Essays about: "ichthyosaurs"
Found 3 essays containing the word ichthyosaurs.
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1. Testing the Cretaceous Diversity of Ichthyosaurs and Their Extinction Hypotheses Using a Quantitative Approach
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaperAbstract : As portrayed in Before the Dinosaur: the Historical Significance of the Fossil Marine Reptiles, ichthyosaurs, as other Mesozoic marine amniotes, have been unfairly overshadowed by dinosaurs in both popular culture and the field of vertebrate palaeontology. Yet by the effort of dedicated researchers, work on these fish-like marine reptiles had never died out, and in fact a second wave of interest emerged in the late 20th century. READ MORE
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2. Long bone and vertebral microanatomy and osteo-histology of ’Platecarpus’ ptychodon (Reptilia, Mosasauridae) : implications for marine adaptations
University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionenAbstract : 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
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3. Osteo-histology of Mesozoic marine tetrapods : implications for longevity, growth strategies and growth rates
University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionenAbstract : Osteo-histology provides information on age, growth strategies, and lifestyles of both recent and ancient animals. This study deals with the histology of fossilized bone from three groups of tetrapods – sea turtles, ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs – all secondarily adapted to marine life, but with rather different bone microstructures. READ MORE
