Open AccessNew highly pachyostotic nothosauroid interpreted as a filter-feeding Triassic marine reptile
Author(s) -
Carlos de Miguel Chaves,
Francisco Ortega,
Adán PérezGarcía
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
biology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.596
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1744-957X
pISSN - 1744-9561
DOI - 10.1098/rsbl.2018.0130
Subject(s) - biology , trophic level , taxon , adaptation (eye) , ecology , paleontology , zoology , neuroscience
Two well-preserved specimens of a new eosauropterygian from the Upper Triassic of Central Spain are attributed to a new taxon,Paludidraco multidentatus gen. et sp. nov. It is a member of Simosauridae that presents several exclusive characters suggesting a highly specialized trophic adaptation. This discovery increases the already high ecological disparity of the Triassic marine reptiles.
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