中国・甘粛省から産出したジュラ紀中期の淡水棲のプレシオサウルス類の化石に関する報告。 ジュラ紀の淡水棲のプレシオサウルス類の化石は世界的に見ても珍しいようです。 季節によって海棲-淡水棲を切り替えていた可能性があるとされています。 論文フリー #とよけら論文紹介
RT @ferwen: The first record of freshwater plesiosaurian from the Middle Jurassic of Gansu, NW China, with its implications to the local pa…
The first record of freshwater plesiosaurian from the Middle Jurassic of Gansu, NW China, with its implications to the local palaeobiogeography https://t.co/XElqg1yv6J
RT @jason_loxton: Neat! I didn't know plesiosaurs (i.e., the long extinct animals depicted as the "Loch Ness monster") lived in fresh water…
Cool! We have Pannoniasaurus, now this... We need a freshwater icthyosaur now.
Neat! I didn't know plesiosaurs (i.e., the long extinct animals depicted as the "Loch Ness monster") lived in fresh water.