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Caudal autotomy in Mesosaurus tenuidens Gervais, 1865 under scrutiny and a surprising new pattern of vertebral organization in the mesosaur tail
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- 1. Departamento de Paleontología, Facultad de Ciencias, Iguá 4225, CP 11400, Montevideo (Uruguay)
- 2. Seção de Paleontologia, Museu de Ciências Naturais, Secretaria do Meio Ambiente e Infraestrutura do Rio Grande do Sul (SEMA), Rua Salvador França, 1427-90 690-000, Porto Alegre, RS (Brazil)
- 3. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Museu Nacional, Parque Quinta da Boa Vista, 20940040, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
- 4. Instituto de Ciencias Geológicas, Facultad de Ciencias. Universidad de la República, Iguá 4225, CP 11400 Montevideo (Uruguay)
- 5. Centre de Recherche en Paléontologie (CR2P), CNRS, MNHN, Sorbonne Université, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Département Origines & Évolution, CP 38, 57 rue Cuvier, F-75231 Paris cedex 05 (France)
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Piñeiro, Graciela, Ferigolo, Jorge, Farias, Brodsky Dantas Macedo de, Demarco, Pablo Núñez, Laurin, Michel (2025): Caudal autotomy in Mesosaurus tenuidens Gervais, 1865 under scrutiny and a surprising new pattern of vertebral organization in the mesosaur tail. Geodiversitas 47 (2): 17-38, DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2025v47a2, URL: https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/geodiversitas2025v47a2.pdf
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