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A prevalence of Arthropterygius (Ichthyosauria: Ophthalmosauridae) in the Late Jurassic-earliest Cretaceous of the Boreal Realm by Zverkov, Nikolay G, Prilepskaya, Natalya E

“…The ichthyosaur genus Maxwell, 2010 is considered as rare and poorly known. However, considering the existing uncertainty regarding its position in respect to…”
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Thalattosuchian crocodylomorphs from European Russia, and new insights into metriorhynchid tooth serration evolution and their palaeolatitudinal distribution by Young, Mark T, Zverkov, Nikolay G, Arkhangelsky, Maxim S, Ippolitov, Alexey P, Meleshin, Igor A, Mirantsev, Georgy V, Shmakov, Alexey S, Stenshin, Ilya M

“…From the Middle Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous, metriorhynchid crocodylomorphs inhabited marine ecosystems across the European archipelago. Unfortunately,…”
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Peculiar macrophagous adaptations in a new Cretaceous pliosaurid by Fischer, Valentin, Arkhangelsky, Maxim S., Stenshin, Ilya M., Uspensky, Gleb N., Zverkov, Nikolay G., Benson, Roger B. J.

“…During the Middle and Late Jurassic, pliosaurid plesiosaurs evolved gigantic body size and a series of craniodental adaptations that have been linked to the…”
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Youngest Occurrences of Rhomaleosaurid Plesiosaurs Indicate Survival of an Archaic Marine Reptile Clade at High Palaeolatitudes by Benson, Roger B.J., Zverkov, Nikolay G., Arkhangelsky, Maxim S.

“…Rhomaleosaurid plesiosaurians were a common and ecologically significant component of Early Jurassic marine faunas, primarily as large-bodied predators. They…”
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Revision of Nannopterygius (Ichthyosauria: Ophthalmosauridae): reappraisal of the ‘inaccessible’ holotype resolves a taxonomic tangle and reveals an obscure ophthalmosaurid lineage with a wide distribution by Zverkov, Nikolay G, Jacobs, Megan L

“…The Late Jurassic ichthyosaur Nannopterygius is among the poorest known, with the only skeleton, NHMUK PV 46497, on display in the Natural History Museum,…”
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Revision of Undorosaurus, a mysterious Late Jurassic ichthyosaur of the Boreal Realm by Zverkov, Nikolay G., Efimov, Vladimir M.

“…Recent study of ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaurs has brought us a number of new taxa; however, the validity of several ophthalmosaurid taxa from the Volgian…”
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Increased pliosaurid dental disparity across the Jurassic–Cretaceous transition by Zverkov, Nikolay G., Fischer, Valentin, Madzia, Daniel, Benson, Roger B.J., Mannion, Philip

“…Pliosaurid marine reptiles played important roles in marine food chains from the Middle Jurassic to the middle Cretaceous, frequently as apex predators. The…”
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Plasticity and Convergence in the Evolution of Short-Necked Plesiosaurs by Fischer, Valentin, Benson, Roger B.J., Zverkov, Nikolay G., Soul, Laura C., Arkhangelsky, Maxim S., Lambert, Olivier, Stenshin, Ilya M., Uspensky, Gleb N., Druckenmiller, Patrick S.

“…Plesiosaurs were the longest-surviving group of secondarily marine tetrapods, comparable in diversity to today’s cetaceans. During their long evolutionary…”
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New diplodocoid sauropod dinosaur material from the Middle Jurassic of European Russia by Averianov, Alexander, Zverkov, Nikolay

“…Two anterior caudal vertebrae from apparently a single individual from the Callovian (Middle Jurassic) marine deposits of the Podosinki Formation at Peski…”
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A new elasmosaurid plesiosaurian from the Early Cretaceous of Russia marks an early attempt at neck elongation by Fischer, Valentin, Zverkov, Nikolay G, Arkhangelsky, Maxim S, Stenshin, Ilya M, Blagovetshensky, Ivan V, Uspensky, Gleb N

“…Abstract Plesiosaurian marine reptiles evolved a wide range of body shapes during the Jurassic and Cretaceous, including long-necked forms. Many Late…”
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Anatomy and relationships of the bizarre Early Cretaceous pliosaurid Luskhan itilensis by Fischer, Valentin, Benson, Roger B J, Zverkov, Nikolay G, Arkhangelsky, Maxim S, Stenshin, Ilya M, Uspensky, Gleb N, Prilepskaya, Natalya E

“…Abstract Pliosaurid plesiosaurians are iconic marine reptiles that regulated marine trophic chains from the Middle Jurassic to the early Late Cretaceous…”
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Basicranium of an elasmosaurid plesiosaur from the Campanian of European Russia by Zverkov, Nikolay G., Averianov, Alexander O., Popov, Evgeny V.

“…Zverkov, N.G., Averianov, A.O. & Popov E.V., April 2017. Basicranium of an elasmosaurid plesiosaur from the Campanian of European Russia. Alcheringa 42,…”
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Colymbosaurines from the Upper Jurassic of European Russia and their implication for palaeobiogeography of marine reptiles by Arkhangelsky, Maxim S., Zverkov, Nikolay G., Rogov, Mikhail A., Stenshin, Ilya M., Baykina, Evgeniya M.

“…Plesiosaur specimens from the Upper Jurassic of European Russia are mainly referable to the genus Colymbosaurus Seeley, 1874, based on elongated propodials…”
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An unrevealed lineage of platypterygiines (Ichthyosauria) with peculiar forefin structure and semiglobal distribution in the mid-Cretaceous (Albian–Cenomanian) by Zverkov, Nikolay G., Grigoriev, Dmitry V.

“…Recent progress in the study of Cretaceous ichthyosaurians resulted in significant reevaluation of their diversity. However, there are still problematic…”
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A gigantic pliosaurid from the Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) of the Volga Region, Russia by Zverkov, Nikolay G., Pervushov, Evgeny M.

“…Pliosaurid plesiosaurs were among the largest predators of Mesozoic marine ecosystems attaining giant sizes up to 10–11 m in length, near a quarter of which…”
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The wandering jaws of Istiodactylus latidens (Pterosauria, Istiodactylidae) by Averianov, Alexander O., Kolchanov, Veniamin V., Zverkov, Nikolay G., Aleksandrova, Galina N., Yaroshenko, Olga P.

“…A new specimen of the Early Cretaceous pterodactyloid pterosaur Istiodactylus latidens is described. This specimen in the Moscow Vernadsky State Geological…”
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Northernmost occurrences of plesiosaurs and turtles in the Upper Cretaceous of Eurasia by Zverkov, Nikolay G., Rogov, Mikhail A., Zakharov, Viktor A., Danilov, Igor G., Grigoriev, Dmitry V., Košťák, Martin

“…Here we describe the first findings of reptile remains in the Upper Cretaceous marine strata of Siberia, which represent the northernmost occurrences of…”
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