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Acostasaurus: New Pliosaur from Colombia

Started by ZoPteryx, December 23, 2017, 08:26:46 AM

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Acostasaurus pavachoquensis:  A new Early Cretaceous pliosaurid of uncertain affinities known from a very well preserved skull.  It is said to be rather short-snouted and to fill a critical gap in our knowledge of plesiosaurs from this time.

http://www.schweizerbart.de/papers/pala/detail/310/88332/Cranial_anatomy_of_a_new_pliosaurid_Acostasaurus_pavachoquensis_from_the_Lower_Cretaceous_of_Colombia_South_America

My university apparently doesn't subscribe to this journal.  Does anyone have access to the paper?