A new Miocene skate from the Central Paratethys (Upper Austria): the first unambiguous skeletal record for the Rajiformes (Chondrichthyes: Batomorphii)
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DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2018.1486336
Abstract: A new fossil skate, Ostarriraja parva gen. et sp. nov., represented by a single partial articulated skeleton collected from the early Miocene fish-bearing strata of Upper Austria, is described here in detail. This taxon exhibits… read more here.
Keywords: miocene; skeletal record; central paratethys; new miocene ... See more keywords
New Miocene Caribbean gavialoids and patterns of longirostry in crocodylians
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DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2018.1495275
Abstract: Gavialoidea is a clade of slender- and long-snouted crocodylomorphs with a single living species, the Indian gharial Gavialis gangeticus. Because elongated snouts (longirostry) have evolved independently in several crocodylomorph clades, this head shape has been… read more here.
Keywords: caribbean gavialoids; shape; new miocene; patterns longirostry ... See more keywords