PaleontologyPaleobiologyPeer-reviewed
Reassessment of body temperature and thermoregulation strategies in Mesozoic marine reptiles
Nicolas Séon, Peggy Vincent, Lene Liebe Delsett…·Romain Amiot
This paper reassesses body temperatures and thermoregulation strategies of Mesozoic marine reptiles using oxygen isotope data, finding ichthyosaurs were homeothermic endotherms, plesiosaurs likely poikilothermic endotherms, and metriorhynchids poikilothermic with limited endothermy.
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