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This '''list of [[fossil]] [[reptile]]s described in 2019''' is a list of new [[taxa]] of fossil reptiles that were [[binomial nomenclature|described]] during the year 2019, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to reptile [[paleontology]] that occurred in 2019.
==Lizards and snakes==
===Research===
* A study aiming to test which ecological and developmental traits have influenced skull evolution in the [[Squamata|squamate]] reptiles, based on data from extant and extinct taxa, is published by Watanabe ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Akinobu Watanabe |author2=Anne-Claire Fabre |author3=Ryan N. Felice |author4=Jessica A. Maisano |author5=Johannes Müller |author6=Anthony Herrel |author7=Anjali Goswami |year=2019 |title=Ecomorphological diversification in squamates from conserved pattern of cranial integration |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |volume=116 |issue=29 |pages=14688–14697 |doi=10.1073/pnas.1820967116 |pmid=31262818 |pmc=6642379 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* A new assemblage of lizard tracks, representing the largest such assemblage yet reported from the [[Cretaceous]], is described from the [[Lower Cretaceous]] [[Jinju Formation]] ([[South Korea]]) by Kim ''et al.'' (2019), who name a new [[ichnotaxon]] ''[[Neosauroides]] innovatus''.<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Kyung Soo Kim |author2=Jong Deock Lim |author3=Martin G. Lockley |author4=Dong Hee Kim |author5=Laura Piñuela |author6=Jae Sang Yoo |year=2019 |title=Largest Cretaceous lizard track assemblage, new morphotypes and longest trackways comprise diverse components of an exceptional Korean Konservat-Lagerstätten ichnofauna |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=9 |
* New specimen of ''[[Yabeinosaurus]] robustus'', preserving traces of integument and abdominal contents, is described by Xing ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Lida Xing |author2=Kechung Niu |author3=Rod S. Taylor |author4=Susan E. Evans |year=2019 |title=Integumentary remains and abdominal contents in the Early Cretaceous Chinese lizard, ''Yabeinosaurus'' (Squamata), demonstrate colour banding and a diet including crayfish |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=108 |article-number=104320 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104320 |s2cid=210262098 |url=https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10089773/1/Yabeinosaurus%20MS.pdf }}</ref>
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* An almost complete and articulated fossil skull of the [[La Palma giant lizard]] is described from the [[Pleistocene]] of the [[La Palma]] island ([[Canary Islands]]) by Cruzado-Caballero ''et al.'' (2019), who also study the phylogenetic relationships of extant and fossil members of the genus ''[[Gallotia]]''.<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Penélope Cruzado-Caballero |author2=Carolina Castillo Ruiz |author3=Arnau Bolet |author4=Juan Ramón Colmenero |author5=Julio De la Nuez |author6=Ramón Casillas |author7=Sergio Llacer |author8=Federico Bernardini |author9=Josep Fortuny |year=2019 |title=First nearly complete skull of ''Gallotia auaritae'' (lower-middle Pleistocene, Squamata, Gallotiinae) and a morphological phylogenetic analysis of the genus ''Gallotia'' |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=9 |issue=1 |article-number=16629 |doi=10.1038/s41598-019-52244-z |pmid=31719546 |pmc=6851374 |bibcode=2019NatSR...916629C }}</ref>
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* Fossils of ''[[Peltosaurus]] granulosus'' are described from the middle [[Oligocene]] [[Monroe Creek Formation|Monroe Creek]] and upper [[Sharps Formation|Sharps]] formations of [[Sharps Corner, South Dakota]] by Scarpetta (2019), representing the youngest known record of glyptosaurine lizards reported so far.<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Simon G. Scarpetta |year=2019 |title=''Peltosaurus granulosus'' (Squamata, Anguidae) from the middle Oligocene of Sharps Corner, South Dakota, and the youngest known chronostratigraphic occurrence of Glyptosaurinae |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=39 |issue=3 |pages=e1622129 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2019.1622129 |s2cid=196690362 }}</ref>
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* Bochaton ''et al.'' (2019) present equations producing estimations of size and weight of [[monitor lizard]]s on the basis of measurements of their bones, and use them to determine body size and weight of Late Pleistocene monitor lizards known from remains from the Doi Pha Kan rock shelter ([[Thailand]]).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Corentin Bochaton |author2=Pauline Hanot |author3=Stéphane Frère |author4=Julien Claude |author5=Wilailuck Naksri |author6=Prasit Auetrakulvit |author7=Valéry Zeitoun |year=2019 |title=Size and weight estimations of subfossil monitor lizards (''Varanus'' sp. Merrem 1820) with an application to the Hoabinhian assemblage of Doi Pha Kan (Late Pleistocene, Lampang province, Thailand) |journal=Annales de Paléontologie |volume=105 |issue=4 |pages=295–304 |doi=10.1016/j.annpal.2019.05.003 |s2cid=201331999 }}</ref>
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* An isolated tooth of a [[Tylosaurinae|tylosaurine]] mosasaur is described from the [[Turonian]] of the Apennine Carbonate Platform by Romano ''et al.'' (2019), representing the first tylosaurine from [[Italy]] and the southernmost occurrence of a tylosaurine in the northern margin of the Mediterranean [[Tethys Ocean|Tethys]].<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Marco Romano |author2=Riccardo Manni |author3=Enrico Venditti |author4=Umberto Nicosia |author5=Angelo Cipriani |year=2019 |title=First occurrence of a Tylosaurinae mosasaur from the Turonian of the Central Apennines, Italy |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=96 |pages=196–209 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2019.01.001 |s2cid=135342154 }}</ref>
* A study on the phylogenetic relationships of tylosaurine mosasaurs is published by Jiménez-Huidobro & Caldwell (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Paulina Jiménez-Huidobro |author2=Michael W. Caldwell |year=2019 |title=A new hypothesis of the phylogenetic relationships of the Tylosaurinae (Squamata: Mosasauroidea) |journal=Frontiers in Earth Science |volume=7 |article-number=47 |doi=10.3389/feart.2019.00047 |bibcode=2019FrEaS...7...47J |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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* New specimen of ''Najash rionegrina'', consisting of a partial skull and closely associated vertebrae, is described by Garberoglio ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Fernando F. Garberoglio |author2=Raúl O. Gómez |author3=Sebastián Apesteguía |author4=Michael W. Caldwell |author5=María L. Sánchez |author6=Gonzalo Veiga |year=2019 |title=A new specimen with skull and vertebrae of ''Najash rionegrina'' (Lepidosauria: Ophidia) from the early Late Cretaceous of Patagonia |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=17 |issue=18 |pages=1533–1550 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2018.1534288 |s2cid=91780191 }}</ref>
* Description of new fossil material (including eight skulls) of ''Najash rionegrina'', and a study on the implications of these fossils for the knowledge of the evolution of the snake body plan, is published by Garberoglio ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Fernando F. Garberoglio |author2=Sebastián Apesteguía |author3=Tiago R. Simões |author4=Alessandro Palci |author5=Raúl O. Gómez |author6=Randall L. Nydam |author7=Hans C. E. Larsson |author8=Michael S. Y. Lee |author9=Michael W. Caldwell |year=2019 |title=New skulls and skeletons of the Cretaceous legged snake ''Najash'', and the evolution of the modern snake body plan |journal=Science Advances |volume=5 |issue=11 |pages=eaax5833 |doi=10.1126/sciadv.aax5833 |pmid=31799393 |pmc=6867888 |bibcode=2019SciA....5.5833G }}</ref>
* A study on the vertebral microanatomy of extinct aquatic snakes belonging to the families [[Nigerophiidae]], [[Palaeophiidae]] and [[Russelophiidae]] is published by Houssaye ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Alexandra Houssaye |author2=Anthony Herrel |author3=Renaud Boistel |author4=Jean-Claude Rage |year=2019 |title=Adaptation of the vertebral inner structure to an aquatic life in snakes: Pachyophiid peculiarities in comparison to extant and extinct forms |journal=Comptes Rendus Palevol |volume=18 |issue=7 |pages=783–799 |doi=10.1016/j.crpv.2019.05.004 |s2cid=209480050 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* A study on the phylogenetic relationship and evolutionary history of [[caenophidia]]n snakes, as indicated by data from extant taxa and fossil record, is published by Zaher ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Hussam Zaher |author2=Robert W. Murphy |author3=Juan Camilo Arredondo |author4=Roberta Graboski |author5=Paulo Roberto Machado-Filho |author6=Kristin Mahlow |author7=Giovanna G. Montingelli |author8=Ana Bottallo Quadros |author9=Nikolai L. Orlov |author10=Mark Wilkinson |author11=Ya-Ping Zhang |year=2019 |title=Large-scale molecular phylogeny, morphology, divergence-time estimation, and the fossil record of advanced caenophidian snakes (Squamata: Serpentes) |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=14 |issue=5 |pages=e0216148 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0216148 |pmid=31075128 |pmc=6512042 |bibcode=2019PLoSO..1416148Z |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* Revision of [[Dipsadinae|dipsadid]] snake fossils from [[Guadeloupe]] Islands is published by Bochaton ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Corentin Bochaton |author2=Renaud Boistel |author3=Sandrine Grouard |author4=Ivan Ineich |author5=Anne Tresset |author6=Salvador Bailon |year=2019 |title=Fossil dipsadid snakes from the Guadeloupe Islands (French West-Indies) and their interactions with past human populations |journal=Geodiversitas |volume=41 |issue=12 |pages=501–523 |doi=10.5252/geodiversitas2019v41a12 |s2cid=198415595 |url=http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/geodiversitas/41/12 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* Snake fauna from the [[Miocene]] of the Baikadam and Malyi Kalkaman 1 and 2 localities in northeastern [[Kazakhstan]], representing the best-documented Miocene snake assemblage in Central Asia, is described by Ivanov ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Martin Ivanov |author2=Davit Vasilyan |author3=Madelaine Böhme |author4=Vladimir S. Zazhigin |year=2019 |title=Miocene snakes from northeastern Kazakhstan: new data on the evolution of snake assemblages in Siberia |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=31 |issue=10 |pages=1284–1303 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2018.1446086 |s2cid=90976993 }}</ref>
* Description of fossil snake vertebrae from the late [[Pleistocene]] fissure deposits of the [[Minatogawa Man]] site ([[Okinawa Island]], [[Japan]]) is published by Ikeda ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Tadahiro Ikeda |author2=Akio Takahashi |author3=Makoto Manabe |author4=Yoshikazu Hasegawa |year=2019 |title=Snake vertebrae fossils occurred from the Minatogawa Man site, southern part of Okinawajima Island, Ryukyu Archipelago, southwestern Japan |journal=Bulletin of Gunma Museum of Natural History |volume=23 |pages=21–34 |url=http://www.gmnh.pref.gunma.jp/wp-content/uploads/bulletin23_3.pdf }}</ref>
* Description of Pleistocene snake fossils from the Shanyangzhai Cave ([[Hebei]], [[China]])
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Early middle [[Miocene]]
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A [[skink]], a species of ''[[Chalcides]]''. Announced in 2019; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2020.
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''[[Egernia gillespieae]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Kailah M. Thorn |author2=Mark N. Hutchinson |author3=Michael Archer |author4=Michael S. Y. Lee |year=2019 |title=A new scincid lizard from the Miocene of Northern Australia, and the evolutionary history of social skinks (Scincidae: Egerniinae) |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=39 |issue=1 |pages=e1577873 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2019.1577873 |s2cid=155763347 }}</ref>
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A [[skink]], a species of ''[[Egernia]]''.
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''[[Eomadtsoia]]''<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Raúl O. Gómez |author2=Fernando F. Garberoglio |author3=Guillermo W. Rougier |year=2019 |title=A new Late Cretaceous snake from Patagonia: Phylogeny and trends in body size evolution of madtsoiid snakes |journal=Comptes Rendus Palevol |volume=18 |issue=7 |pages=771–781 |doi=10.1016/j.crpv.2019.09.003 |hdl=11336/139595 |s2cid=213774502 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
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A [[Madtsoiidae|madtsoiid]] snake. Genus includes new species ''E. ragei''.
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''[[Gurvelus]]''<ref name=PJ531Alifanov>{{Cite journal|author=V. R. Alifanov |year=2019 |title=Lizards of the families Eoxantidae, Ardeosauridae, Globauridae, and Paramacellodidae (Scincomorpha) from the Aptian–Albian of Mongolia |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=53 |issue=1 |pages=74–88 |doi=10.1134/S0031030119010039 |s2cid=181824832 }}</ref>
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''[[Hoeckosaurus]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Andrej Čerňanský |year=2019 |title=The first potential fossil record of a dibamid reptile (Squamata: Dibamidae): a new taxon from the early Oligocene of Central Mongolia |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=
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''[[Hongshanxi]]''<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Liping Dong |author2=Yuan Wang |author3=Lijie Mou |author4=Guoze Zhang |author5=Susan E. Evans |year=2019 |title=A new Jurassic lizard from China |journal=Geodiversitas |volume=41 |issue=16 |pages=623–641 |doi=10.5252/geodiversitas2019v41a16 |s2cid=204256127 |url=http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/geodiversitas/41/16 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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A lizard belonging to the family [[Globauridae]]. The type species is ''K. aptiana''.
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''[[Lapparentophis|Lapparentophis ragei]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Romain Vullo |year=2019 |title= A new species of ''Lapparentophis'' from the mid-Cretaceous Kem Kem beds, Morocco, with remarks on the distribution of lapparentophiid snakes |journal=Comptes Rendus Palevol |volume=18 |issue=7 |pages=765–770 |doi=10.1016/j.crpv.2019.08.004 |s2cid=210297438 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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''[[Ophisaurus manchenioi]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Hugues-Alexandre Blain |author2=Salvador Bailon |year=2019 |title=Extirpation of ''Ophisaurus'' (Anguimorpha, Anguidae) in Western Europe coincided with the disappearance of subtropical ecosystems at the Early-Middle Pleistocene transition |journal=Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology |volume=520 |pages=96–113 |doi=10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.01.023 |s2cid=135280617 }}</ref>
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''[[Paradorsetisaurus]]''<ref name=Paradorsetisaurus>{{Cite journal|author=V.R. Alifanov |year=2019 |title=Lizards of the families Dorsetisauridae and Xenosauridae (Anguimorpha) from the Aptian-Albian of Mongolia |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=53 |issue=2 |pages=183–193 |doi=10.1134/S0031030119020023 |s2cid=195302163 |url=https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=37068691 |url-access=subscription }}</ref>
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''[[Portunatasaurus]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Michelle Campbell Mekarski |author2=Dražen Japundžić |author3=Katarina Krizmanić |author4=Michael W. Caldwell |year=2019 |title=Description of a new basal mosasauroid from the Late Cretaceous of Croatia, with comments on the evolution of the mosasauroid forelimb |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=39 |issue=1 |pages=e1577872 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2019.1577872 |s2cid=182237952 }}</ref>
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* Two new specimens of ''[[Eretmorhipis]] carrolldongi'', revealing superficial [[Convergent evolution|convergence]] with the modern [[platypus]], are described from the [[Lower Triassic]] [[Jialingjiang Formation]] ([[China]]) by Cheng ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Long Cheng |author2=Ryosuke Motani |author3=Da-yong Jiang |author4=Chun-bo Yan |author5=Andrea Tintori |author6=Olivier Rieppel
* A study on the phylogenetic relationships of [[Ichthyosauria|ichthyosaur]]s will be published by Moon (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author=Benjamin C. Moon |year=2019 |title=A new phylogeny of ichthyosaurs (Reptilia: Diapsida) |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=17 |issue=2 |pages=129–155 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2017.1394922 |hdl=1983/463e9f78-10b7-4262-9643-0454b4aa7763 |s2cid=90912678 |url=https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/files/142491822/Typescript_A_new_phylogeny_of_ichthyosaurs.pdf }}</ref>
* A study on the evolution of ichthyosaur body forms and on its impact on the energy demands of ichthyosaur swimming is published by Gutarra ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Susana Gutarra |author2=Benjamin C. Moon |author3=Imran A. Rahman |author4=Colin Palmer |author5=Stephan Lautenschlager |author6=Alison J. Brimacombe |author7=Michael J. Benton |year=2019 |title=Effects of body plan evolution on the hydrodynamic drag and energy requirements of swimming in ichthyosaurs |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |volume=286 |issue=1898 |
* A study on the flexibility and function of ichthyosaur tails, as indicated by comparisons with shark tails, is published by Crofts, Shehata & Flammang (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=S. B. Crofts |author2=R. Shehata |author3=B. Flammang |year=2019 |title=Flexibility of heterocercal tails: what can the functional morphology of shark tails tell us about ichthyosaur swimming? |journal=Integrative Organismal Biology |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=obz002 |doi=10.1093/iob/obz002 |pmid=33791519 |pmc=7671117 }}</ref>
* A study on the effects of methodology, missing data and exceptional preservation of fossil specimens in [[lagerstätte]]n on known morphological diversity of fossil animals, as indicated by fossil record of ichthyosaurs, is published by Flannery Sutherland ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Joseph T. Flannery Sutherland |author2=Benjamin C. Moon |author3=Thomas L. Stubbs |author4=Michael J. Benton |year=2019 |title=Does exceptional preservation distort our view of disparity in the fossil record? |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |volume=286 |issue=1897 |
* A study on a putative Cretaceous [[mosasaur]] ''"[[Globidens]]" timorensis'' from [[Timor]] is published by Mulder & Jagt (2019), who consider this taxon to be of [[Triassic]] age, and reinterpret it as an ichthyosaur with affinities to the genera ''[[Tholodus]]'' and ''[[Xinminosaurus]]''.<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Eric W.A. Mulder |author2=John W.M. Jagt |year=2019 |title=''Globidens(?) timorensis'' E. VON HUENE, 1935: not a durophagous mosasaur, but an enigmatic Triassic ichthyosaur |journal=Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen |volume=293 |issue=1 |pages=107–116 |doi=10.1127/njgpa/2019/0835 |s2cid=199112423 }}</ref>
* A study on the prevalence and distribution of pathologies in the skeletons of ichthyosaurs from the Lower Jurassic [[Posidonienschiefer Formation]] ([[Germany]]) by Pardo-Pérez, Kear & Maxwell (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Judith M. Pardo-Pérez |author2=Benjamin Kear |author3=Erin E. Maxwell |year=2019 |title=Palaeoepidemiology in extinct vertebrate populations: factors influencing skeletal health in Jurassic marine reptiles |journal=Royal Society Open Science |volume=6 |issue=7 |
* Second specimen of ''[[Wahlisaurus]] massarae'' is reported from a quarry in [[Somerset]] ([[United Kingdom]]), from the base of the [[Blue Lias]] Formation ([[Triassic]]–[[Jurassic]] boundary) by Lomax, Evans & Carpenter (2019), extending known geographic and stratigraphic range of the species.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Dean R. Lomax |author2=Mark Evans |author3=Simon Carpenter |year=2019 |title=An ichthyosaur from the UK Triassic–Jurassic boundary: A second specimen of the leptonectid ichthyosaur ''Wahlisaurus massarae'' Lomax 2016 |journal=Geological Journal |volume=54 |issue=1 |pages=83–90 |doi=10.1002/gj.3155 |s2cid=134448865 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* Partial skeleton of a large ichthyosaur from the [[Lower Jurassic]] ([[Sinemurian]]) of [[Warwickshire]], [[England]] is described by Lomax, Porro & Larkin (2019), who assign this specimen to the species ''[[Protoichthyosaurus]] prostaxalis''.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Dean R. Lomax |author2=Laura B. Porro |author3=Nigel R. Larkin |year=2019 |title=Descriptive anatomy of the largest known specimen of ''Protoichthyosaurus prostaxalis'' (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) including computed tomography and digital reconstruction of a three-dimensional skull |journal=PeerJ |volume=7 |
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* A study on the taxonomy and phylogeny of ichthyosaurs belonging to the genus ''[[Arthropterygius]]'' is published by Zverkov & Prilepskaya (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Nikolay G. Zverkov |author2=Natalya E. Prilepskaya |year=2019 |title=A prevalence of ''Arthropterygius'' (Ichthyosauria: Ophthalmosauridae) in the Late Jurassic—earliest Cretaceous of the Boreal Realm |journal=PeerJ |volume=7 |article-number=e6799 |doi=10.7717/peerj.6799 |pmid=31106052 |pmc=6497043 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* New fossil remains of ''[[Platypterygius]] sachicarum'' (a new skull and associated postcranial remains of upper [[Barremian]] age) are described from Villa de Leyva, [[Colombia]] by Maxwell ''et al.'' (2019), representing the first documented postcranial remains of this species.<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Erin E. Maxwell |author2=Dirley Cortés |author3=Pedro Patarroyo |author4=Mary Luz Parra Ruge |year=2019 |title=A new specimen of ''Platypterygius sachicarum'' (Reptilia, Ichthyosauria) from the Early Cretaceous of Colombia and its phylogenetic implications |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=39 |issue=1 |pages=e1577875 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2019.1577875 |s2cid=146059015 }}</ref>
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''[[Chaohusaurus|Chaohusaurus brevifemoralis]]''<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Jian-dong Huang |author2=Ryosuke Motani |author3=Da-yong Jiang |author4=Andrea Tintori |author5=Olivier Rieppel |author6=Min Zhou |author7=Xin-Xin Ren |author8=Rong Zhang |year=2019 |title=The new ichthyosauriform ''Chaohusaurus brevifemoralis'' (Reptilia, Ichthyosauromorpha) from Majiashan, Chaohu, Anhui Province, China |journal=PeerJ |volume=7 |article-number=e7561 |doi=10.7717/peerj.7561 |pmid=31565558 |pmc=6741286 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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==Sauropterygians==
===Research===
* A study on the
* A study on the
* A study on the [[taphonomy]] of sauropterygian specimens from the Middle Triassic fossil deposit of Winterswijk (the [[Netherlands]]) is published by Heijne, Klein & Sander (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Jelle Heijne |author2=Nicole Klein |author3=P. Martin Sander |year=2019 |title=The uniquely diverse taphonomy of the marine reptile skeletons (Sauropterygia) from the Lower Muschelkalk (Anisian) of Winterswijk, The Netherlands |journal=PalZ |volume=93 |issue=1 |pages=69–92 |doi=10.1007/s12542-018-0438-0 |s2cid=133992814 }}</ref>
* The first subadult specimen of ''[[Psephochelys]] polyosteoderma'', representing the most complete specimen of this taxon reported so far and providing new information on the anatomy of this taxon, is described from south-western [[China]] by Wang, Ma & Li (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Wei Wang |author2=Feimin Ma |author3=Chun Li |year=2019 |title=First subadult specimen of ''Psephochelys polyosteoderma'' (Sauropterygia, Placodontia) implies turtle-like fusion pattern of the carapace |journal=Papers in Palaeontology |volume=6 |issue=2 |pages=251–264 |doi=10.1002/spp2.1293 |s2cid=212865203 }}</ref>
* The first adult specimen of ''[[Sinocyamodus]] xinpuensis'' reported so far is described by Wang, Li & Wu (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Wei Wang |author2=Chun Li |author3=Xiao-Chun Wu |year=2019 |title=An adult specimen of ''Sinocyamodus xinpuensis'' (Sauropterygia: Placodontia) from Guanling, Guizhou, China |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=185 |issue=3 |pages=910–924 |doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zly080 }}</ref>
* Two [[pachypleurosaur]] specimens are described from the Lashio Basin ([[Myanmar]]) by San ''et al.'' (2019), representing the first [[Triassic]] vertebrate fossils from Myanmar reported so far.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Khaing Khaing San |author2=Nicholas C. Fraser |author3=Davide Foffa |author4=Olivier Rieppel |author5=Stephen L. Brusatte |year=2019 |title=The first Triassic vertebrate fossils from Myanmar: Pachypleurosaurs in a marine limestone |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=64 |issue=2 |pages=357–362 |doi=10.4202/app.00594.2019 |s2cid=149583826 |doi-access=free |hdl=20.500.11820/5fa5756a-4e76-4f62-b444-413ff379fbbd |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
* A large marine sauropterygian belonging or related to [[Nothosaur]]oidea is described from the Triassic (probably [[Olenekian]]) [[Sulphur Mountain Formation]] ([[British Columbia]], [[Canada]]) by Scheyer, Neuman & Brinkman (2019), representing one of the oldest records of Sauropterygia and the northernmost occurrence of such animals in the Triassic.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Torsten M. Scheyer |author2=Andrew G. Neuman |author3=Donald B. Brinkman |year=2019 |title=A large marine eosauropterygian reptile with affinities to nothosauroid diapsids from the Early Triassic of British Columbia, Canada |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=64 |issue=4 |pages=745–755 |doi=10.4202/app.00599.2019 |s2cid=204794697 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* A study on life history of ''[[Nothosaurus]]'', as indicated by growth curves determined from [[Humerus|humeral]] [[histology]], and on its implications for inferring reproduction
* Description of microbodies extracted from a bone of ''[[Nothosaurus]]'' from the [[Middle Triassic]] of [[Poland]], reported as morphologically consistent with bone cells of present-day vertebrates,
* An articulated juvenile specimen of ''[[Yunguisaurus]] liae'', providing new information on the anatomy of this species, is described from the [[Ladinian]] [[Falang Formation]] ([[China]]) by Wang ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Xue Wang |author2=Hao Lu |author3=Da-Yong Jiang |author4=Min Zhou |author5=Zuo-Yu Sun |year=2019 |title=A new specimen of ''Yunguisaurus'' (Reptilia; Sauropterygia) from the Ladinian (Middle Triassic) Zhuganpo Member, Falang Formation, Guizhou, China and the restudy of ''Dingxiaosaurus'' |journal=Palaeoworld |volume=
* A study on [[hydrodynamics]] of neck length and thickness in plesiosaurs is published by Troelsen ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Pernille V. Troelsen |author2=David M. Wilkinson |author3=Mehdi Seddighi |author4=David R. Allanson |author5=Peter L. Falkingham |year=2019 |title=Functional morphology and hydrodynamics of plesiosaur necks: Does size matter? |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=39 |issue=2 |pages=e1594850 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2019.1594850 |s2cid=181587237 |url=https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/10242/1/Troelsen%20et%20al.pdf }}</ref>
* Pathological fusions of neck vertebrae are reported in four plesiosaur specimens from different geological horizons by Sassoon (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author=Judyth Sassoon |year=2019 |title=Congenital and late onset vertebral fusions in long necked plesiosaurs: The first report of spondylosis deformans in Sauropterygians |journal=Palaeontologia Electronica |volume=22 |issue=1 |pages=Article number 22.1.1 |doi=10.26879/913 |s2cid=135461586 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* Four teeth of a freshwater plesiosaur are described from the [[Middle Jurassic]] [[Xinhe Formation]] ([[Gansu]], [[China]]) by Gao ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Ting Gao |author2=Da-Qing Li |author3=Long-Feng Li |author4=Jing-Tao Yang |year=2019 |title=The first record of freshwater plesiosaurian from the Middle Jurassic of Gansu, NW China, with its implications to the local palaeobiogeography |journal=Journal of Palaeogeography |volume=8 |
* The first plesiosaur remains from [[Peru]] are described from the Lower Cretaceous [[La Herradura Formation]] by Meza-Vélez &
* A review of the fossil record of Late Cretaceous Antarctic plesiosaurs is published by O'Gorman ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=José Patricio O'Gorman |author2=Rodrigo Otero |author3=Marcelo Reguero |author4=Zulma Gasparini |year=2019 |title=Cretaceous Antarctic plesiosaurs: stratigraphy, systematics and paleobiogeography |journal=Advances in Polar Science |volume=30 |issue=3 |pages=210–227 |doi=10.13679/j.advps.2018.0049 }}</ref>
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* A study on the mobility of the neck of ''[[Cryptoclidus]] eurymerus'' is published by Wintrich ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Tanja Wintrich |author2=René Jonas |author3=Hans-Joachim Wilke |author4=Lars Schmitz |author5=P. Martin Sander |year=2019 |title=Neck mobility in the Jurassic plesiosaur ''Cryptoclidus eurymerus'': finite element analysis as a new approach to understanding the cervical skeleton in fossil vertebrates |journal=PeerJ |volume=7 |article-number=e7658 |doi=10.7717/peerj.7658 |pmid=31720095 |pmc=6842296 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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* A study on bone [[histology]] and ontogeny of the gravid specimen of ''[[Polycotylus]] latipinnus'' displayed at the [[Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History]], and on its implications for interpreting a histological growth series in ''Dolichorhynchops bonneri'', is published by O'Keefe ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=F. R. O'Keefe |author2=P. M. Sander |author3=T. Wintrich |author4=S. Werning |year=2019 |title=Ontogeny of polycotylid long bone microanatomy and histology |journal=Integrative Organismal Biology |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=oby007 |doi=10.1093/iob/oby007 |pmid=33791514 |pmc=7671113 }}</ref>
* Skull and neck bones of an [[Elasmosauridae|elasmosaurid]] plesiosaur are described from the [[Cenomanian]] [[Hegushi Formation]] ([[Japan]]) by Utsunomiya (2019), representing the oldest confirmed elasmosaurid in Japan and in East Asia.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Satoshi Utsunomiya |year=2019 |title=Oldest Elasmosauridae(Plesiosauria) in East Asia from the Upper Cretaceous Goshoura Group, Shishijima Island, southwestern Japan |journal=Bulletin of the Osaka Museum of Natural History |volume=73 |pages=23–35 |doi=10.20643/00001333 }}</ref>
* A postcranial skeleton of an elasmosaurid belonging or related to the genus ''[[Aristonectes]]'' is described from the uppermost [[Maastrichtian]] levels of the [[Lopez de Bertodano Formation]] ([[Seymour Island]], [[Antarctica]]) by O'Gorman ''et al.'' (2019), who report that this specimen is one of the largest known elasmosaurid specimens worldwide.<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=J.P. O'Gorman |author2=S. Santillana |author3=R. Otero |author4=M. Reguero |year=2019 |title=A giant elasmosaurid (Sauropterygia; Plesiosauria) from Antarctica: new information on elasmosaurid body size diversity and aristonectine evolutionary scenarios |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=102 |pages=37–58 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2019.05.004 |s2cid=181725020 }}</ref>
* Description of new fossil material of ''[[Kawanectes]] lafquenianum'' from the upper [[Campanian]]–[[Maastrichtian]] levels of the [[La Colonia Formation]] ([[Argentina]]), extending known stratigraphical range of this taxon and providing new information on diagnostic character states for ''K. lafquenianum'', is published online by O'Gorman (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author=José Patricio O'Gorman |year=2019 |title=First record of ''Kawanectes lafquenianum'' (Plesiosauria, Elasmosauridae) from the La Colonia Formation of Argentina, with comments on the mandibular morphology of elasmosaurids |journal=Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology |volume=44 |issue=1 |pages=176–193 |doi=10.1080/03115518.2019.1687754 |s2cid=213090343 }}</ref>
* Digital [[endocast]]s of two specimens of ''[[Libonectes]] morgani'' and a [[Polycotylidae|polycotylid]] from the [[Turonian]] of Goulmima ([[Morocco]]) are reconstructed by Allemand ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Rémi Allemand |author2=Alexandra Houssaye |author3=Nathalie Bardet |author4=Peggy Vincent |year=2019 |title=Endocranial anatomy of plesiosaurians (Reptilia, Plesiosauria) from the Late Cretaceous (Turonian) of Goulmima (Southern Morocco) |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=39 |issue=2 |pages=e1595636 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2019.1595636 |s2cid=181790183 |url=https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02354078/file/Allemand%20et%20al%202019%20Endocranial%20anatomy%20of%20plesiosaurians.pdf }}</ref>
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''[[Cyamodus|Cyamodus orientalis]]'' <ref>{{cite journal |author1=Wei Wang |author2=Chun Li |author3=Torsten M. Scheyer |author4=Lijun Zhao |year=2019 |title=A new species of ''Cyamodus'' (Placodontia, Sauropterygia) from the early Late Triassic of south-west China |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=17 |issue=17 |pages=
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''[[Glyphoderma|Glyphoderma robusta]]'' <ref>{{cite journal |author1=Jinyuan Hu |author2=Tao Jiang |author3=Zhiguang Li |year=2019 |title=A new species of ''Glyphoderma'' (Reptilia: Placodontia) of Middle Triassic from Fuyuan County, Yunnan Province, China |journal=Journal of Geology |volume=43 |issue=4 |pages=595–598 |url=http://eng.oversea.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?dbCode=cjfq&QueryID=11&CurRec=8&filename=JSDZ201904008&dbname=CJFDLAST2020 |access-date=2020-05-03 |archive-date=2020-09-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913000918/http://eng.oversea.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?dbCode=cjfq&QueryID=11&CurRec=8&filename=JSDZ201904008&dbname=CJFDLAST2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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''[[Leivanectes]]''<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Maria Eurídice Páramo-Fonseca |author2=José Patricio O'Gorman |author3=Zulma Gasparini |author4=Santiago Padilla |author5=Mary Luz Parra Ruge |year=2019 |title=A new late Aptian elasmosaurid from the Paja Formation, Villa de Leiva, Colombia |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=99 |pages=30–40 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2019.02.010 |hdl=11336/127809 |s2cid=134171636 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
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''[[Microcleidus|Microcleidus melusinae]]'' <ref>{{cite journal |author1=Peggy Vincent |author2=Robert Weis |author3=Guy Kronz |author4=Dominique Delsate |year=2019 |title=''Microcleidus melusinae'', a new plesiosaurian (Reptilia, Plesiosauria) from the Toarcian of Luxembourg |journal=Geological Magazine |volume=156 |issue=1 |pages=99–116 |doi=10.1017/S0016756817000814 |bibcode=2019GeoM..156...99V |s2cid=135111068 |url=https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-02298448/file/Vincent%20et%20al.%20-%202019%20-%20Microcleidus%20melusinae%2C%20a%20new%20plesiosaurian%20%28Repti.pdf }}</ref>
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''[[Nothosaurus|Nothosaurus cristatus]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Juliane K. Hinz |author2=Andreas T. Matzke |author3=Hans-Ulrich Pfretzschner |year=2019 |title=A new nothosaur (Sauropterygia) from the Ladinian of Vellberg-Eschenau, southern Germany |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=39 |issue=2 |pages=e1585364 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2019.1585364 |s2cid=155775644 }}</ref>
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==Turtles==
===Research===
* A study on the phylogenetic relationships of living and fossil turtles is published by Evers & Benson (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Serjoscha W. Evers |author2=Roger B. J. Benson |year=2019 |title=A new phylogenetic hypothesis of turtles with implications for the timing and number of evolutionary transitions to marine lifestyles in the group |journal=Palaeontology |volume=62 |issue=1 |pages=93–134 |doi=10.1111/pala.12384 |s2cid=134736808 |url=https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:33a26ae9-a5f6-43b5-ace1-2d17b1dadeb6 }}</ref>
* A study on the evolution and [[Ontogeny|ontogenetic]] development of the akinetic skull of turtles, based on data from extant and fossil taxa, is published by Werneburg & Maier (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Ingmar Werneburg |author2=Wolfgang Maier |year=2019 |title=Diverging development of akinetic skulls in cryptodire and pleurodire turtles: an ontogenetic and phylogenetic study |journal=Vertebrate Zoology |volume=69 |issue=2 |pages=113–143 |doi=10.26049/VZ69-2-2019-01 }}</ref>
* A study on the
* A study on the shell composition in [[Proterochersidae|proterochersids]] and other [[Triassic]] [[Pantestudines|pantestudinates]] is published by Szczygielski & Sulej (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Tomasz Szczygielski |author2=Tomasz Sulej |year=2019 |title=The early composition and evolution of the turtle shell (Reptilia, Testudinata) |journal=Palaeontology |volume=62 |issue=3 |pages=375–415 |doi=10.1111/pala.12403 |s2cid=134011993 }}</ref>
* Fragmentary fossil material of a [[Basal (phylogenetics)|basal]] turtle belonging to the clade [[Mesochelydia]] * Description of new fossil material of ''[[Condorchelys]] antiqua'', and a study on the phylogenetic relationships of early turtles, is published by Sterli, de la Fuente & Rougier (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Juliana Sterli |author2=Marcelo S. de la Fuente |author3=Guillermo W. Rougier |year=2019 |title=New remains of ''Condorchelys antiqua'' (Testudinata) from the Early-Middle Jurassic of Patagonia: anatomy, phylogeny, and paedomorphosis in the early evolution of turtles |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=38 |issue=4 |pages=(1)–(17) |doi=10.1080/02724634.2018.1480112 |s2cid=109556104 |hdl=11336/99525 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
* A study on the endocranial anatomy of ''[[Naomichelys]] speciosa'' is published by Paulina-Carabajal, Sterli & Werneburg (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Ariana Paulina-Carabajal |author2=Juliana Sterli |author3=Ingmar Werneburg |year=2019 |title=The endocranial anatomy of the stem turtle ''Naomichelys speciosa'' from the Early Cretaceous of North America |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=64 |issue=4 |pages=711–716 |doi=10.4202/app.00606.2019 |doi-access=free |hdl=11336/175025 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
* Description of new fossil material of ''[[Peligrochelys]] walshae'' from the [[Paleocene]] ([[Danian]]) [[Salamanca Formation]] ([[Argentina]]), and a study on the phylogenetic relationships of this species, is published by Sterli & de la Fuente (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Juliana Sterli |author2=Marcelo S. de la Fuente |year=2019 |title=Cranial and post-cranial remains and phylogenetic relationships of the Gondwanan meiolaniform turtle ''Peligrochelys walshae'' from the Paleocene of Chubut, Argentina |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=93 |issue=4 |pages=798–821 |doi=10.1017/jpa.2019.11 |s2cid=146608711 }}</ref>
* The only complete shell of ''[[Eocenochelus]]'' identified so far
* Description of new fossil material of ''[[
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* A shell of ''Plesiochelys bigleri'' which might have been trodden on by a large [[Sauropoda|sauropod]] dinosaur, representing the first evidence that these turtles occasionally visited [[tidal flat]] environments, is reported from the Late Jurassic of Porrentruy (Swiss [[Jura Mountains]]) by Püntener ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Christian Püntener |author2=Jean-Paul Billon-Bruyat |author3=Daniel Marty |author4=Géraldine Paratte |year=2019 |title=Under the feet of sauropods: a trampled coastal marine turtle from the Late Jurassic of Switzerland? |journal=[[Swiss Journal of Geosciences]] |volume=112 |issue=2–3 |pages=507–515 |doi=10.1007/s00015-019-00347-0 |s2cid=202565198 |url=http://osf.io/2atnq/ }}</ref>
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* A review of the [[Araripemydidae|araripemydid]] fossil record from Africa is published by Pérez-García (2019), who considers ''Laganemys tenerensis'' to be a [[Synonym (taxonomy)|junior synonym]] of ''[[Taquetochelys]] decorata''.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Adán Pérez-García |year=2019 |title=Identification of the Lower Cretaceous pleurodiran turtle ''Taquetochelys decorata'' as the only African araripemydid species |journal=Comptes Rendus Palevol |volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=24–32 |doi=10.1016/j.crpv.2018.04.004 |bibcode=2019CRPal..18...24P |s2cid=134080281 }}</ref>
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* A study on the mass of North American Pleistocene [[tortoise]]s, on the relationship between the mass of tortoises and their ability to maintain a viable body temperature at low ambient temperatures, and on the implications of this relationships for the knowledge of Pleistocene temperatures in the areas from which tortoise fossils are known, is published by Esker, Forman & Butler (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Donald A. Esker |author2=Steve L. Forman |author3=Dava K. Butler |year=2019 |title=Reconstructing the mass and thermal ecology of North American Pleistocene tortoises |journal=Paleobiology |volume=45 |issue=2 |pages=363–377 |doi=10.1017/pab.2019.6 |s2cid=155216574 }}</ref>
* A study on the phylogenetic relationships and biogeographic origin of tortoises belonging to the genus ''[[Cylindraspis]]'', based on data from near-complete mitochondrial genomes, is published by Kehlmaier ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Christian Kehlmaier |author2=Eva Graciá |author3=Patrick D. Campbell |author4=Margaretha D. Hofmeyr |author5=Silke Schweiger |author6=Albert Martínez-Silvestre |author7=Walter Joyce |author8=Uwe Fritz |year=2019 |title=Ancient mitogenomics clarifies radiation of extinct Mascarene giant tortoises (''Cylindraspis'' spp.) |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=9 |issue=1 |article-number=17487 |doi=10.1038/s41598-019-54019-y |pmid=31767921 |pmc=6877638 |bibcode=2019NatSR...917487K }}</ref>
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* A study on the skeletal anatomy and phylogenetic relationships of ''[[Rhinochelys]] pulchriceps'' is published by Evers, Barrett & Benson (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Serjoscha W. Evers |author2=Paul M. Barrett |author3=Roger B. J. Benson |year=2019 |title=Anatomy of ''Rhinochelys pulchriceps'' (Protostegidae) and marine adaptation during the early evolution of chelonioids |journal=PeerJ |volume=7 |article-number=e6811 |doi=10.7717/peerj.6811 |pmid=31106054 |pmc=6500378 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* Digital endocasts of the brain cavity and endosseous labyrinth of ''Rhinochelys pulchriceps'' are presented by Evers ''et al.'' (2019), who use these endocasts to study [[neuroanatomy]] and [[carotid]] circulation of this species.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Serjoscha W. Evers |author2=James M. Neenan |author3=Gabriel S. Ferreira |author4=Ingmar Werneburg |author5=Paul M. Barrett |author6=Roger B. J. Benson |year=2019 |title=Neurovascular anatomy of the protostegid turtle ''Rhinochelys pulchriceps'' and comparisons of membranous and endosseous labyrinth shape in an extant turtle |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=187 |issue=3 |pages=800–828 |doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz063 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* A gravid specimen of ''[[Desmatochelys padillai]]'', representing the first indisputable gravid marine fossil turtle reported so far, is described from the [[Lower Cretaceous]] of [[Colombia]] by Cadena ''et al.'' (2019), who interpret this specimen as indicating that ''D. padillai'' produced rigid eggs similar to those associated with some extant and fossil freshwater and terrestrial turtles, and unlike flexible eggs produced by extant marine turtles.<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Edwin-Alberto Cadena |author2=Mary L. Parra-Ruge |author3=Juan de D. Parra-Ruge |author4=Santiago Padilla-Bernal |year=2019 |title=A gravid fossil turtle from the Early Cretaceous reveals a different egg development strategy to that of extant marine turtles |journal=Palaeontology |volume=62 |issue=4 |pages=533–545 |doi=10.1111/pala.12413 |s2cid=134446621 }}</ref>
* A specimen of ''Desmatochelys'' belonging or related to the species ''D. lowii'' is described from the lower [[Campanian]] [[Austin Formation]] ([[Coahuila]], [[Mexico]]) by López-Conde ''et al.'' (2019), representing the first record of the family [[Protostegidae]] in the Late Cretaceous of Mexico reported so far.<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Oliver A. López-Conde |author2=Juliana Sterli |author3=Jesús Alvarado-Ortega |author4=María L. Chavarría-Arellano |author5=Héctor Porras-Múzquiz |year=2019 |title=The first record of ''Desmatochelys'' cf. ''D. lowii'' from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) of Coahuila, Mexico |journal=Journal of South American Earth Sciences |volume=94 |article-number=102204 |doi=10.1016/j.jsames.2019.05.020 |bibcode=2019JSAES..9402204L |s2cid=182226555 }}</ref>
* An isolated [[Turtle shell#Carapace|carapacial]] ossicle of a member of the genus ''[[Psephophorus]]'' is described from the lowermost [[Pliocene]] [[Purisima Formation]] ([[California]], [[United States]]) by Fallon & Boessenecker (2019), representing the first occurrence of a sea turtle from this formation.<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Bailey R. Fallon |author2=Robert W. Boessenecker |year=2019 |title=First record of the leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelyidae) from the Mio-Pliocene Purisima Formation of northern California, USA |journal=PaleoBios |volume=36 |pages=ucmp_paleobios_44240 |url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2c38b585 }}</ref>
* An incomplete skeleton of a juvenile sea turtle belonging to the genus ''[[Eochelone]]'' is described from the [[Eocene]] ([[Bartonian]]) of the Gorny Luch locality ([[Krasnodar Krai]], [[Russia]]) by Zvonok ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=E.A. Zvonok |author2=E.V. Syromyatnikova |author3=I.G. Danilov |author4=A.F. Bannikov |year=2019 |title=
* Description of the anatomy of the braincase of a specimen of ''[[Syllomus]] aegyptiacus'' from the [[Miocene]] [[Calvert Formation]] ([[Virginia]], [[United States]]) is published by Matzke & Maisch (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Andreas T. Matzke |author2=Michael W. Maisch |year=2019 |title=The braincase of ''Syllomus aegyptiacus'' Lydekker, 1899 (Reptilia, Testudines) from the Middle Miocene Calvert Formation of Virginia |journal=Palaeodiversity |volume=12 |issue=1 |pages=31–39 |doi=10.18476/pale.v12.a3 |s2cid=155517282 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* Description of turtle fossils from five [[Paleogene]] localities in the [[Crimea]] is published by Zvonok & Danilov (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=E.A. Zvonok |author2=I.G. Danilov |year=2019 |title=Paleogene turtles of Crimea |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=53 |issue=1 |pages=62–73 |doi=10.1134/S003103011901012X |s2cid=181673636 |url=https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=36899662 |url-access=subscription }}</ref>
* A study on turtle remains from five [[Holocene]] localities in [[Thailand|Thai]] central plain, and on their implications for the knowledge of changes of turtle biodiversity in this area over the Holocene, is published by Claude ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Julien Claude |author2=Prasit Auetrakulvit |author3=Wilailuck Naksri |author4=Corentin Bochaton |author5=Valéry Zeitoun |author6=HaiyanTong |year=2019 |title=The recent fossil turtle record of the central plain of Thailand reveals local extinctions |journal=Annales de Paléontologie |volume=105 |issue=4 |pages=305–315 |doi=10.1016/j.annpal.2019.04.005 |s2cid=197569669 }}</ref>
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''[[Axestemys|Axestemys infernalis]]''<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Walter G. Joyce |author2=Donald B. Brinkman |author3=Tyler R. Lyson |year=2019 |title=A new species of trionychid turtle, ''Axestemys infernalis'' sp. nov., from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Hell Creek and Lance formations of the Northern Great Plains, USA |journal=Palaeontologia Electronica |volume=22 |issue=3 |pages=Article number 22.3.72 |doi=10.26879/949 |s2cid=214538408 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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[[Lance Formation]]
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''[[Banhxeochelys]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Rafaella C. Garbin |author2=Madelaine Böhme |author3=Walter G. Joyce |year=2019 |title=A new testudinoid turtle from the middle to late Eocene of Vietnam |journal=PeerJ |volume=7 |article-number=e6280 |doi=10.7717/peerj.6280 |pmid=30805245 |pmc=6383559 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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[[Eocene]] (late [[Bartonian]]–late [[Priabonian]])
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''[[Duboisemys]]''<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Hans-Volker Karl |author2=Amtyaz Safi |author3=Hans-Dieter Philippen |year=2019 |title=Evidences of cheloniophagy by early hominid (''Homo erectus'') during middle of Pleistocene from beds of Trinil's layers in central Java (Indonesia), with an updated list of Trinil's Testudines, and a redescription of ''Duboisemys isoclina'' (Dubois, 1908) |journal=International Journal of Zoology Studies |volume=4 |issue=6 |pages=73–84 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/338411328 }}</ref>
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Karl, Safi & Philippen
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[[Middle Pleistocene]]
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''[[Francemys]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author=A. Pérez-García |year=2019 |title=The African Aptian ''Francemys gadoufaouaensis'' gen. et sp. nov.: new data on the early diversification of Pelomedusoides (Testudines, Pleurodira) in northern Gondwana |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=102 |pages=112–126 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2019.06.003 |s2cid=197575106 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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''[[Ilatardia]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Adán Pérez-García |year=2019 |title=A new member of Taphrosphyini (Pleurodira, Bothremydidae) from the Maastrichtian of Niger |journal=Journal of African Earth Sciences |volume=158 |
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''[[Saxochelys]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Tyler R. Lyson |author2=Jacob L. Sayler |author3=Walter G. Joyce |year=2019 |title=A new baenid turtle, ''Saxochelys gilberti'', gen. et sp. nov., from the uppermost Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Hell Creek Formation: sexual dimorphism and spatial niche partitioning within the most speciose group of Late Cretaceous turtles |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=39 |issue=4 |pages=e1662428 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2019.1662428 |s2cid=208587902 |url=https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/A_new_baenid_turtle_i_Saxochelys_gilberti_i_gen_et_sp_nov_from_the_uppermost_Cretaceous_Maastrichtian_Hell_Creek_Formation_sexual_dimorphism_and_spatial_niche_partitioning_within_the_most_speciose_group_of_Late_Cretaceous_turtles/9944129 |url-access=subscription }}</ref>
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''[[Trinitichelys|"Trinitichelys" maini]]''<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Brent Adrian |author2=Heather F. Smith |author3=Christopher R. Noto |author4=Aryeh Grossman |year=2019 |title=A new baenid, ''"Trinitichelys" maini'' sp. nov., and other fossil turtles from the Upper Cretaceous Arlington Archosaur Site (Woodbine Formation, Cenomanian), Texas, USA |journal=Palaeontologia Electronica |volume=22 |issue=3 |pages=Article number 22.3.81 |doi=10.26879/1001 |s2cid=210136178 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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[[Late Cretaceous]] ([[Cenomanian]])
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[[Woodbine Formation]]
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''[[Wutuchelys]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Haiyan Tong |author2=Julien Claude |author3=Cheng-Sen Li |author4=Jian Yang |author5=Thierry Smith |year=2019 |title=''Wutuchelys eocenica'' n. gen. n. sp., an Eocene stem testudinoid turtle from Wutu, Shandong Province, China |journal=Geological Magazine |volume=156 |issue=1 |pages=133–146 |doi=10.1017/S0016756817000905 |bibcode=2019GeoM..156..133T |s2cid=134788782 }}</ref>
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Early [[Eocene]]
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[[Wutu Formation]]
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===General research===
* A study on the impact of the [[Triassic–Jurassic extinction event]] on archosauromorph reptiles is published by Allen ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Bethany J. Allen |author2=Thomas L. Stubbs |author3=Michael J. Benton |author4=Mark N. Puttick |year=2019 |title=Archosauromorph extinction selectivity during the Triassic–Jurassic mass extinction |journal=Palaeontology |volume=62 |issue=2 |pages=211–224 |doi=10.1111/pala.12399 |s2cid=55009185 |doi-access=free |hdl=1983/e3fc2e40-c849-42ed-99fe-ea17fc26b2ec |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
* A diverse assemblage of [[Archosauriformes|archosauriform]] teeth
* A study on archosauriform teeth assemblage from the [[Middle Triassic]] [[Manda Beds]] ([[Tanzania]]), aiming to determine the taxonomic composition of that collection and its implications for the knowledge of the diversity and evolution of archosauriforms from the Manda Beds, is published by Hoffman ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Devin K. Hoffman |author2=Hunter R. Edwards |author3=Paul M. Barrett |author4=Sterling J. Nesbitt |year=2019 |title=Reconstructing the archosaur radiation using a Middle Triassic archosauriform tooth assemblage from Tanzania |journal=PeerJ |volume=7 |article-number=e7970 |doi=10.7717/peerj.7970 |pmid=31720109 |pmc=6839518 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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* Virtual [[endocast]] of ''[[Proterosuchus]] fergusi'' is reconstructed by Brown ''et al.'' (2019), who evaluate the implications of the endocranial anatomy of this species for the knowledge of its life habits.<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Emily E. Brown |author2=Richard J. Butler |author3=Martín D. Ezcurra |author4=Bhart-Anjan S. Bhullar |author5=Stephan Lautenschlager |year=2019 |title=Endocranial anatomy and life habits of the Early Triassic archosauriform ''Proterosuchus fergusi'' |journal=Palaeontology |volume=63 |issue=2 |pages=255–282 |doi=10.1111/pala.12454 |s2cid=204271968 |url=http://pure-oai.bham.ac.uk/ws/files/71803006/Brown_et_al._in_press.pdf }}</ref>
* Redescription of the anatomy of the [[holotype]] specimen of ''[[Garjainia]] prima'' is published by Ezcurra ''et al.'' (2019), who consider ''Vjushkovia triplicostata'' to be a [[Synonym (taxonomy)|junior synonym]] of ''G. prima''.<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Martín D. Ezcurra |author2=David J. Gower |author3=Andrey G. Sennikov |author4=Richard J. Butler |year=2019 |title=The osteology of the holotype of the early erythrosuchid ''Garjainia prima'' (Diapsida: Archosauromorpha) from the upper Lower Triassic of European Russia |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=185 |issue=3 |pages=717–783 |doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zly061 }}</ref>
* A study on the skull anatomy and
* A study on the anatomy
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* A study on the
* Two new [[Rhadinosuchinae|rhadinosuchine]] [[Proterochampsidae|proterochampsid]] specimens are described from the [[Chañares Formation]] ([[Argentina]]) by Ezcurra ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Martín Daniel Ezcurra |author2=María Belén Von Baczko |author3=María Jimena Trotteyn |author4=Julia Brenda Desojo |year=2019 |title=New proterochampsid specimens expand the morphological diversity of the rhadinosuchines of the Chañares Formation (lower Carnian, northwestern Argentina) |journal=Ameghiniana |volume=56 |issue=2 |pages=79–115 |doi=10.5710/AMGH.25.05.2019.3230 |s2cid=197550418 }}</ref>
* A study on the morphology and affinities of isolated [[phytosaur]] teeth from the Upper Triassic [[Tiki Formation]] ([[India]]) is published online by Datta, Kumar & Ray (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Debajit Datta |author2=Nishant Kumar |author3=Sanghamitra Ray |year=2019 |title=Taxonomic identification of isolated phytosaur (Diapsida, Archosauria) teeth from the Upper Triassic of India and their significances |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=33 |issue=2 |pages=272–282 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2019.1613652 |s2cid=181776675 }}</ref>
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''[[Volcanosuchus]]''<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Debajit Datta |author2=Sanghamitra Ray |author3=Saswati Bandyopadhyay |year=2019 |title=Cranial morphology of a new phytosaur (Diapsida, Archosauria) from the Upper Triassic of India: implications for phytosaur phylogeny and biostratigraphy |journal=Papers in Palaeontology |volume=7 |issue=2 |pages=675–708 |doi=10.1002/spp2.1292 |s2cid=213698017 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/4274207 }}</ref>
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===Research===
* New information on a specimen of the [[mesosaur]] species ''[[Stereosternum]] tumidum'' affected by congenital [[scoliosis]], first described by Szczygielski ''et al.'' (2017),<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Tomasz Szczygielski |author2=Dawid Surmik |author3=Agnieszka Kapuścińska |author4=Bruce M. Rothschild |year=2017 |title=The oldest record of aquatic amniote congenital scoliosis |journal=
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* New information on the anatomy of ''[[Feeserpeton]] oklahomensis'' is presented by MacDougall ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Mark J. MacDougall |author2=Anika Winge |author3=Jasper Ponstein |author4=Maren Jansen |author5=Robert R. Reisz |author6=Jörg Fröbisch |year=2019 |title=New information on the early Permian lanthanosuchoid ''Feeserpeton oklahomensis'' based on computed tomography |journal=PeerJ |volume=7 |article-number=e7753 |doi=10.7717/peerj.7753 |pmid=31687269 |pmc=6825742 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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* Redescription of the [[pareiasaur]] species ''"[[Anthodon (reptile)|Anthodon]]" haughtoni'' from the [[Permian]] [[Usili Formation]] ([[Tanzania]]) is published by Maisch & Matzke (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Michael W. Maisch |author2=Andreas T. Matzke |year=2019 |title=''Anthodon ? haughtoni'' (V. HUENE, 1944), a pareiasaurid (Parareptilia: Pareiasauria) from the Late Permian Usili Formation of Kingori, Ruhuhu Basin, Tanzania |journal=Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen |volume=291 |issue=2 |pages=197–204 |doi=10.1127/njgpa/2019/0796 |s2cid=134218980 }}</ref>
* [[X-ray diffraction]] study of bone fragments of ''[[Deltavjatia]] vjatkensis'' from the Kotelnich vertebrate fossil site ([[Russia]]) is published by Ryanskaya ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=A. D. Ryanskaya |author2=D. V. Kiseleva |author3=O. P. Shilovsky |author4=E. S. Shagalov |year=2019 |title=XRD study of the Permian fossil bone tissue |journal=Powder Diffraction |volume=34 |issue=S1 |pages=S14–S17 |doi=10.1017/S0885715619000174 |bibcode=2019PDiff..34S..14R |s2cid=107655052 }}</ref>
* A study on the composition and structure of bone fragments of ''Deltavjatia vjatkensis'' from the Kotelnich vertebrate fossil site is published by Kiseleva ''et al.'' (2019), who report [[white blood cell]]-like structures, interpreted as possible leukocytes.<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Daria Kiseleva |author2=Oleg Shilovsky |author3=Evgeny Shagalov |author4=Anastasia Ryanskaya |author5=Maria Chervyakovskaya |author6=Elizaveta Pankrushina |author7=Nadezhda Cherednichenko |year=2019 |title=Composition and structural features of two Permian parareptile (''Deltavjatia vjatkensis'', Kotelnich Site, Russia) bone fragments and their alteration during fossilisation |journal=Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology |volume=526 |pages=28–42 |doi=10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.04.015 |bibcode=2019PPP...526...28K |s2cid=146631055 }}</ref>
* A study on the [[Ontogeny|ontogenetic]] changes in long-bone and rib [[histology]] of ''Deltavjatia rossica'' and ''[[Scutosaurus]] karpinskii'' is published by Boitsova ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Elizaveta A. Boitsova |author2=Pavel P. Skutschas |author3=Andrey G. Sennikov |author4=Valeriy K. Golubev |author5=Vladimir V. Masuytin |author6=Olga A. Masuytina |year=2019 |title=Bone histology of two pareiasaurs from Russia (''Deltavjatia rossica'' and ''Scutosaurus karpinskii'') with implications for pareiasaurian palaeobiology |journal=Biological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=128 |issue=2 |pages=289–310 |doi=10.1093/biolinnean/blz094 }}</ref>
* A study on the microstructure of limb bones, a rib fragment and [[osteoderm]]s of ''[[Provelosaurus]] americanus''
* A study on the species richness and morphological diversity of [[Parareptilia|parareptiles]] over the course of their evolutionary history is published by MacDougall, Brocklehurst & Fröbisch (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Mark J. MacDougall |author2=Neil Brocklehurst |author3=Jörg Fröbisch |year=2019 |title=Species richness and disparity of parareptiles across the end-Permian mass extinction |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |volume=286 |issue=1899 |
* A study testing whether the consistent evolutionary size increase in [[Captorhinidae|captorhinids]] led to major
* A study on the anatomy of the [[mandible]] and on the phylogenetic relationships of ''[[Moradisaurus]] grandis'', based on data from new fossil material from the upper Permian [[Moradi Formation]] of [[Niger]], is published by Modesto ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Sean P. Modesto |author2=Courtney D. Richards |author3=Oumarou Ide |author4=Christian A. Sidor |year=2019 |title=The vertebrate fauna of the Upper Permian of Niger—X. The mandible of the captorhinid reptile ''Moradisaurus grandis'' |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=38 |issue=6 |pages=e1531877 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2018.1531877 |s2cid=91675715 }}</ref>
* Redescription of the anatomy of ''[[Orovenator]] mayorum'' and a study on the phylogenetic relationships of this species is published by Ford & Benson (2019), who recover both ''Orovenator'' and [[Varanopidae|varanopids]] (usually regarded as [[synapsid]]s) as [[diapsid]] reptiles.<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=David P. Ford |author2=Roger B. J. Benson |year=2019 |title=A redescription of ''Orovenator mayorum'' (Sauropsida, Diapsida) using
* A study on the early evolution of the diel activity patterns in diapsid lineages, focusing on the common ancestor branch of living birds, is published by Yu & Wang (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Yonghua Wu |author2=Haifeng Wang |year=2019 |title=Convergent evolution of bird-mammal shared characteristics for adapting to nocturnality |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |volume=286 |issue=1897 |
* A study on the [[Morphology (biology)|morphological]] diversity and rates of morphological evolution of extinct and extant [[rhynchocephalia]]ns published by Herrera-Flores, Stubbs & [[Michael Benton|Benton]] (2017)<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Jorge A. Herrera-Flores |author2=Thomas L. Stubbs |author3=Michael J. Benton |year=2017 |title=Macroevolutionary patterns in Rhynchocephalia: is the tuatara (''Sphenodon punctatus'') a living fossil? |journal=Palaeontology |volume=60 |issue=3 |pages=319–328 |doi=10.1111/pala.12284 |s2cid=55955230 |doi-access=free }}</ref> is criticized by Vaux ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Felix Vaux |author2=Mary
* A study on the skull morphology of ''[[Clevosaurus]] hudsoni'' and ''Clevosaurus cambrica'' is published by Chambi-Trowell, Whiteside & Benton (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Sofia A.V. Chambi-Trowell |author2=David I. Whiteside |author3=Michael J. Benton |year=2019 |title=Diversity in rhynchocephalian ''Clevosaurus'' skulls based on CT reconstruction of two Late Triassic species from Great Britain |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=64 |issue=1 |pages=41–64 |doi=10.4202/app.00569.2018 |s2cid=84832388 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* A case study of an [[osteosarcoma]] affecting a [[femur]] of a specimen of ''[[Pappochelys]] rosinae'' is published by Haridy ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Yara Haridy |author2=Florian Witzmann |author3=Patrick Asbach |author4=Rainer R. Schoch |author5=Nadia Fröbisch |author6=Bruce M. Rothschild |year=2019 |title=Triassic cancer—osteosarcoma in a 240-million-year-old stem-turtle |journal=[[JAMA Oncology]] |volume=5 |issue=3 |pages=425–426 |doi=10.1001/jamaoncol.2018.6766 |pmid=30730547 |pmc=6439844 }}</ref>
* A study on the microstructure of bones of ''Pappochelys rosinae'' is published by Schoch ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Rainer R. Schoch |author2=Nicole Klein |author3=Torsten M. Scheyer |author4=Hans-Dieter Sues |year=2019 |title=Microanatomy of the stem-turtle ''Pappochelys rosinae'' indicates a predominantly fossorial mode of life and clarifies early steps in the evolution of the shell |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=9 |
* An isolated vertebra of a [[choristodera]]n reptile is described from the [[Cenomanian]] Essen Greensand Formation ([[Germany]]) by Reiss ''et al.'' (2019), representing the first identifiable European choristoderan from the [[Kimmeridgian]]–[[Campanian]] interval reported so far.<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Stefan Reiss |author2=Udo Scheer |author3=Sven Sachs |author4=Benjamin P. Kear |year=2019 |title=Filling the biostratigraphical gap: first choristoderan from the Lower–mid-Cretaceous interval of Europe |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=96 |pages=135–141 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.12.009 |s2cid=134904339 }}</ref>
* Description of new fossil material of ''[[Khurendukhosaurus]]'' from the [[Albian]] [[Khuren Dukh Formation]] ([[Mongolia]]) and a study on the anatomy and phylogenetic relationships of this reptile is published by Matsumoto ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Ryoko Matsumoto |author2=Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar |author3=Shinobu Ishigaki |author4=Chinzorig Tsogtbaatar |author5=Zorig Enkhtaivan |author6=Susan E. Evans |year=2019 |title=Revealing body proportions of the enigmatic choristodere reptile ''Khurendukhosaurus'' from Mongolia |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=64 |issue=2 |pages=363–377 |doi=10.4202/app.00561.2018 |s2cid=133925482 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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* A study on the anatomy of the braincase and middle and inner ears of ''[[Mesosuchus]] browni'' is published by Sobral & Müller (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Gabriela Sobral |author2=Johannes Müller |year=2019 |title=The braincase of ''Mesosuchus browni'' (Reptilia, Archosauromorpha) with information on the inner ear and description of a pneumatic sinus |journal=PeerJ |volume=7 |article-number=e6798 |doi=10.7717/peerj.6798 |pmid=31198620 |pmc=6535042 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* A study on the anatomy of the [[holotype]] of ''[[Teyujagua]] paradoxa'' and on the phylogenetic relationships of this species is published online by Pinheiro, De Simão-Oliveira & Butler (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Felipe L. Pinheiro |author2=Daniel De Simão-Oliveira |author3=Richard J. Butler |year=2019 |title=Osteology of the archosauromorph ''Teyujagua paradoxa'' and the early evolution of the archosauriform skull |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=189 |issue=1 |pages=378–417 |doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz093 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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''[[Clevosaurus|Clevosaurus hadroprodon]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Annie S. Hsiou |author2=Randall L. Nydam |author3=Tiago R. Simões |author4=Flávio A. Pretto |author5=Silvio Onary |author6=Agustín G. Martinelli |author7=Alexandre Liparini |author8=Paulo R. Romo de Vivar Martínez |author9=Marina B. Soares |author10=Cesar L. Schultz |author11=Michael W. Caldwell |year=2019 |title=A new clevosaurid from the Triassic (Carnian) of Brazil and the rise of sphenodontians in Gondwana |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=9 |issue=1 |article-number=11821 |doi=10.1038/s41598-019-48297-9 |pmid=31413294 |pmc=6694142 |bibcode=2019NatSR...911821H }}</ref>
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* A revision of existing records of marine reptiles known from the Jurassic and Cretaceous of Siberia is published by Rogov ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=M. A. Rogov |author2=N. G. Zverkov |author3=V. A. Zakharov |author4=M. S. Arkhangelsky |year=2019 |title=Marine reptiles and climates of the Jurassic and Cretaceous of Siberia |journal=Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation |volume=27 |issue=4 |pages=398–423 |doi=10.1134/S0869593819040051 |bibcode=2019SGC....27..398R |s2cid=201058264 }}</ref>
* Description of fossils of marine reptiles from the Late Jurassic of the Krzyżanowice locality ([[Poland]]) and a study evaluating the palaeobiogeographic implications of these fossils is published by Tyborowski & Błażejowski (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Daniel Tyborowski |author2=Błażej Błażejowski |year=2019 |title=New marine reptile fossils from the Late Jurassic of Poland with implications for vertebrate faunas palaeobiogeography |journal=Proceedings of the Geologists' Association |volume=130 |issue=6 |pages=741–751 |doi=10.1016/j.pgeola.2019.09.004 |s2cid=210298782 }}</ref>
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