预测身体长度和评估尾部驱动的中纪海洋爬行动物的形状

Valentin Fischer1, Aymeric Rogé1,2, Romain Cottereau1,3

  • 1Evolution & Diversity Dynamics Lab, UR Geology, Université de Liège, Liège, Belgium.

Biology letters
|September 16, 2025
PubMed
概括

现在可以使用干部和脊椎测量来估计古代海洋爬行动物的身体长度. 对于这些已灭绝的顶级捕食者来说,骨代理更有效,而不是家族遗传的归因.

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