Longirostriny in Triassic Ichthyosaurs

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Description: English: Compilation of Triassic ichthyosaurs with longirostrine skull morphology, all taxa to scale. (A) Utatsusaurus hataii (UHR 30691); (B) Grippia longirostris (PMU R445); (C) Mixosaurus cornalianus (BES SC 1000); (D) Besanosaurus leptorhynchus (PIMUZ T 4847); (E) Cymbospondylus buchseri (PIMUZ T 4351). Scale bar represents 10 cm.[1]. Date: 6 May 2021. Source: Bindellini G, Wolniewicz AS, Miedema F, Scheyer TM, Dal Sasso C. 2021. Cranial anatomy of Besanosaurus leptorhynchus Dal Sasso & Pinna, 1996 (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from the Middle Triassic Besano Formation of Monte San Giorgio, Italy/Switzerland: taxonomic and palaeobiological implications. PeerJ 9:e11179 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11179. Author: Bindellini G, Wolniewicz AS, Miedema F, Scheyer TM, Dal Sasso C.