News tagged with sauropterygians
Genetic sex determination let ancient species adapt to ocean life
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new analysis of extinct sea creatures suggests that the transition from egg-laying to live-born young opened up evolutionary pathways that allowed these ancient species to adapt to and thrive ...
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New Eosauropterygian found in Eastern Yunnan, China
The marine Triassic deposits in southwestern China have yielded numerous vertebrate fossils (ichthyosaurians, sauropterygians, thalattosaurians, and fishes). A new eosauropterygian, Diandongosaurus acutidentatus ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 01, 2011 |
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Long recovery from the largest extinction in history revealed in China's new fossil site
A major new fossil site in south-west China has filled in a sizeable gap in our understanding of how life on this planet recovered from the greatest mass extinction of all time, according to a paper co-authored ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Dec 22, 2010 |
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