Plesiosaur locomotion
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- Published by Geological Society of London in Journal of the Geological Society
- Vol. 146 (1) , 37-40
- https://doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.146.1.0037
Abstract
Plesiosaurs are unique in being the only underwater fliers with four ‘wings’, and how the two pairs worked in relation to one another is a matter of some controversy. Newman's hypothesis of porpoising seems to provide a possible solution. Any discussion of plesiosaur locomotion must take into account the different modes of plesiosaur life: the long-necked forms were fish-eating surface paddlers and the short-necked were diving cephalopod feeders.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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