2019 in reptile paleontology: Difference between revisions

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* 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 }}</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 mode of this animal, is published by Griebeler & Klein (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Eva M. Griebeler |author2=Nicole Klein |year=2019 |title=Life‐history strategies indicate live‐bearing in ''Nothosaurus'' (Sauropterygia) |journal=Palaeontology |volume=62 |issue=4 |pages=697–713 |doi=10.1111/pala.12425 }}</ref>

* 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, is published online by Surmik ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=D. Surmik |author2=M. Dulski |author3=B. Kremer |author4=J. Szade |author5=R. Pawlicki |year=2019 |title=Iron-mediated deep-time preservation of osteocytes in a Middle Triassic reptile bone |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=in33 press|issue=2 |pages=186–193 1–8|doi=10.1080/08912963.2019.1599884 }}</ref>

* 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=29 |issue=1 |pages=137–150 |doi=10.1016/j.palwor.2019.05.006 }}</ref>

* 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 }}</ref>

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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 }}</ref>

* A diverse assemblage of [[Archosauriformes|archosauriform]] teeth is described from the [[Upper Triassic]] [[Tiki Formation]] ([[India]]) by Ray, Bhat & Datta (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Sanghamitra Ray |author2=Mohd Shafi Bhat |author3=P. M. Datta |year=2019 |title=First record of varied archosauriforms from the Upper Triassic of India based on isolated teeth, and their biostratigraphic implications |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=in33 press|issue=2 |pages=237–253 1–17|doi=10.1080/08912963.2019.1609957 }}</ref>

* 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 |pages=e7970 |doi=10.7717/peerj.7970 |pmid=31720109 |pmc=6839518 }}</ref>

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* A study on the anatomy, [[ecomorphology]] and bone microstructure of members of [[Proterochampsia]], and on their implications for inferring the lifestyles of these reptiles, is published by Arcucci, Previtera & Mancuso (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Andrea Arcucci |author2=Elena Previtera |author3=Adriana C. Mancuso |year=2019 |title=Ecomorphology and bone microstructure of Proterochampsia from the Chañares Formation |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=64 |issue=1 |pages=157–170 |doi=10.4202/app.00536.2018 }}</ref>

* 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 }}</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=in33 press|issue=2 |pages=272–282 1–11|doi=10.1080/08912963.2019.1613652 }}</ref>

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