Amazing Reptile Fossils from the Marine Triassic of China  

作　　者：LI Chun 

机构地区：[1]Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, CAS, Beijing 100044, China

出　　处：《Bulletin of the Chinese Academy of Sciences》2010年第2期80-82,共3页中国科学院院刊（英文版）

摘　　要：Known as the 'true terrestrial tetrapod,' reptiles mainly live on land. However, some reptile groups made a secondary adaptation to their life in water. Generally called 'marine reptiles,'Known as the ＂true terrestrial tetrapod,＂ reptiles mainly .live on land. However, some reptile groups made a secondary adaptation to their life in water. Generally called ＂marine reptiles,＂ they are mostly extinct, and their fossils are found in Mesozoic marine deposits around the world. Ichthyosaurs and Plesiosaurs are the most famous marine reptiles that lived in the ＂dinosaur age,＂ namely the Jurassic and Cretaceous. Many more ＂sea monsters＂ were ruling the ocean in the Triassic period, when dinosaurs had just arisen from its archosaur ancestors.

关 键 词：海生爬行动物 中国海洋 动物化石 三叠纪 海洋爬行动物 恐龙时代 四足动物 海相沉积 

分 类 号：P71[天文地球—海洋科学] Q915.864[天文地球—古生物学与地层学]