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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 }}</ref>
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===Research===
* 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 |year=2019 |title=Early Triassic marine reptile representing the oldest record of unusually small eyes in reptiles indicating non-visual prey detection |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=Article number 152 |doi=10.1038/s41598-018-37754-6 |pmid=30679783 |pmc=6345829 }}</ref>
* A study on the phylogenetic relationships of [[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 }}</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 |pages=Article ID 20182786 |doi=10.1098/rspb.2018.2786 |pmid=30836867 |pmc=6458325 }}</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 |pages=e7561 |doi=10.7717/peerj.7561 |pmid=31565558 |pmc=6741286 }}</ref>
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* 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 }}</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 }}</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=in press |issue= |pages= 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>
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* 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 taxonomic validity of ''Vjushkovia triplicostata'' is published by Butler ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Richard J. Butler |author2=Andrey G. Sennikov |author3=Emma M. Dunne |author4=Martin D. Ezcurra |author5=Brandon P. Hedrick |author6=Susannah C. R. Maidment |author7=Luke E. Meade |author8=Thomas J. Raven |author9=David J. Gower |year=2019 |title=Cranial anatomy and taxonomy of the erythrosuchid archosauriform ''"Vjushkovia triplicostata"'' Huene, 1960, from the Early Triassic of European Russia |journal=Royal Society Open Science |volume=6 |issue=11 |pages=Article ID 191289 |doi=10.1098/rsos.191289 |pmid=31827861 |pmc=6894557 }}</ref>
* A study on the anatomy and phylogenetic relationships of ''[[Guchengosuchus]] shiguaiensis'' is published by Butler ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Richard J. Butler |author2=Martín D. Ezcurra |author3=Jun Liu  |author4=Roland B. Sookias  |author5=Corwin Sullivan |year=2019 |title=The anatomy and phylogenetic position of the erythrosuchid archosauriform ''Guchengosuchus shiguaiensis''  from the earliest Middle Triassic of China |journal=PeerJ |volume=7 |pages=e6435 |doi=10.7717/peerj.6435 |pmid=30809443 |pmc=6385703 }}</ref>
* A study on the anatomy and phylogenetic relationships of ''[[Chalishevia]] cothurnata'' is published by Butler ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Richard J. Butler |author2=Andrey G. Sennikov |author3=Martín D. Ezcurra |author4=David J. Gower |year=2019 |title=The last erythrosuchid—a revision of ''Chalishevia cothurnata'' from the late Middle Triassic of European Russia |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=64 |issue=4 |pages=757–774 |doi=10.4202/app.00648.2019 }}</ref>
* 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>