- the
holotype of a new
genus and
species he
named Mesosaurus tenuidens in 1865.
Since then,
Mesosaurus remains have also been
identified from
South America...
-
Diapsida as the
sister group to Neodiapsida. In 2012 it was
revealed that
Mesosaurus has
holes at the back of the
skull called lower temporal fenestrae, a...
-
semiaquatic life in a
marine environment. The
earliest marine reptile was
Mesosaurus (not to be
confused with Mosasaurus),
which arose in the
Permian period...
-
different continents,
suggesting that they were once joined. The
fossils of
Mesosaurus, a
freshwater reptile rather like a
small crocodile,
found both in Brazil...
-
Brazilosaurus sanpauloensis and
Mesosaurus tenuidens. For most of the 20th century,
information of
Stereosternum was
reported as
Mesosaurus.
Unlike previous interpretations...
- and
presumably similar habit. One of the best
known early reptiles is
Mesosaurus, a
genus from the
Early Permian that had
returned to water,
feeding on...
- had been in
their present position; similarly, the
freshwater reptile Mesosaurus has been
found in only
localized regions of the
coasts of
Brazil and West...
- Laurin,
Michel (2012). "Cranial
morphology of the
Early Permian mesosaurid Mesosaurus tenuidens and the
evolution of the
lower temporal fenestration re****essed"...
- to life in the
marine realm: Mesosauridae:
Early Permian Stereosternum Mesosaurus Pseudopalatinae: Late Tri****ic
Mystriosuchus Dolichosauridae: Late Cretaceous...
- as the Age of Reptiles). One of the best
known early stem-reptiles is
Mesosaurus, a
genus from the
Early Permian that had
returned to water,
feeding on...
