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A new species of Macrocnemus from the Middle Triassic of the eastern Swiss Alps
A new species of Macrocnemus is described on the basis of two incomplete specimens from the Lower Ladinian Prosanto Formation of southeastern Switzerland. The new form can be distinguished by its gracile limb elements and having a noticeably longer tibia than either Macrocnemus bassanii or Macrocnemus fuyuanensis.Fraser, Nicholas C ; Furrer, Heinz
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A Triassic seed with an angiosperm-like wind dispersal mechanism
The earliest record of a seed with a pappus-like, parachute seed dispersal mechanism, Edenia villisperma gen. et sp. nov., is described from the Upper Triassic of the eastern United States. The seed is small and roughly triangular. Clusters of long hairs emerge from a whorl of at least five circular...Axsmith, Brian J ; Fraser, Nicholas C ; Corso, Taryn
Newark Supergroup, seed, wind dispersal, angiosperm, and Triassic
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A long-snouted protorosaur from the Middle Triassic of southern China
A new protorosaur is described on the basis of a single specimen from the Ladinian of southern China. Although it has been greatly crushed, it still preserves clear details of the skull and axial skeleton. It possesses a neck that is longer than the trunk and is similar to tanystropheids...Fraser, Nicholas C ; Rieppel, Olivier ; Chun, Li