High diversity, low disparity and small body size in plesiosaurs (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from the Triassic-Jurassic boundary

Benson, R. B. J. Evans, M. Druckenmiller, P. S. 2012 High diversity, low disparity and small body size in plesiosaurs (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from the Triassic-Jurassic boundary PLoS One 7 e31838 Yunguisaurus Pistosaurus_postcranium Pistosaurus_skull Augustasaurus Bobosaurus NHMUK_49202 Stratesaurus Macroplata Avalonnectes Eurycleidus Meyerasaurus Maresaurus R_megacephalus Archaeonectrus R_cramptoni R_zetlandicus R_thorntoni Thalassiodracon H_longirostris H_tomistomimus H_zanoni Attenborosaurus Peloneustes Eoplesiosaurus Plesiosaurus Eretmosaurus Westphaliasaurus Seelyosaurus M_tournemirensis M_brachypterygius M_homalospondylus Plesiospterys Cryptoclidus Osteology Maximum Parsimony Based on reanalysis of the original matrix. Benson_etal_2012a