Effects of body plan evolution on the hydrodynamic drag and energy requirements of swimming in ichthyosaurs

Energetic tradeoffs control the size distribution of aquatic mammals

(2018) William Gearty et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Soft-tissue evidence for homeothermy and crypsis in a Jurassic ichthyosaur

(2018) Johan Lindgren et al.   NATURE

A new phylogeny of ichthyosaurs (Reptilia: Diapsida)

(2017) Benjamin C. Moon   JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY

Computational fluid dynamics as a tool for testing functional and ecological hypotheses in fossil taxa

(2017) Imran A. Rahman   PALAEONTOLOGY

Pre- versus post-mass extinction divergence of Mesozoic marine reptiles dictated by time-scale dependence of evolutionary rates

(2017) Ryosuke Motani et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Gliding locomotion of manta rays, killer whales and swordfish near the water surface

(2017) Jie-Min Zhan et al.   Scientific Reports

Extinction of fish-shaped marine reptiles associated with reduced evolutionary rates and global environmental volatility

(2016) Valentin Fischer et al.   Nature Communications

A large aberrant stem ichthyosauriform indicating early rise and demise of ichthyosauromorphs in the wake of the end-Permian extinction

(2016) Da-Yong Jiang et al.   Scientific Reports

The evolution and extinction of the ichthyosaurs from the perspective of quantitative ecospace modelling

(2015) Daniel G. Dick et al.   Biology Letters

Body mass estimates of an exceptionally complete Stegosaurus (Ornithischia: Thyreophora): comparing volumetric and linear bivariate mass estimation methods

(2015) C. A. Brassey et al.   Biology Letters

Phylogeny of the Ichthyopterygia incorporating recent discoveries from South China

(2015) Cheng Ji et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

A basal ichthyosauriform with a short snout from the Lower Triassic of China

(2014) Ryosuke Motani et al.   NATURE

Early Triassic Marine Biotic Recovery: The Predators' Perspective

(2014) Torsten M. Scheyer et al.   PLoS One

A New Look at Ichthyosaur Long Bone Microanatomy and Histology: Implications for Their Adaptation to an Aquatic Life

(2014) Alexandra Houssaye et al.   PLoS One

A new juvenile specimen of Guanlingsaurus (Ichthyosauria, Shastasauridae) from the Upper Triassic of southwestern China

(2013) Cheng Ji et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

Hydrodynamic Characteristics of the Sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus) and Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) in Gliding Postures at Their Cruise Speeds

(2013) Woong Sagong et al.   PLoS One

Macropredatory ichthyosaur from the Middle Triassic and the origin of modern trophic networks

(2013) Nadia B. Fröbisch et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Minimum convex hull mass estimations of complete mounted skeletons

(2012) W. I. Sellers et al.   Biology Letters

Short-Snouted Toothless Ichthyosaur from China Suggests Late Triassic Diversification of Suction Feeding Ichthyosaurs

(2011) P. Martin Sander et al.   PLoS One

Disentangling the Functional Roles of Morphology and Motion in the Swimming of Fish

(2010) E. D. Tytell et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Regulation of Body Temperature by Some Mesozoic Marine Reptiles

(2010) A. Bernard et al.   SCIENCE

On the role of form and kinematics on the hydrodynamics of self-propelled body/caudal fin swimming

(2009) I. Borazjani et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

New primitive ichthyosaurian (Reptilia, Diapsida) from the Middle Triassic of Panxian, Guizhou, southwestern China and its position in the Triassic biotic recovery

(2008) Dayong Jiang et al.   Progress in Natural Science-Materials International