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A study on the skull morphology of Hupehsuchus nanchangensis, based on data from new specimens from the Lower Triassic Jialingjiang Formation (), is published by Fang et al. (2023), who find the shape of the skull roof and snout of H. nanchangensis to be highly convergent with modern baleen whales, and interpret Hupehsuchus as likely employing continuous ram filter feeding as in extant bowhead ...
Su et al. (2025) describe two new specimens of Glyphoderma kangi, providing new information on the anatomy of the studied placodont. [4]Marx et al. (2025) report evidence of preservation of skin traces, including smooth skin on the tail and scaly skin on the flippers, as well as evidence of preservation of melanosomes and keratinocytes in a plesiosaur specimen from the Lower Jurassic Posidonia ...
A tortoise. The type species is "Testudo" robusta Leith-Adams (1877); genus also includes "Testudo" gymnesica Bate (1914), as well as new species S. sicula. aff. "Stylemys" gisellae [87] Sp. nov Carbot-Chanona et al. Oligocene Chilapa Formation Mexico. A pan-tortoise. Testudo lohanica [88] Sp. nov Valid Pérez-García et al. Late Miocene Romania
Named Gondwanax paraisensis, the four-legged reptile species was roughly the size of a small dog with a long tail, or about 1 meter (39 inches) long and weighing between 3 and 6 kg (7 to 13 pounds ...
A study on the evolution of tooth complexity in squamates, based on data from extant and fossil taxa, is published by Lafuma et al. (2021). [21]A study on the diversity of jaw sizes, lower jaw shape and morphology of teeth in Cretaceous squamates is published by Herrera-Flores, Stubbs & Benton (2021), who interpret their findings as indicating that a substantial expansion of ecomorphological ...
This list of fossil reptiles described in 2020 is a list of new taxa of fossil reptiles that were described during the year 2020, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to reptile paleontology that occurred in 2020.
Rhynchocephalia is an order of lizard-like reptiles that includes only one living species of tuatara, which in turn has two subspecies (Sphenodon punctatus punctatus and Sphenodon punctatus guntheri), which only inhabit parts of New Zealand. [14] Family Sphenodontidae . Genus Sphenodon - tuatara
Angel Alcala is accredited with many research accomplishments and improvements regarding environmental management, marine conservation, and discovery of new species. One of Alcala's works consisted of restoring or preserving areas with predominant wild,large predatory fish populations near a small marine sanctuary at Apo Island in the Philippines.