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AFAIK, the postcranium of Dakosaurus is either poorly known or unknown.
My party and those marvellous metriorhynchids Darren Naish 2006
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It's called Dakosaurus andiniensis, and all we have of it is a skull and a few fragmentary post-cranial bits.
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It's called Dakosaurus andiniensis, and all we have of it is a skull and a few fragmentary post-cranial bits.
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Dakosaurus, the geologically youngest member of the group, was in the news a lot in 2005 as D. andiniensis, an Argentinian species first named in 1985 (though initially misidentified as a species of Metriorhynchus), was described from new specimens (Gasparini et al. 2005).
Archive 2006-07-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Dakosaurus, the geologically youngest member of the group, was in the news a lot in 2005 as D. andiniensis, an Argentinian species first named in 1985 (though initially misidentified as a species of Metriorhynchus), was described from new specimens (Gasparini et al. 2005).
My party and those marvellous metriorhynchids Darren Naish 2006
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As far as I'm aware, there is no postcranial material for Dakosaurus andiniensis, but there is good material for Dakosaurus maximus, which has a much less impressive skull morphology.
My party and those marvellous metriorhynchids Darren Naish 2006
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I lack the relevant papers, but at least some postcranial material of Dakosaurus must be known given that there are references in the literature to a total length (e.g.,
My party and those marvellous metriorhynchids Darren Naish 2006
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