High diversity in cretaceous ichthyosaurs from Europe prior to their extinction.

Ichthyosaurs are reptiles that inhabited the marine realm during most of the Mesozoic. Their Cretaceous representatives have traditionally been considered as the last survivors of a group declining since the Jurassic. Recently, however, an unexpected diversity has been described in Upper Jurassic-Lo...

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Main Authors: Valentin Fischer, Nathalie Bardet, Myette Guiomar, Pascal Godefroit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3897400?pdf=render