Late Cretaceous. Until very recently, the Cretaceous record of Pliosauridae has been poor and difficult to interpret from the taxonomic and phylogeneti...

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Main Authors: Dylan Bastiaans, Daniel Madzia, Jorge D. Carrillo-Briceño, Sven Sachs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94515-8