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    the holotype of a new genus and species he named Mesosaurus tenuidens in 1865. Since then, Mesosaurus remains have also been identified from South America...
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    Diapsida as the sister group to Neodiapsida. In 2012 it was revealed that Mesosaurus has holes at the back of the skull called lower temporal fenestrae, a...
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    sea turtles and saltwater crocodiles. The earliest marine reptile was Mesosaurus (not to be confused with Mosasaurus), which arose in the Permian period...
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    Brazilosaurus sanpauloensis and Mesosaurus tenuidens. For most of the 20th century, information of Stereosternum was reported as Mesosaurus. Unlike previous interpretations...
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  • different continents, suggesting that they were once joined. The fossils of Mesosaurus, a freshwater reptile rather like a small crocodile, found both in Brazil...
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    and presumably similar habit. One of the best known early reptiles is Mesosaurus, a genus from the Early Permian that had returned to water, feeding on...
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    Laurin, Michel (2012). "Cranial morphology of the Early Permian mesosaurid Mesosaurus tenuidens and the evolution of the lower temporal fenestration reassessed"...
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    had been in their present position; similarly, the freshwater reptile Mesosaurus has been found in only localized regions of the coasts of Brazil and West...
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    Meneghel, Melitta; Laurin, Michel; Piñeiro, Graciela (2018-07-27). "Was Mesosaurus a Fully Aquatic Reptile?". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 6: 109...
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  • to life in the marine realm: Mesosauridae: Early Permian Stereosternum Mesosaurus Pseudopalatinae: Late Triassic Mystriosuchus Dolichosauridae: Late Cretaceous...
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  • 1095-8312.2010.01431.x. ISSN 0024-4066. Pablo Nuñez Demarco et al. Was Mesosaurus a Fully Aquatic Reptile? Front. Ecol. Evol, published online July 27,...
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    stacked by giants. Near Keetsmanshoop are notable localities for fossil Mesosaurus, an extinct genus of reptile from the Early Permian of southern Africa...
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    as the Age of Reptiles). One of the best known early stem-reptiles is Mesosaurus, a genus from the Early Permian that had returned to water, feeding on...
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    Glossopteris Hofmeyria Ictidognathus Ictidosuchoides Lepidodendron Lycosuchus Mesosaurus Moschops Odontocyclops Procynosuchus Scylacosaurus Scymnosaurus Simorhinella...
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    years before the break-up of Pangea. The abundance of Glossopteris and Mesosaurus fossils in the underlying Huab Formation are characteristic of the Gondwanan...
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    †Bolosauridae Belebey Bolosaurus Eudibamus †Mesosauria Brazilosaurus Mesosaurus Stereosternum †Millerettidae Broomia Heleophilus Milleretta Millerosaurus...
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    from them A collage of five parareptile fossils. Clockwise from top, Mesosaurus tenuidens (a mesosaur), Delorhynchus cifellii (a probable acleistorhinid)...
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    Glossopteris Hofmeyria Ictidognathus Ictidosuchoides Lepidodendron Lycosuchus Mesosaurus Moschops Odontocyclops Procynosuchus Scylacosaurus Scymnosaurus Simorhinella...
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    Huene, Friedrich von (1940). "Osteologie und systematische Stellung von Mesosaurus". Palaeontographica Abteilung A. 92: 45–58. Modesto, S.P. (1999). "Observations...
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    Brazilosaurus sanpauloensis Mesosaurus tenuidens Stereosternum tumidum...
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  • published by Carlisbino et al. (2024). A study on the bone microstructure of Mesosaurus tenuidens, providing evidence of distinct life history trajectories in...
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    †Bolosauridae Belebey Bolosaurus Eudibamus †Mesosauria Brazilosaurus Mesosaurus Stereosternum †Millerettidae Broomia Heleophilus Milleretta Millerosaurus...
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  • Uruguayan biologist and paleontologist. Her work led to the discovery of Mesosaurus fossils in Uruguay. She has also been an associate editor of the Swiss...
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    Glossopteris Hofmeyria Ictidognathus Ictidosuchoides Lepidodendron Lycosuchus Mesosaurus Moschops Odontocyclops Procynosuchus Scylacosaurus Scymnosaurus Simorhinella...
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    they were protected by a cap of dolerite. The genera present include: Mesosaurus, aquatic Dwyka carnivore Bradysaurus, Beaufort Group herbivore Owenetta...
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    Glossopteris Hofmeyria Ictidognathus Ictidosuchoides Lepidodendron Lycosuchus Mesosaurus Moschops Odontocyclops Procynosuchus Scylacosaurus Scymnosaurus Simorhinella...
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    †Bolosauridae Belebey Bolosaurus Eudibamus †Mesosauria Brazilosaurus Mesosaurus Stereosternum †Millerettidae Broomia Heleophilus Milleretta Millerosaurus...
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  • synonymous with Arthropleura. 1865 Gervais described the new genus Mesosaurus and species Mesosaurus tenuidens. 1870 Cope described the new genus Lystrosaurus...
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    Clockwise from top left: Pareiasaurus (an extinct pareiasaurian parareptile), Mesosaurus (an extinct mesosaurian parareptile), Smaug breyeri (a lizard), Dinemellia...
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    Glossopteris Hofmeyria Ictidognathus Ictidosuchoides Lepidodendron Lycosuchus Mesosaurus Moschops Odontocyclops Procynosuchus Scylacosaurus Scymnosaurus Simorhinella...
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