2019 in reptile paleontology: Difference between revisions

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* A study on the [[Ontogeny|ontogenetic]] variation in the anatomy of the braincases of members of the genus ''Stenopterygius'' is published by Miedema & Maxwell (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Feiko Miedema |author2=Erin E. Maxwell |year=2019 |title=Ontogeny of the braincase in ''Stenopterygius'' (Reptilia, Ichthyosauria) from the Lower Jurassic of Germany |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=39 |issue=4 |pages=e1675164 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2019.1675164 |s2cid=209439995 |doi-access=free }}</ref>

* Description of new ophthalmosaurid fossils from the Upper Jurassic of the Slottsmøya Member Lagerstätte ([[Spitsbergen]], [[Norway]]) and a study on the phylogenetic relationships of ophthalmosaurid specimens from the Slottsmøya Member Lagerstätte is published by Delsett ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Lene L. Delsett |author2=Aubrey J. Roberts |author3=Patrick S. Druckenmiller |author4=Jørn H. Hurum |year=2019 |title=Osteology and phylogeny of Late Jurassic ichthyosaurs from the Slottsmøya Member Lagerstätte (Spitsbergen, Svalbard) |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=64 |issue=4 |pages=717–743 |doi=10.4202/app.00571.2018 |s2cid=210294877 |doi-access=free |hdl=10852/76089 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>

* A revision of the [[type series]] of all three species of ''[[Undorosaurus]]'' is published by Zverkov & Efimov (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Nikolay G. Zverkov |author2=Vladimir M. Efimov |year=2019 |title=Revision of ''Undorosaurus'', a mysterious Late Jurassic ichthyosaur of the Boreal Realm |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=17 |issue=14 |pages=1183–1213 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2018.1515793 |bibcode=2019JSPal..17.1183Z |s2cid=91912834 |url=https://figshare.com/articles/Revision_of_i_Undorosaurus_i_a_mysterious_Late_Jurassic_ichthyosaur_of_the_Boreal_Realm/7624868 }}</ref>

* 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 |pages=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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* 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>

* Redescription of the [[holotype]] specimen of ''[[Nanhsiungchelys]] wuchingensis'' is published by Tong & Li (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Haiyan Tong |author2=Lu Li |year=2019 |title=A revision of the holotype of ''Nanhsiungchelys wuchingensis'', Ye, 1966 (Testudines: Cryptodira: Trionychoidae: Nanhsiungchelyidae) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=95 |pages=151–163 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.11.003 |s2cid=133937906 }}</ref>

* 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>

* A revision of the fossil record of the non-[[Baenidae|baenid]] members of the clade [[Paracryptodira]] is published by Joyce & Anquetin (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Walter G. Joyce |author2=Jérémy Anquetin |year=2019 |title=A review of the fossil record of nonbaenid turtles of the clade Paracryptodira |journal=Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History |volume=60 |issue=2 |pages=129–155 |doi=10.3374/014.060.0204 |s2cid=203780510 |url=http://osf.io/8v6mx/ }}</ref>

* Description of fossils of ''[[Ordosemys]] leios'' from the Lower Cretaceous [[Mengyin Formation]] ([[China]]), and a study on their implications for inferring the ecology of this species and the age of the [[Luohandong Formation]] of the [[Ordos Basin]], is published by Li ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Da-Qing Li |author2=Chang-Fu Zhou |author3=Lan Li |author4=Jing-Tao Yang |author5=Longfeng Li |author6=Márton Rabi |year=2019 |title=The sinemydid turtle ''Ordosemys'' from the Lower Cretaceous Mengyin Formation of Shandong, China and its implication for the age of the Luohandong Formation of the Ordos Basin |journal=PeerJ |volume=7 |pages=e6229 |doi=10.7717/peerj.6229 |pmid=30671300 |pmc=6338100 |doi-access=free }}</ref>

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* 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 high-resolution μCT, and the consequences for early amniote phylogeny |journal=Papers in Palaeontology |volume=5 |issue=2 |pages=197–239 |doi=10.1002/spp2.1236 |s2cid=92485505 |doi-access=free }}</ref>

* 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 |pages=Article ID 20182185 |doi=10.1098/rspb.2018.2185 |pmid=30963837 |pmc=6408890 }}</ref>

* 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 Morgan-Richards |author3=Elizabeth E. Daly |author4=Steven A. Trewick |year=2019 |title=Tuatara and a new morphometric dataset for Rhynchocephalia: Comments on Herrera-Flores ''et al.'' |journal=Palaeontology |volume=62 |issue=2 |pages=321–334 |doi=10.1111/pala.12402 |s2cid=134902015 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Jorge A. Herrera-Flores |author2=Thomas L. Stubbs |author3=Michael J. Benton |year=2019 |title=Reply to comments on: Macroevolutionary patterns in Rhynchocephalia: is the tuatara (''Sphenodon punctatus'') a living fossil? |journal=Palaeontology |volume=62 |issue=2 |pages=335–338 |doi=10.1111/pala.12404 |hdl=1983/846d212a-6eb6-494e-855f-e0684bede158 |s2cid=133726749 |url=https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/files/198134843/Full_text_PDF_accepted_author_manuscript_.pdf }}</ref>

* 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>