naa a22 4500 510808743 CHVBK 20180411083431.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20131201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s12542-013-0175-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s12542-013-0175-3 Hampe Oliver Museum für Naturkunde—Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung, Invalidenstraße 43, 10115, Berlin, Germany aut The forgotten remains of a leptocleidid plesiosaur (Sauropterygia: Plesiosauroidea) from the Early Cretaceous of Gronau (Münsterland, Westphalia, Germany) [Elektronische Daten] [Oliver Hampe] Gronausaurus wegneri n.gen. n.sp. represents a newly discovered leptocleidid sauropterygian based on one individual from the Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) of Gronau in Westphalia, Germany. The holotype and only known specimen consists of a skeleton, which lacks most of the dermal skull bones, a large number of cervical vertebrae and distal limb elements. Gronausaurus wegneri is unique in having distinct cavities, the subdiapophyseal fossae, below the transverse processes of the pectoral and anterior dorsal vertebrae, that probably stabilised the bones against tensile forces of the rotator and levator muscles in the living animal. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2013 Berriasian nationallicence Bückeberg Formation nationallicence Gronausaurus wegneri nationallicence Leptocleididae nationallicence Berriasium nationallicence Bückeberg-Formation nationallicence Gronausaurus wegneri nationallicence Leptocleididae nationallicence Paläontologische Zeitschrift Springer Berlin Heidelberg 87/4(2013-12-01), 473-491 0031-0220 87:4<473 2013 87 12542 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-013-0175-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-013-0175-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Hampe Oliver Museum für Naturkunde—Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung, Invalidenstraße 43, 10115, Berlin, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Paläontologische Zeitschrift Springer Berlin Heidelberg 87/4(2013-12-01), 473-491 0031-0220 87:4<473 2013 87 12542 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer