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From: Rapid neck elongation in Sauropterygia (Reptilia: Diapsida) revealed by a new basal pachypleurosaur from the Lower Triassic of China

Fig. 2

The two specimens of Chusaurus xiangensis gen. et sp. nov. (A) Photograph of WGSC V 1901, mostly in dorsal view. (B) Interpretive drawing of WGSC V 1901. (C) Photograph of WGSC V 1702, dorsally exposed. (D) Mould and part of the skeleton from the counterpart of WGSC V 1702. (E) Interpretive drawing of WGSC V 1702. The black arrow in B indicates the abrupt inversion of the cervical vertebral column. Skull elements are marked by a black dashed line in D, and shadow in E, and represent the shape of the mould in D marked by a white dashed line. White arrows indicate the corresponding parts in C-E. Abbreviations: CdV, caudal vertebra; CV, cervical vertebra; DR, dorsal rib; DV, dorsal vertebra; ph, phalanx; SV, sacral vertebra. Scale bar = 2 cm

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