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Biology
Paleontology
Vertebrate Paleontology
1. Foundations of Vertebrate Paleontology
2. The Fossil Record and Geological Time
3. Field and Laboratory Methods
4. Vertebrate Anatomy and Systematics
5. Early Vertebrate Evolution
6. Gnathostome Origins and Early Jawed Fishes
7. Osteichthyan Diversification
8. The Water-to-Land Transition
9. Amphibian Evolution
10. Amniote Origins and Early Evolution
11. Synapsid Evolution and Mammalian Origins
12. Sauropsid Radiation
13. Mesozoic Marine Reptiles
14. Lepidosauromorph Evolution
15. Archosauromorph Dominance
16. Crocodylomorph Evolution
17. Pterosaur Evolution and Flight
18. Dinosaur Origins and Early Evolution
19. Sauropodomorph Evolution
20. Theropod Evolution and Diversity
21. Ornithischian Diversity
22. Avian Origins and Early Evolution
23. Cenozoic Mammalian Radiation
24. Primate and Human Evolution
25. Macroevolutionary Patterns and Processes
13.
Mesozoic Marine Reptiles
13.1.
Ichthyopterygia
13.1.1.
Ichthyosaur Characteristics
13.1.1.1.
Convergent Evolution with Dolphins
13.1.1.2.
Limb Modifications
13.1.1.3.
Vertebral Adaptations
13.1.2.
Ichthyosaur Diversity
13.1.2.1.
Mixosauridae
13.1.2.2.
Shastasauridae
13.1.2.3.
Ophthalmosauridae
13.1.2.4.
Leptopterygiidae
13.1.3.
Ecological Specializations
13.1.3.1.
Deep Diving Adaptations
13.1.3.2.
Feeding Strategies
13.1.3.3.
Reproductive Biology
13.2.
Sauropterygia
13.2.1.
Sauropterygian Characteristics
13.2.1.1.
Paddle Development
13.2.1.2.
Skull Modifications
13.2.1.3.
Body Elongation
13.2.2.
Placodontia
13.2.2.1.
Shell Evolution
13.2.2.2.
Durophagous Feeding
13.2.2.3.
Cyamodontoidea
13.2.3.
Eosauropterygia
13.2.3.1.
Pachypleurosauria
13.2.3.2.
Nothosauroidea
13.2.4.
Pistosauroidea
13.2.4.1.
Plesiosauria
13.2.4.1.1.
Long-necked Forms
13.2.4.1.2.
Short-necked Forms
13.2.4.1.3.
Feeding Ecology
13.2.4.2.
Pliosauroidea
13.2.4.2.1.
Macropredatory Adaptations
13.2.4.2.2.
Biomechanical Studies
13.3.
Mosasauroidea
13.3.1.
Mosasaur Origins
13.3.1.1.
Terrestrial Ancestry
13.3.1.2.
Aquatic Adaptations
13.3.2.
Mosasaur Diversity
13.3.2.1.
Mosasaurinae
13.3.2.2.
Plioplatecarpinae
13.3.2.3.
Tylosaurinae
13.3.2.4.
Halisaurinae
13.3.3.
Ecological Dominance
13.3.3.1.
Late Cretaceous Seas
13.3.3.2.
Predatory Specializations
13.3.3.3.
Global Distribution
13.4.
Thalattosauria
13.4.1.
Askeptosauridae
13.4.2.
Thalattosauridae
13.4.3.
Xinpusauridae
13.5.
Marine Crocodylomorphs
13.5.1.
Metriorhynchidae
13.5.2.
Geosaurinae
13.5.3.
Aquatic Adaptations
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