File:Triassic marine vertebrate apex predators.png
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Early Triassic marine vertebrate apex predators during the Griesbachian to Smithian interval (left) and the Spathian to Anisian interval (right). Predators not exactly to scale; see text and Tables S1–S2 for details on body size and stratigraphic occurrence. Marine vertebrate apex predators: 1, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wantzosaurus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wantzosaurus (page does not exist)">Wantzosaurus</a> (trematosaurid ‘amphibian’); 2, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fadenia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fadenia (page does not exist)">Fadenia</a> (eugeneodontiform chondrichthyan); 3, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saurichthys&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saurichthys (page does not exist)">Saurichthys</a> (actinopterygian ambush predator); 4, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rebellatrix&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rebellatrix (page does not exist)">Rebellatrix</a> (fork-tailed actinistian); 5, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hovasaurus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hovasaurus (page does not exist)">Hovasaurus</a> (‘younginiform’ diapsid reptile); 6, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Birgeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Birgeria (page does not exist)">Birgeria</a> (fast-swimming predatory actinopterygian); 7, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aphaneramma&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aphaneramma (page does not exist)">Aphaneramma</a> (trematosaurid ‘amphibian’); 8, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bobasatrania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bobasatrania (page does not exist)">Bobasatrania</a> (durophagous actinopterygian); 9, hybodontoid chondrichthyan with durophagous (e.g. <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Acrodus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Acrodus (page does not exist)">Acrodus</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Palaeobates&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Palaeobates (page does not exist)">Palaeobates</a>) or tearing-type dentition (e.g. <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hybodus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hybodus (page does not exist)">Hybodus</a>); 10, e.g., <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mylacanthus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mylacanthus (page does not exist)">Mylacanthus</a> (durophagous actinistian); 11, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tanystropheus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tanystropheus (page does not exist)">Tanystropheus</a> (protorosaurian reptile); 12, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Corosaurus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Corosaurus (page does not exist)">Corosaurus</a> (sauropterygian reptile); 13, e.g., <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ticinepomis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ticinepomis (page does not exist)">Ticinepomis</a> (actinistian); 14, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mixosaurus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mixosaurus (page does not exist)">Mixosaurus</a> (small ichthyosaur); 15, large cymbospondylid/shastasaurid ichthyosaur; 16, neoselachian chondrichthyan; 17, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Omphalosaurus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Omphalosaurus (page does not exist)">Omphalosaurus</a> skeleton (possible durophagous ichthyosaur); 18, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Placodus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Placodus (page does not exist)">Placodus</a> (durophagous sauropterygian reptile).
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current | 14:49, 7 January 2017 | 1,984 × 773 (2.67 MB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <p>Early Triassic marine vertebrate apex predators during the Griesbachian to Smithian interval (left) and the Spathian to Anisian interval (right). Predators not exactly to scale; see text and Tables S1–S2 for details on body size and stratigraphic occurrence. Marine vertebrate apex predators: 1, <i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wantzosaurus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wantzosaurus (page does not exist)">Wantzosaurus</a></i> (trematosaurid ‘amphibian’); 2, <i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fadenia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fadenia (page does not exist)">Fadenia</a></i> (eugeneodontiform chondrichthyan); 3, <i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saurichthys&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saurichthys (page does not exist)">Saurichthys</a></i> (actinopterygian ambush predator); 4, <i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rebellatrix&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rebellatrix (page does not exist)">Rebellatrix</a></i> (fork-tailed actinistian); 5, <i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hovasaurus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hovasaurus (page does not exist)">Hovasaurus</a></i> (‘younginiform’ diapsid reptile); 6, <i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Birgeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Birgeria (page does not exist)">Birgeria</a></i> (fast-swimming predatory actinopterygian); 7, <i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aphaneramma&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aphaneramma (page does not exist)">Aphaneramma</a></i> (trematosaurid ‘amphibian’); 8, <i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bobasatrania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bobasatrania (page does not exist)">Bobasatrania</a></i> (durophagous actinopterygian); 9, hybodontoid chondrichthyan with durophagous (e.g. <i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Acrodus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Acrodus (page does not exist)">Acrodus</a></i>, <i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Palaeobates&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Palaeobates (page does not exist)">Palaeobates</a></i>) or tearing-type dentition (e.g. <i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hybodus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hybodus (page does not exist)">Hybodus</a></i>); 10, e.g., <i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mylacanthus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mylacanthus (page does not exist)">Mylacanthus</a></i> (durophagous actinistian); 11, <i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tanystropheus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tanystropheus (page does not exist)">Tanystropheus</a></i> (protorosaurian reptile); 12, <i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Corosaurus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Corosaurus (page does not exist)">Corosaurus</a></i> (sauropterygian reptile); 13, e.g., <i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ticinepomis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ticinepomis (page does not exist)">Ticinepomis</a></i> (actinistian); 14, <i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mixosaurus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mixosaurus (page does not exist)">Mixosaurus</a></i> (small ichthyosaur); 15, large cymbospondylid/shastasaurid ichthyosaur; 16, neoselachian chondrichthyan; 17, <i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Omphalosaurus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Omphalosaurus (page does not exist)">Omphalosaurus</a></i> skeleton (possible durophagous ichthyosaur); 18, <i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Placodus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Placodus (page does not exist)">Placodus</a></i> (durophagous sauropterygian reptile). </p> |
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