Ichthyosauria (Italian Wikipedia)

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R. Motani, Evolution of Fish-Shaped Reptiles (Reptilia: Ichthyopterygia) in Their Physical Environments and Constraints, in Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, vol. 33, 2005, pp. 395-420, DOI:10.1146/annurev.earth.33.092203.122707.
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H. T. De la Beche e Conybeare, W. D., Notice of the discovery of a new animal, forming a link between the Ichthyosaurus and crocodile, together with general remarks on the osteology of Ichthyosaurus, in Transactions of the Geological Society of London, 1, vol. 5, 1821, pp. 559-594, DOI:10.1144/transgsla.5.559. URL consultato il 17 aprile 2018 (archiviato dall'url originale il 1º giugno 2018).
J Glendening, 'The World-Renowned Ichthyosaurus': A Nineteenth-Century Problematic and Its Representations, in Journal of Literature and Science, vol. 2, n. 1, 2009, pp. 23-47, DOI:10.12929/jls.02.1.02.
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Ryosuke Motani, Da-Yong Jiang, Guan-Bao Chen, Andrea Tintori, Olivier Rieppel, Cheng Ji e Jian-Dong Huang, A basal ichthyosauriform with a short snout from the Lower Triassic of China, in Nature, vol. 517, 2014, pp. 485-488, DOI:10.1038/nature13866.
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N Bardet, Stratigraphic evidence for the extinction of the ichthyosaurs, in Terra Nova, vol. 4, n. 6, 1992, pp. 649-656, DOI:10.1111/j.1365-3121.1992.tb00614.x.
V. Fischer, R.M. Appleby, D. Naish, J. Liston, J.B. Riding, S. Brindley e P. Godefroit, A basal thunnosaurian from Iraq reveals disparate phylogenetic origins for Cretaceous ichthyosaurs, in Biology Letters, vol. 9, n. 4, 2013, pp. 1-6, DOI:10.1098/rsbl.2013.0021, PMC 3730615, PMID 23676653.
V. Fischer, N. Bardet, R. B. J. Benson, M. S. Arkhangelsky e M. Friedman, Extinction of fish-shaped marine reptiles associated with reduced evolutionary rates and global environmental volatility, in Nature Communications, vol. 7, 8 marzo 2016, p. 10825, DOI:10.1038/ncomms10825, PMC 4786747, PMID 26953824.
V. Fischer, M.W. Maisch, D. Naish, R. Kosma, J. Liston, U. Joger, F.J. Krüger, J. Pardo Pérez, J. Tainsh e R.M. Appleby, New Ophthalmosaurid Ichthyosaurs from the European Lower Cretaceous Demonstrate Extensive Ichthyosaur Survival across the Jurassic–Cretaceous Boundary, in PLoS ONE, vol. 7, n. 1, 2012, p. e29234, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0029234, PMC 3250416, PMID 22235274.
Nadia B. Fröbisch, Jörg Fröbisch, P. Martin Sander, Lars Schmitz e Olivier Rieppel, Macropredatory ichthyosaur from the Middle Triassic and the origin of modern trophic networks, in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 110, n. 4, 2013, pp. 1393-1397, DOI:10.1073/pnas.1216750110, PMC 3557033, PMID 23297200.
C McGowan, A revision of the longipinnate ichthyosaurs of the Lower Jurassic of England, with descriptions of two new species (Reptilia, Ichthyosauria), in Life Sciences Contributions, Royal Ontario Museum, vol. 97, 1974, pp. 1–37, DOI:10.5962/bhl.title.52055.
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F.R. O'Keefe, H.P. Street, J.P. Cavigelli, J.J. Socha e R.D. O'Keefe, A plesiosaur containing an ichthyosaur embryo as stomach contents from the Sundance Formation of the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, vol. 29, n. 4, 2009, pp. 1306-1310, DOI:10.1671/039.029.0403.
R. Motani, H. You e C. McGowan, Eel-like swimming in the earliest ichthyosaurs, in Nature, vol. 382, n. 6589, 1996, pp. 347-348, DOI:10.1038/382347a0.
C McGowan, Differential growth in three ichthyosaurs: Ichthyosaurus communis, I. breviceps, and Stenopterygius quadriscissus (Reptilia, Ichthyosauria), in Life Sciences Contributions Royal Ontario Museum, vol. 93, 1973, pp. 1–21, DOI:10.5962/bhl.title.52086.
R Motani, Scaling effects in caudal fin propulsion and the speed of ichthyosaurs, in Nature, vol. 415, n. 6869, 2002, pp. 309-312, DOI:10.1038/415309a, PMID 11797005.
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C. Kolb, M.R. Sánchez-Villagra e T.M. Scheyer, The palaeohistology of the basal ichthyosaur Mixosaurus Baur, 1887 (Ichthyopterygia, Mixosauridae) from the Middle Triassic: Palaeobiological implications, in Comptes Rendus Palevol, vol. 10, 5–6, 2011, pp. 403-411, DOI:10.1016/j.crpv.2010.10.008.
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Johan Lindgren, Peter Sjövall, Ryan M. Carney, Per Uvdal, Johan A. Gren, Gareth Dyke, Bo Pagh Schultz, Matthew D. Shawkey, Kenneth R. Barnes e Michael J. Polcyn, Skin pigmentation provides evidence of convergent melanism in extinct marine reptiles, in Nature, vol. 506, n. 7489, 2014, pp. 484-488, DOI:10.1038/nature12899, PMID 24402224.
P.M. Thorne, M. Ruta e J Benton, Resetting the evolution of marine reptiles at the Triassic-Jurassic boundary, in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 108, n. 20, 2011, pp. 8339-8344, DOI:10.1073/pnas.1018959108, PMC 3100925, PMID 21536898.
V. Fischer, R.M. Appleby, D. Naish, J. Liston, J.B. Riding, S. Brindley e P. Godefroit, A basal thunnosaurian from Iraq reveals disparate phylogenetic origins for Cretaceous ichthyosaurs, in Biology Letters, vol. 9, n. 4, 2013, pp. 1-6, DOI:10.1098/rsbl.2013.0021, PMC 3730615, PMID 23676653.
V. Fischer, N. Bardet, R. B. J. Benson, M. S. Arkhangelsky e M. Friedman, Extinction of fish-shaped marine reptiles associated with reduced evolutionary rates and global environmental volatility, in Nature Communications, vol. 7, 8 marzo 2016, p. 10825, DOI:10.1038/ncomms10825, PMC 4786747, PMID 26953824.
V. Fischer, M.W. Maisch, D. Naish, R. Kosma, J. Liston, U. Joger, F.J. Krüger, J. Pardo Pérez, J. Tainsh e R.M. Appleby, New Ophthalmosaurid Ichthyosaurs from the European Lower Cretaceous Demonstrate Extensive Ichthyosaur Survival across the Jurassic–Cretaceous Boundary, in PLoS ONE, vol. 7, n. 1, 2012, p. e29234, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0029234, PMC 3250416, PMID 22235274.
Nadia B. Fröbisch, Jörg Fröbisch, P. Martin Sander, Lars Schmitz e Olivier Rieppel, Macropredatory ichthyosaur from the Middle Triassic and the origin of modern trophic networks, in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 110, n. 4, 2013, pp. 1393-1397, DOI:10.1073/pnas.1216750110, PMC 3557033, PMID 23297200.
P.M. Sander, X. Chen, L. Cheng e X. Wang, Short-Snouted toothless ichthyosaur from China suggests late Triassic diversification of suction feeding ichthyosaurs, in PLoS ONE, vol. 6, n. 5, 2011, p. e19480, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0019480, PMC 3100301, PMID 21625429.
Ryosuke Motani, Cheng Ji, Taketeru Tomita, Neil Kelley, Erin Maxwell, Jiang Da-yong e Paul Martin Sander, Absence of suction feeding ichthyosaurs and its implications for Triassic mesopelagic paleoecology, in PLoS ONE, vol. 8, n. 12, 2013, p. e66075, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0066075, PMC 3859474, PMID 24348983.
D.-E. Nilsson, E.J. Warrant, S. Johnsen, R. Hanlon e N. Shashar, A unique advantage for giant eyes in giant squid, in Current Biology, vol. 22, n. 8, 2012, pp. 683-688, DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2012.02.031, PMID 22425154.
R Motani, Scaling effects in caudal fin propulsion and the speed of ichthyosaurs, in Nature, vol. 415, n. 6869, 2002, pp. 309-312, DOI:10.1038/415309a, PMID 11797005.
B.M. Rothschild, Z. Xiaoting e L.D. Martin, Adaptations for marine habitat and the effect of Triassic and Jurassic predator pressure on development of decompression syndrome in ichthyosaurs, in Naturwissenschaften, vol. 99, n. 6, 2012, pp. 443-448, DOI:10.1007/s00114-012-0918-0, PMID 22573359.
John Hayman, Deep-diving dinosaurs, in Naturwissenschaften, vol. 99, n. 8, 2012, pp. 671-672, DOI:10.1007/s00114-012-0937-x, PMID 22824942.
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