New Fossil Provides Insights into Plesiosaur Diversity and Regional Specialization

New Fossil Provides Insights into Plesiosaur Diversity and Regional Specialization
The MH 7 skeleton of Plesiopterys wildi in ventral view. Image credit: Marx et al., doi: 10.7717/peerj.18960.

Paleontologists in Germany have unearthed an exceptionally well-preserved skeleton of an Early-Jurassic plesiosauroid species called Plesiopterys wildi.

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 Paleontologists in Germany have unearthed an exceptionally well-preserved skeleton of an Early-Jurassic plesiosauroid species called Plesiopterys wildi.
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