Global Distribution Achieved by Halisaurine Mosasaurs Explained by a New Discovery from Japan

Global Distribution Achieved by Halisaurine Mosasaurs Explained by a New Discovery from Japan

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Global Distribution Achieved by Halisaurine Mosasaurs Explained by a New Discovery from Japan

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  1. 1 Intro
  2. 2 Sharing Under the Cretaceous Sea: Global Distribution Achieved by Halisaurine Mosasaurs Explained by a New Discovery from Japan
  3. 3 existed in Mesozoic seas
  4. 4 Enter Mosasaurs (Squamata: Mosasauridae)
  5. 5 Squamates = Lizards & Snakes
  6. 6 Introduction to Mosasaurs
  7. 7 Fins or limbs? Both included
  8. 8 Global Mosasaur Distribution
  9. 9 New Material Locality/Horizon
  10. 10 August 9, 2009
  11. 11 Nearly 2 years of acid preparation followed....
  12. 12 A large number of cranial elements (six paired), several vertebrae, and ribs
  13. 13 The State of Preservation
  14. 14 Interspecific Comparisons 1
  15. 15 Remarks on Phosphorosaurus oriliebi (not as aberrant a halisaurine as so thought)
  16. 16 Phosphorosaurus ponpetelegans Konishi et al., 2015
  17. 17 Beautiful and Puzzling
  18. 18 Typical Mosasaur Skull
  19. 19 BFOV analysis
  20. 20 Interpretations/Discussions
  21. 21 Conclusions
  22. 22 Acknowledgments

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