-
markedly or the
mixosaurids were more
specialized than
their supposed descendants. Consequently, he
named a new
monotypic order for the
mixosaurids, Mixosauroidea...
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Besanosaurus were more
likely to show
skeletal injuries than the
smaller mixosaurids, but
showed less
frequent injuries than Cymbospondylus,
thought to have...
- P.
fraasi and P. callawayi, and
Contectopalatus contains C. atavus.
Mixosaurids are
characterised by a
relatively short and wide
humerus and Phalarodon...
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recovered cymbospondylids as
members of
Hueneosauria and more
derived than
mixosaurids, but Ji and
colleagues found cymbospondylids to be
outside of Hueneosauria...
-
sometimes being recovered as more and
sometimes as less
derived than
mixosaurids.
However it is
agreed upon that
Cymbospondylus is a
rather basal member...
-
observed in the species,
implying that
Phalarodon atavus, and
other mixosaurids, were
highly specialized for
particularly dietary niches. Conclusions...
- ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 236312664. Maisch; Matzke, A. T. (2000). "The
mixosaurid ichthyosaur Contectopalatus from the
Middle Tri****ic of the
German Basin"...
- confidence. They
noted that it did not seem to
closely resemble either mixosaurids or shastasaurids,
though they
considered it to be more
closely related...
- Schmitz, Lars; Hao, Wei-Cheng; Sun, Yuan-Lin (March 30, 2006). "A new
mixosaurid ichthyosaur from the
Middle Tri****ic of China".
Journal of Vertebrate...
- have
grown larger.
Mixosaurus M. cornali**** A
fairly small and
common mixosaurid ichthyosaur, up to 1.5 m (4.9 ft) in length. One of the
earliest marine...
