Essays about: "Mosasauridae"

Found 3 essays containing the word Mosasauridae.

  1. 1. Diversity and Ecology of a Middle Campanian (Late Cretaceous) Marine Reptile Assemblage from Skåne, Southern Sweden

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Lena Källsten; [2015]
    Keywords : Landmark morphometrics; Marine amniotes; Cretaceous; Mosasauridae; Plesiosauridae; Aigialosuchus; Landmärkesbaserad morfometri; marina amnioter; Kritaperioden; Mosasauridae; Plesiosauridae; Aigialosuchus;

    Abstract : This study has looked at an assemblage of fossilised teeth from Mesozoic marine amniotes from the Kristianstad basin in southern Sweden in order to make an estimate of the ecomorph diversity within said assemblage through looking at the morphology of the teeth. This was done as a pilot study to see if further studies would be able to produce worthwhile results. READ MORE

  3. 2. Long bone and vertebral microanatomy and osteo-histology of ’Platecarpus’ ptychodon (Reptilia, Mosasauridae) : implications for marine adaptations

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Miriam Heingård; [2014]
    Keywords : benhistologi; mikroanatomi; mosasaurier; akvatisk anpassning; tillväxthastighet; bone histology; bone microanatomy; mosasaurs; aquatic adaptations; growth rate; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The inner bone architecture and histology provide information about life history traits of extant as well as extinct animals. Mosasaurs (family Mosasauridae) are a group of secondarily adapted marine squamates that radiated in the Late Cretaceous, resulting in the evolution of a body plan adapted for pelagic habitats. READ MORE

  4. 3. Early Campanian mosasaurs (Reptilia; Mosasauridae) from the Kristianstad Basin, southern Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Johan Lindgren; [1998]
    Keywords : Mosasauridae; Clidastes; Platecarpus; Hainosaurus; mosasaur; Cretaceous; Campanian; Kristianstad; Skåne; Sweden; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Marine strata of latest early Campanian age from the Kristianstad Basin in Skåne, southern Sweden, have yielded a diverse mosasaur fauna comprising four taxa: Clidastes? sp., Platecarpus cf. somenensis, Hainosaurus? ivoensis and Mosasauridae sp. READ MORE