Phylogenetic analysis positions Plesiopterys wildi as an early-diverging plesiosauroid, closely related to Franconiasaurus brevispinus, suggesting a gradual evolutionary transition towards more ...
A newly discovered plesiosa u r fossil suggests several species of the long-necked marine dinosaur roamed the oceans 180 million years ago. The nearly complete specimen of Plesiopterys wildi from ...
After a phylogenetic analysis, the researchers placed P. wildi as “an early-diverging plesiosauroid, closely related to Franconiasaurus brevispinus, suggesting a gradual evolutionary transition ...
A nearly complete specimen of Plesiopterys wildi from Germany provides fresh insights into plesiosaur diversity and regional specialisation A newly described plesiosaur fossil from southern ...
Phylogenetic analysis positions Plesiopterys wildi as an early-diverging plesiosauroid, closely related to Franconiasaurus brevispinus, suggesting a gradual evolutionary transition towards more ...
A newly discovered plesiosaur fossil from Germany reveals that these ancient marine reptiles were evolving into distinct regional species far earlier than scientists believed. (Artist’s concept.) ...