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  2. 2024 in reptile paleontology - Wikipedia

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    Mooney et al. (2024) describe a skeleton of Captorhinus aguti from the Richards Spur locality (Oklahoma, United States), preserved with integumentary structures interpreted as remnants of the epidermis, and showing surface morphologies of the skin consistent with variation in most extant and extinct reptiles. [143] Buffa et al. (2024) propose a ...

  3. 2024 in paleontology - Wikipedia

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    Shapiro (2024) describes fossil material of Dzieduszyckia from the Devonian Slaven Chert (Nevada, United States), possibly indicative of the presence of a species distinct from D. sonora in Nevada, and interprets Dzieduszyckia as capable of survival in both seep and non-seep settings, which enabled it be primed for the Famennian biotic crises ...

  4. 2025 in reptile paleontology - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Fossils reveal that some pterosaurs soared like vultures ...

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    Fossils of the pterosaurs Inabtanin alarabia (left) and Arambourgiania philadelphiae discovered in Jordan showcased their 3D wing structures and helped researchers determine how large they were.

  6. Category:2024 in paleontology - Wikipedia

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    2024 in reptile paleontology; A. Apex (dinosaur) Q. Quaestio (genus) This page was last edited on 12 December 2023, at 20:34 (UTC). Text is available under the ...

  7. Tooth from ancient marine reptile found in Swiss Alps may be ...

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    A fossilized tooth fragment found in the Swiss Alps comes from a giant ichthyosaur, a carnivorous sea creature that lived more than 200 million years ago.

  8. 2024 in archosaur paleontology - Wikipedia

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    Yang et al. (2024) describe a well-preserved scaled skin of a specimen of Psittacosaurus from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota of China, providing evidence of preservation of epidermal layers, corneocytes and melanosomes, and interpret the studied specimen as indicative of co-occurrence of feathers and reptile-type skin in non-feathered regions ...

  9. 2024 in paleomalacology - Wikipedia

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    Serafini et al. (2024) describe nautiloid jaw elements associated with marine reptile carcasses from the strata of the Rosso Ammonitico Veronese ranging from the Bajocian to the Kimmeridgian, interpreted as the first unambiguous evidence of nautiloids scavenging Mesozoic marine reptile remains, as well as multiple belemnite specimens associated ...